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7/25/2007 CUDAHY, Wis., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ladish Co., Inc. (http://www.ladishco.com/) (NASDAQ:LDSH) today reported 2007 second quarter sales of $113.6 million, a 26% improvement over $90.2 million of sales in the second quarter of 2006. The Company had a net income of $10.8 million, resulting in diluted earnings per share of $0.74 for the second quarter of 2007 versus...

Owner Operator Dale Hayden’s “For the Cure” Tractor Makeover Airs at 8:30 p.m. CST   GREEN BAY, WIS. – JULY 25, 2007 – A long-time driver for Schneider National, Inc. (a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services) will get a taste of reality-show fame on Friday, July 27.  That evening, Dale Hayden of Lucama, N.C., will be featured...

7/25/2007 MILWAUKEE, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ: JOYG) today announced that it is providing updated information on its fiscal year 2007. The sustained weakness in the U.S. coal market is adversely affecting the company's fiscal third quarter and is expected to continue into the company's fourth quarter. The demand for parts and aftermarket services in the U.S....

7/25/2007 PLANO, Texas and MADISON, Wis., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced an agreement with Dean Health Insurance, one of the largest and most diversified managed care organizations in the Midwest, to implement EDS' MetaVance(R) Administration and Finance System. This agreement will allow Dean Health Insurance to improve productivity and efficiency, enable growth and ultimately improve service to...

MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin continues to maintain its prominence in the world of renewable fuels.  This summer, Ethanol Producer Magazine ranked the Badger State 7th in overall capacity for ethanol production in the United States, edging out Kansas for the number seven spot.   According to the most updated list from Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Independence, there are 75 stations in the...

7/25/2007 MILWAUKEE, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its three Tulsa, Oklahoma branches to Arvest Bank. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, pending regulatory approval. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "While the Tulsa market is strong, we...

7/25/2007 MILWAUKEE, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI) today announced a three-for-one split of its stock. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO ) The split will become effective October 2, 2007 to shareholders of record September 14, 2007. The company also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.33 per share which will be paid as $.11 on a post-split basis, with the...

7/25/2007 WISCONSIN DELLS – Governor Jim Doyle today announced $7,270,027 to 136 organizations across Wisconsin for emergency shelter and transitional housing programs administered by the Division of Housing and community development in the Department of Commerce (Commerce).  Commerce Secretary Mary P. Burke announced the awards on behalf of the Governor at the Wisconsin Conference on Homelessness at the Ho-Chunk...

MILWAUKEE, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As Northwestern Mutual rings in its 150th year of business, the company's Sesquicentennial is highlighted by its national Community Service Award program, which donates $265,000 to 25 non-profit organizations across the U.S. served by the winning representatives. The annual competition, open to more than 9,000 representatives of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, recognizes exemplary...

MILWAUKEE, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a ceremony in New York Monday night, Nancy Novogrod, editor-in-chief of Travel+Leisure magazine and Julie McGowan, publisher of Travel+Leisure magazine, presented the award for "Best Domestic Airline" as part of the magazine's 2007 World's Best Awards readers' survey to Timothy E. Hoeksema, chairman and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) . (Photo:...

Madison, Wisconsin . . . The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) yesterday filed an Information Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the inter partes reexamination proceeding concerning WARF's U.S. Patent No. 7,029,913, which covers primate embryonic stem cells, including human cells.  Federal law imposes a duty of candor on patent owners to bring to the...