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MILWAUKEE  Plans for a new office and light-manufacturing facility in the Menomonee Valley took a major step forward today after the Milwaukee Common Council approved an agreement to sell approximately 8.1 acres of land to HSI Development Partners LLC. HSI will begin construction in early 2008 on a $10 million, 160,000-square-foot, custom-designed facility, which will be leased long-term to...

Statewide Not-for-Profit Organizations To Receive Support from Associate Giving, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin today announced that its associates have pledged $897,000 to support not-for-profit organizations in Wisconsin in 2008 as part of the company's Associate Giving Campaign. "The generosity shown by our associates during...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 2007 Zagat U.S. Airlines Survey has rated Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) #1 in overall quality for U.S. economy service. It is the sixth consecutive time the airline has been ranked #1, garnering the top spot in every U.S. airline survey conducted by Zagat since the inception of the survey in 1990. The Zagat U.S....

With workplace bullying on the rise, developing respect, service and safety on the job is critical MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- There are many names for it: bullying, incivility, disrespect, psychological abuse, and emotional harassment. No matter what it's called, the results are the same -- time lost from work, unhappy employees, medical claims, legal fees, and ultimately, dissatisfied...

Merge responds to customer requests for ways to enhance quality and boost radiology group productivity MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merge Technologies Incorporated, d.b.a. Merge Healthcare, (NASDAQ:MRGE) (TSX: MRG.), a leading medical imaging software and services provider, today announced the introduction of a new teleradiology software application, Merge TeleRead(TM), and an innovative service offering, Consult PreReads(TM). A Consult PreRead...

Madison – The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) will host its annual multifamily housing conference at Madison’s Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall on November 27. The economic development authority expects this year’s “Building Blocks for a Better Wisconsin” conference to be its largest multifamily conference ever.   The conference, which addresses issues affecting the progress of multifamily developments throughout...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON - The key to a vibrant downtown is making people believe it is the “living room” of a community, according to Kirk Watson, a former mayor of Austin, Texas. “And a strong downtown can help tie a whole region together and help make it strong,” said Watson, speaking at the recent Downtown Madison...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – State leaders reacted positively Tuesday to news of a breakthrough in stem cell technology by UW-Madison scientists that may eliminate ethical objections because it does not require the destruction of human embryos to create self-replicating cells. Several said the advance – which came out of the lab run by stem cell pioneer Jamie...