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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 luncheon...

From 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...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) officials are praising a United States Patent and Trademark Office decision announced today upholding WARF’s claims on the non-profit foundation’s two most important base human embryonic stem cell patents. The decisions are final and cannot be appealed. These actions mark the second time in two weeks that the patent office has supported the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Wall Street is wobbly, credit markets are imploding and two firms with deep Wisconsin ties have been battered by problems in the mortgage and the bond insurance arenas. But neither MGIC Investment Corp., the Milwaukee-based mortgage insurance company, nor New York-based Ambac, which was founded in Milwaukee and sells financial guarantee insurance,...

Madison, Wis. (March 11, 2008) – Author Jim Douglass will present a talk detailing his new book, JFK and the Unspeakable, Why He Died and Why It Matters, at Edgewood College. The presentation, which is open to the public, will be held at 7:00 pm, Thursday April 17, 2008. The event is in Anderson Auditorium, and there is no...

WAUSAU, Wis., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Parker has been appointed executive vice president -- Field Operations for Wausau Insurance. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040317/CGW048LOGO-a) "With Michael's wealth of industry experience and knowledge of agents and brokers, I'm confident he will provide the leadership we need to continue enhancing our product offerings and services, both to our distribution partners and policyholders," said Wausau President...

MILWAUKEE, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, parent company of Midwest Airlines, today announced the appointment of David Sislowski as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. He will join the Milwaukee-based company March 17. Sislowski will be responsible for corporate legal matters, work with outside counsel as needed, and serve as corporate secretary. He replaces Carol N. Skornicka,...