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Personal, portable product with easy to use document management software now available WAUSAU, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- DoxNow, LLC, specializing in the development and distribution of document management software applications, announces the launch of DoxNow, a smart drive with customized indexing and searching software. The DoxNow design and engineering team consists of the same team behind the development...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) , along with teammate Flugwerkzeuge Aviation Software of Vienna, Austria, will supply Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines with advanced flight planning technology designed to optimize flight routes, increase efficiency and generate cost savings. Lockheed Martin will serve as the program management lead and systems integrator. Two key technologies developed by Flugwerkzeuge, a flight...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiskars announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a trademark registration for the color orange on its iconic scissor handles. The orange-handled scissors from Fiskars are part of the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art. According...

Miller Lite Racing Team Installed As Big Favorite By The Palms Casino Resort Over Rival in 'Battle of the Beer Cars' MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Palms Casino Resort today unveiled a new head-to-head betting line that establishes the #2 Miller Lite NASCAR Sprint Cup team as a clear favorite over the rival Bud car for the 2008...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthCounsel, LLC announced today the appointment of Randy Gardner, J.D., LL.M., MBA, CPA, as director of education. Gardner will lead the company's continuing legal education curriculum and practice building programs designed to assist estate planning attorneys in mastering their legal expertise, and building successful estate planning practices. Gardner, a tenured professor of tax and...

Whispering Willow Wind Farm in north central Iowa has potential to power more than 125,000 homes CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) announced today that the company has acquired a 300 megawatt wind power farm located in north central Iowa, near Hampton, Iowa from Iowa...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOLF) , North America's leading family of indoor waterpark resorts, today announced that the company has closed on a $55 million mortgage loan. The loan is secured by the company's Great Wolf Lodge resort in Williamsburg, Virginia and bears interest at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 300 basis...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. today reported January performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. Midwest Air Group, Inc. - Performance Report ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. & JANESVILLE, Wisc.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic component distributor Digi-Key Corporation and SSI Technologies, Inc. announced today that the companies have entered into a worldwide distribution agreement. SSI Technologies, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors, sensors based monitoring and powdered metal products for the transportation, heavy equipment, manufacturing, process and many other industries and applications....

Results to Help Improve Drug Dosing Dilemma and Reduce Risks of Adverse Reactions SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MARSHFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) and Marshfield Clinic today announced that researchers at Marshfield Clinic used the Affymetrix Drug Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters (DMET) solution to discover a genetic variation associated with an individual’s response to the drug...

America’s Newest Online Photo Superstore JACKSON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sundance Photo, Inc., a Midwest regional powerhouse in traditional camera film development announces the limited launch of PictureWagon.com, America’s newest and easiest online digital photo superstore. At PictureWagon.com, it’s easy to upload and share photos with friends and family. An online photo gift superstore allows users to order...

Broadcasters Speak to Local Communities about DTV Transition Preparedness with One-Year-Out Countdown Message   Washington, D.C.— The nation’s largest speakers bureau of television station representatives, coordinated by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), is conducting a nationwide speaking blitz to mark the one-year countdown to the digital television (DTV) transition, which will be completed on February 17, 2009.   Beginning Monday, February...

Firm Announces Jeffrey Simmons Promoted To Partnership Madison, Wis. – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that attorney Jeffrey A. Simmons has been elected to partnership. Jeffrey A. Simmons is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising and General Commercial Litigation Practices. He has represented clients in patent infringement cases involving a diverse range of technologies, including medical...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Wisconsin foreclosure filings reached record highs in January, according to newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com, a leading provider of Wisconsin foreclosure resources and statistics. Robert Jansen, president of ForeclosuresWi.com, said foreclosures have jumped 70 percent over the last three years (from 12,311 in 2005 to 20,995 in 2007), with January showing no...

WisBusiness.com Due to severe weather, the state Public Service Commission has cancelled tonight’s public outreach meeting in Madison dealing with the American Transmission Company’s proposed Rockdale to West Middleton Transmission Line. It was set for 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Promega BioPharmaceutical Technology Center, 5445 E. Cheryl Parkway. A spokeswoman for the PSC said the commission will reschedule...