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Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index Shows U.S. Businesses are Prepared for Employment Non-Discrimination Act   WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign Foundation today released the sixth annual Corporate Equality Index showing an unprecedented 195 major U.S. businesses earned the top rating of 100 percent, up from 138 last year — a 41 percent increase. The Index rates employers on a...

MENOMONIE – If you operate a manufacturing business in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, you don't have to look far to find a location that can save you millions of dollars, according to an analysis recently completed by the Dunn County Economic Development Corporation and the University of Wisconsin Stout Technology Park. According to the "Why West Central Wisconsin?" study, a $100 million...

Hundreds of institutional investors to attend conference, convene with featured companies in fast-growing sectors MADISON, Wis., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced chairman and CEO Rimas Buinevicius will be a featured speaker at the 4th annual Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Investor Summit on September 18,...

Schneider Logistics Makes Top 100 Logistics Provider List for 10th Consecutive Year; Places in Top 10 Percentile for Sixth Consecutive Year     GREEN BAY, Wis.—September 17, 2007 — Schneider Logistics, Inc., a leading international logistics provider and part of the Schneider National enterprise, announced it has once again been recognized as a Top 100 3PL Provider for 2007 by Inbound...

Tours Olympic Venues to Showcase Wisconsin Contributions to 2008 Beijing Olympics   BEIJING – Governor Jim Doyle has met with Yi Jianlian, the Milwaukee Bucks 2007 first round draft pick from the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).  Governor Doyle met with Yi while touring Olympic venues in Beijing, and highlighting the contributions Wisconsin businesses are making to help China prepare for the...

GREEN BAY, Wis. and ESCONDIDO, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC), a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:TEG) and enXco Development Corporation, an EDF-EN company based in California, are negotiating a transaction calling for WPSC to purchase a 99-megawatt wind facility to be constructed in Howard County, Iowa, by enXco. The two companies are currently...

Signs Bid Awards for 2 Snow Removal, 6 Emergency Response Vehicles BEIJING – Governor Jim Doyle today announced a second bid award for Oshkosh Truck Corporation to provide the People’s Republic of China with two snow removal vehicles, worth $1 million for the Beijing Capital International Airport.  The Governor and the Vice Minister for Commerce Ma Xiuhong witnessed the signing...

New Radiation System Installed in Leading Chinese Hospital   BEIJING – Governor Jim Doyle today joined leaders from TomoTherapy to launch the Madison-based medical device company’s Hi-Art system at PLA301 – one of the largest and most respected hospitals in China.   TomoTherapy’s Hi-Art system is one of the world’s most advanced and versatile radiation therapy systems helping university research centers, hospitals...

Firm Recognized Among Fortune 1000 and American Lawyer 200 for Supporting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Equality   CHICAGO – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm received a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2008 Corporate Equality Index and Best Places to Work Survey.  The firm also was recognized as one of the...