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Unemployment rates were higher in September than a year earlier in 184 of the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 154 areas, and unchanged in 31 areas, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laborreported today.  Thirty-four metropolitan areas registered jobless ratesbelow 3.0 percent, while two areas recorded rates higher than 10.0 percent.The national unemployment rate in...

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a special meeting today, shareholders of Midwest Air Group, Inc. (Amex: MEH) approved a merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Midwest Air Group by Midwest Air Partners, LLC, an affiliate of TPG Capital, L.P. Under the agreement, each outstanding share of Midwest's common stock will be converted into the right to receive...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Sonic and Merge Madison-based Sonic Foundry and West Allis-based Merge Technologies have been named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a list ranking the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. Sonic Foundry, a provider of streaming media software, ranked 125th on the list, with five-year revenue growth of 1,363 percent. Merge, a developer of medical imaging software and services, ranked...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The long-simmering fight between the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) and the rival Credit Union League has heated up again. It bubbled to the surface this spring, when the WBA issued a report highly critical of credit unions. Since then, cyberspace has been filled with charges and countercharges. See the WBA website at http://www.wisbank.com/...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The way Tia Nelson looks at things, Wisconsin companies that develop technologies to deal with and combat climate change will be winners in the evolving economy. “I don’t think there is a business out there that isn’t contemplating a carbon-constrained world,” said Nelson, co-chair of Gov. Jim Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force....

‘A Litany of Greed’ details Potawatomi’s multimillion-dollar crusade to sidestep competition and preserve its gaming monopoly   KENOSHA, Wis. – The Forest County Potawatomi Community has spent more than $5.4 million to kill competition from another Wisconsin tribe’s proposed Kenosha casino and preserve a regional gaming monopoly, according to a new white paper released today by Casino Competition for Wisconsin.    The...

October 29, 2007 ... Volume 8, Issue 14 WisDOT Web site has new look People viewing WisDOT's Web site (www.dot.wisconsin.gov) will notice it hasa newer, cleaner look. One new feature is a direct link to any significanttraffic incident reported to the State Traffic Operations Center. One clickon the link provides travelers with information about any major incidentsthat may impact...

MADISON - The study of the human mind and how the worlds of science, religion and contemplative practice intersect will be explored during two panel discussions in November. Three leaders in the study of neuroscience, training the mind and the religious contemplative life will participate in a panel discussion during "Contemplation and Education - Landscape of Research," from 7:30-9:30...

Style Yourself in Warmth DODGEVILLE, Wis., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Winter is fast approaching and with it comes the task of finding outerwear that not only provides the warmth needed but the style desired. According to a recently sponsored Lands' End outerwear survey, 89 percent of women responded they would sacrifice style for warmth. With the Lands' End (http://www.landsend.com/)...