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Green Energy a Driving Force Behind Company's GHG Reductions RACINE, Wis., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential to conserving the planet's critical resources. That's why SC Johnson is committed to finding innovations like powering the company's largest global manufacturing plant with cogeneration turbines that run on natural gas and waste methane from a public...

Unemployment rates were lower in July than a year earlier in 211 of the369 metropolitan areas, higher in 131 areas, and unchanged in 27 areas, theBureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.Twenty-two metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0 percent,while two areas recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent.  The national unem-ployment rate in...

MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the Stratatech Corporation will receive a $750,000 award to help develop new techniques to use genetically-enhanced human skin substitutes that can heal wounds.  Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan presented the award on behalf of the Governor today.   “Stratatech has the potential to achieve incredible breakthroughs that could save lives,” Governor Doyle...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – TomoTherapy’s initial patents will expire in four years. But co-founder Rock Mackie says he doesn’t give a hoot. “I’ll be happy when that happens,” said Mackie, a UW-Madison medical physics and oncology professor who company makes cutting-edge, image-guided cancer treatment machines that sell for $3.5 million a pop. ...

A company’s reputation and brand are priceless. So says Tom Kozenski, vice president of product strategy – distribution solutions at Waukesha-based RedPrairie. Which why recent recalls – some of them huge – of tainted products from China have him hopping.   Kozenski, who has worked in the logistics field for nearly four decades, said companies that cannot control the...

Below is an excerpt from the most recent edition of WisBusiness Tuesday Trends, a WisBusiness product previously available only to paid subscribers. This weekly look at the state of Wisconsin business is now available for free to anyone who signs up for the Tuesday Trends mailing list. To get the full version of Tuesday Trends in your inbox every week,...

(Oshkosh, WI)  -- Local businesspeople are invited to attend a meeting to organize grassroots business support in the Bay area for the proposed Healthy Wisconsin plan which passed in the State Senate last week. This organization, the Business Coalition for Single Payer Healthcare, will be part of similar groups throughout the state. Date:  Wednesday August 29thTime:  5:30pm to 7:00pmPlace: Hilton...