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WisBusiness.com Energy efficiency may be the fastest, cheapest way for states to address global warming, reduce energy costs for the poorest citizens and create and sustain good jobs, according to a new "green jobs" report released today. The report, "Greener Pathways: Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy," was prepared by the Madison based Center on Wisconsin...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The nation may be headed toward a recession, but for many rural and inner city Wisconsin communities, it’s already here – and then some. That’s why Madison’s Edgewood College may soon launch a new degree program to focus on rural and urban economic development, Business School Dean Charles Taylor said Tuesday at a...

WisBusiness.com Mark Bugher, director of Madison's University Research Park, announced this morning that construction will start in May or June on a 67,000-square-foot “accelerator” building that will cost between $6 million and $8 million. Bugher said tenants will include young companies that need more space and are moving from the MGE Innovation Center. He said the new structure will...

MANITOWOC, Wis., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) today announced it will participate in the AEM Investor Conference, which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV in conjunction with CONEXPO 2008. Conference sponsors are JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Group and Citigroup Investment Research. Glen Tellock, chief executive officer, and Carl Laurino, senior...

Paper Copies of Annual Report and Proxy Available On Request MILWAUKEE, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) today announced that the Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) at The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wis. The Corporation's 2008 Proxy Statement and 2007 Annual Report to...

Paper Copies of Annual Report and Proxy Available On Request MILWAUKEE, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) today announced that the Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Central Daylight Time) at The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, Wis. The Corporation's 2008 Proxy Statement and 2007 Annual Report to...

WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision announced yesterday to impose preliminary countervailing duties on government subsidized imports of lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from China in a trade case filed by Appleton Papers, Inc. that could affect 1,780 paper workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO ) USW President Leo W....

LAS VEGAS, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) today announced at ConExpo 2008 that it has formed a joint venture with the shareholders of TaiAn Dongyue Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. for the production of mobile and truck-mounted hydraulic cranes. The joint venture is located in TaiAn City, Shandong Province, China, approximately 300 miles south of Beijing....

MADISON -- Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Madison will host the World Stem Cell Summit on September 22 - 23, 2008, bringing together premier researchers, advocates, investors, and other industry leaders to advance stem cell research and the promising technologies that will save lives.  “Embryonic stem cell research holds the potential to cure some of the world’s...

One of the world’s most influential stem cell gatherings is coming to Madison- the genesis for stem cell research.     The World Stem Cell Summit is the preeminent gathering for the entire global stem cell community with the shared mission to advance stem cell research from the laboratory to lifesaving treatments. The World Stem Cell Summit was created by...

/Energy efficiency, wind, and biofuels are highlighted industries./MADISON, Wis. (March 12, 2008) - A new "green jobs" report, /Greener Pathways: Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy, /was released today by the Madison based Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) in collaboration with the Workforce Alliance and the Apollo Alliance. The report includes an action plan for state...