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Contacts: Affymetrix Inc. Andrew Noble - Media 408-731-5571 Doug Farrell Senior Manager - Corporate Communications 408-731-5285 or Children’s Research Institute Erin Hareng 414-266-5429 Senior Public Relations Specialist Researchers to Screen the Genetic Information of Up to 25,000 Patients in Five Years to Develop Novel Diagnostics and Screening Tests for Common, Complex Diseases Affecting Children SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) and Children’s Research Institute, a not-for-profit medical research member...

Contact: Jean Maza of Susan G. Komen for the Cure 972-701-2105 jmaza@komen.org or Jennifer Long of The Lance Armstrong Foundation 512-279-8391 jennifer.long@laf.org; or Alissa Havens of The American Cancer Society 202-661-5772 alissa.havens@cancer.org; or Aaron Gilson PhD of The University of Wisconsin's Pain and Policy Studies Group 608-263-8448 amgilson@wisc.edu Eight U.S. States Improve their Pain Policies in the Past Year Alone MADISON, Wis., July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the second year of their joint...

Contact: Jim Turner 502-476-2119 jturner2@humana.com Personal health insurance plans from HumanaOne designed to meet a wide range of consumer needs WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana (NYSE: HUM) today announced the introduction of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans under its HumanaOne® brand, in six states – Arizona, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. HumanaOne Portrait, HumanaOne Autograph and monogram from HumanaOne are...

Contact: Ronald Kraemer 608-262-5381 kraemer@wisc.edu MADISON - Ronald D. Kraemer has been named the new chief information officer (CIO) and vice provost for information technology for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Provost Patrick Farrell announced today. Kraemer, currently the deputy CIO and associate director for UW-Madison's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), will begin the job on August 15. Kraemer will step into a redefined position...

Joan Collins Joan Collins Publicity 2812 Waunona Way Madison, WI 53713 Phone: 608-222-2899 Fax: 608-222-4759 Joan Collins Publicity Inc., Madison, has been retained to promote Cambridge Stoneware Company, a new pottery studio and store owned by artisan Jim Rowe. Cambridge Stoneware Company will open in late July at 217 West Main Street, Cambridge, WI.

Contact: PKWARE Susan Gosnell 414-289-9788 susan.gosnell@pkware.com or Schwartz Communications Kim Angell or RJ Bee 415-512-0770 pkware@schwartz-pr.com Report Finds That PCI Requirements Drive Better Protection of All Sensitive Business Data MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PKWARE, the leading provider of enterprise solutions for secure and efficient data transfer and storage, today announced the availability of a research report that it developed with Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company. The report on “Protecting Cardholder Data” provides new...

Starr McCaffery Phone: 630-896-2638 Fax: 801-894-2638 Cell: 630-546-2050 email:starr@soundsolutionsinc.net FITCHBURG, Wis., (July 17, 2007) – The Kegonsa Seed Fund, the premier Wisconsin seed capital fund, has been named to Entrepreneur magazine’s 2007 Venture Capital Top 100. The Kegonsa Seed Fund is the only Wisconsin firm on the list, which is released each July. “Inclusion in Entrepreneur’s list really confirms our active investment strategies,” said...

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By Patrick Fitzgerald For WisBusiness.com Deb Archer, CEO of the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau, addressed the need for working partnership between the city’s namesake university and its tourism bureau in Madison Monday. Archer’s speech, “Educational Tourism and Making UW-Madison a Destination for Exploration,” was part of “The New Constellation” seminar series, sponsored by The Center for Biology Education and...

By Gregg Hoffmann Sparta - Century Foods International has notified the developer of the planned Sparta ethanol plant it plans to file a federal lawsuit alleging the plant would violate the federal Clean Air Act. The 14-page notice from the DeWitt Ross & Stevens law firm of Madison was a prelude to the expected lawsuit in federal court in Madison. Century...

By WisBusiness Staff VIROQUA - The Vernon County Land and Water Conservation Committee approved a moratorium on large scale farming last week, while a proposed hog operation in the county drew protestors. A 2,400-head hog operation has received a building permit in the county. Jeff and Bonnie Parr of Ferryville plan to build the facility in the town of Sterling near...