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WisBusiness.com Wisconsin Energy finished a solid 2007 with fourth quarter net income of $94.3 million, or 80 cents per share, up from $77.0 million, or 65 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. The Milwaukee utility's quarterly operating revenues grew to $1.15 million from $1.10 million. For the full year, Wisconsin Energy's 2007 earnings from continuing operations totaled...

WisBusiness.com The push toward alternative fuels and reducing carbon emissions should be viewed as a huge opportunity for Wisconsin businesses to become national leaders in the new technology, Doyle said today. Speaking before the Green Tier Advantage conference at Madison's Monona Terrace, Doyle said the old dichotomy of industry vs. the environment no longer applies and the two should...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The final report of the governor’s Global Warming Task Force for will not be finished until May, five months later than it was initially schedule to be released. But Roy Thilly, co-chair of the group, said an interim report should be issued by the end of this month. He said it will most likely...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin can use its Green Tier program not only to protect the environment and stimulate the economy but as a way to brand the state as ecologically progressive, panelists at a Green Tier conference at Monona Terrace said Monday. But to do that, the program, which gives companies that meet and exceed environmental standards...

  The Manitowoc Company Reports Record Sales and Earnings for Fourth-Quarter and Full Year 2007 - Fourth-quarter 2007 net sales exceed $1.1 billion, an increase of 44 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006 - Fourth-quarter 2007 diluted earnings from continuing operations totaled $0.74 per share, an increase of 111 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006 - Full-year 2007...

PEWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wisconsin credit unions are hoping that their help for low-income tax filers this year will flow more "unbanked" Wisconsin consumers into the financial mainstream, where they will receive fairer pricing for services and -- beyond that -- help to gain a stronger financial footing. Credit unions are helping low-income tax filers by opening deposit...

BELOIT, Wis., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Henry W. Knueppel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION (NYSE:RBC) , announced that the Board of Directors, at their regular quarterly meeting held on Saturday, February 2, 2008, declared a dividend of $.15 per share payable on April 18, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Energy (NYSE:WEC) today reported earnings from continuing operations of $95 million or 80 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2007. This compares with earnings from continuing operations of $78 million or 65 cents per share for the final quarter of 2006. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the company recorded a 5...