TUESDAY TRENDS: Nov. 6, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Paint companies
The lead paint industry scored a major victory Monday in the first of
30-plus personal injury lawsuits brought in Wisconsin when a Milwaukee
County Circuit Court jury said that paint companies weren't responsible
for harm claimed by a young man's family. Another 20 similar suits are
pending around the country.
In a highly controversial 2005 decision that stemmed from...
Lead paint makers score big victory
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The lead paint industry scored a major victory today in the first of 30-plus personal injury lawsuits brought in Wisconsin when a Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury said that paint companies were not responsible for harm claimed by a young man's family.
Another 20 similar suits are pending around the country....
State foreclosures surge in October
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin foreclosure filings reached record highs in October according to newly released datacompiled by ForeclosuresWI.com, a leading provider of Wisconsin foreclosureresources and statistics.
After rising 34 percent in 2006, another 17,013 Wisconsin homes entered the foreclosure process in the first ten months of 2007, which on average equates to 88 foreclosures filed every business day. ...
Scientific Games Awarded 3-Year Oneida Race Book Contract
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Autotote Enterprises, Inc. and the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin have signed a three-year deal for Autotote to supply race book venue management services at the Oneida Bingo & Casino Resort in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Oneida Casino has more than 3,200 slot machines,...
COMPUTER SCIENTIST FORGES NEW LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST MALICIOUS TRAFFIC
MADISON - Paul Barford has watched malicious traffic on the Internet evolve from childish pranks to a billion-dollar "shadow industry" in the last decade, and his profession has largely been one step behind the bad guys.Viruses, phishing scams, worms and spyware are only the beginning, he says."Some of the most worrisome threats today are things called 'botnets' - computers...
