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MILWAUKEE, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:STRT) today reported operating results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 1, 2007. Net sales for the Company's three months ended July 1, 2007 were $46.1 million, compared to net sales of $46.6 million for the three months ended July 2, 2006. Net income for the period was $3.4 million, compared...

System to help region meet renewable energy standards MADISON, WI – This month, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) and several stakeholders implemented the web-based Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (MRETS). The market-based system will help keep the costs of renewable energy down and will encourage more renewable energy development throughout the upper Midwest. The purpose of M-RETS is to help participants meet...

MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle’s Task Force on Global Warming will hold public input sessions around the state on Monday, August 6, 2007. The sessions will offer citizens an opportunity provide input on efforts to address global warming in Wisconsin. “I created Wisconsin’s Task Force on Global Warming, bringing together a diverse group of people who are focused on creating global warming solutions...

MADISON - When Beth Donley was an undergraduate, her plan was to one day run her own business. Instead, she followed her mother – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack – into the legal field. But after more than a decade representing the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation as chief counsel, Donley left WARF last year to found Stemina Biomarker...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The overhaul of the patent system now working its way through Congress would hamper innovation, hurt inventors, crimp small biotech companies and cost the University of Wisconsin, the head of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) warned today. “If this law passes, there will be every incentive for people to infringe on patents...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com VIROQUA - An issue that could have statewide implications for farming and the environment drew more than 300 people to a hearing room at Western Technical College Monday night. The hearing was on two proposed ordinances in Vernon County -- one that would declare a six-month moratorium on large scale...

WisBusiness.com There is no evidence linking donations to Gov. Jim Doyle's re-election campaign and the Public Service Commission's decision to sign off on the sale of the Kewaunee nuclear power plant after regulators has initially rejected the deal, the state Department of Justice announced this morning. DOJ commenced an investigation in 2005 to see if Doyle improperly influenced the...

RACINE, Wis., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer's hot, humid temperatures can bring mosquitoes that potentially carry deadly diseases like West Nile Virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), West Nile Virus caused at least 177 fatalities in 2006(1). This year, families across the country are urged to take proper steps to protect themselves. "Though few mosquitoes carry the...

Hybrid and Interactive Exhibits at the Wisconsin State Fair Gives Attendees Hands-On Hybrid Experience WHAT: Toyota is bringing a nationwide tour called "Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience" to The Wisconsin State Fair on August 2-12, 2007. The hands-on exhibit is designed to provide consumers with the opportunity to experience automotive hybrid technology. Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience is...

New SC Johnson Cleaning Innovations Survey Reveals People Love Convenient Wipes and All-Purpose Cleaners ... But Always on the Watch for New Conveniences RACINE, Wis., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- While Americans may be waiting patiently for inventions like a garbage can that cleans itself and dryers that fold laundry, a new SC Johnson Cleaning Innovations Survey(1) shows they're improvising...