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WisBusiness.com Researchers, investors and ethanol producers, plus representatives of paper and forest products companies should be well represented at a biofuels conference set for April 16-17 on the UW-Stevens Point campus. Tom Still, whose Wisconsin Technology Council is co-sponsoring the event, said it will focus on the state’s “fast-emerging potential “as a center for energy production from cellulose, waste...

MADISON -- Governor Jim Doyle today announced that FluGen and Sonoplot, Inc., two small businesses in Dane County, have qualified for investor tax credits under new Angel Investor and Venture Fund Tax Credit programs.   “Spurring more venture capital investment is essential to the state’s economic growth,” Governor Doyle said. “By encouraging investors to make crucial investments, we are turning...

Consumer installable mounting solutions make cellular phones easier to view and access while in the car. CTIA Wireless 2008 Booth #1711 MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tomorrow at CTIA Wireless 2008, ProClip USA, Inc. will announce the launch of new device holders designed to securely mount the newest cellular phones to car,...

‘Change’ Should Be Buzzword in Voting Process MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While U.S. presidential candidates are busy touting the need for policy change, there is little debate that America’s voting process itself needs serious change. But a few key quality procedures could help restore voter confidence, says the latest Quality Report from the American Society for Quality (ASQ),...

PALMYRA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charlie DuBois, president of Standard Process Inc.®, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of nutritional whole food supplements, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP). As a board member, he will participate in overseeing the development and implementation of F4CP's Campaign for Chiropractic, a public relations campaign aimed to increase public awareness...

Partnership Continues from Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games; Massachusetts General Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital Using GE Ultrasound Technology to Study Top U.S. Athletes in Rowing, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Boxing and Women’s Soccer CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), a Worldwide Partner...

New Survey Reveals Where People Think Germs Lurk and How They Avoid Them RACINE, Wis., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The toilet brush's reputation as one of the grossest items in the home may be the reason people dread cleaning their toilets. This spring cleaning season, a new Scrubbing Bubbles(R) Fresh Brush(TM) Survey(1) makes public people's feelings about this...