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But Students are Biggest Beneficiaries of National Institute   (Madison) Fifty high school educators will go back to their classrooms this fall freshly trained to teach about a topic dearly loved by their students—money.  The teachers will come together next Monday for a week-long course crammed with information about saving and investing and how they form the cornerstones of financial security...

The Apple Store West Towne will open to the public on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. The Apple Store is the best place to learn about all the latest products from Apple including the revolutionary iPhone(TM) which combines three products into one small and lightweight handheld device-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod(R), and the Internet in...

Cedar Ridge Wind Farm project construction to begin later this summer MADISON, Wis., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), an Alliant Energy company (NYSE:LNT) , has purchased 41 wind turbines from Vestas Wind Systems for construction of the Cedar Ridge Wind Farm. The project will cover a 12.2-square mile area in the townships of Eden and...

MILWAUKEE, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) has scheduled a live conference call for July 18 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) to review its 2007 second quarter financial performance. The call can be heard live on the company's web site, http://www.aosmith.com/. An audio replay of the call will be available on the company's web site after...

Sharing information about the most common charges will empower consumers who now pay nearly $.5 trillion each year for health care MILWAUKEE, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Politicians and policy experts have plenty of Big Ideas about what needs to be done to fix our health care system. Raj Bal has a more modest proposal, which would not only be...

Wisconsin Legislature Must Protect ALL Workers WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: As the Wisconsin Legislature debates smoke-free workplace legislation, a new study being published in the August 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health provides powerful new evidence that secondhand smoke in the...

MILWAUKEE, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) announced today the completion of its acquisition of Minneapolis-based Excel Bank Corporation. Excel, with $633 million in consolidated assets, has four branches in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Excel shareholders will receive $13.97 in cash for each share of Excel common stock. Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) is...

www.scjohnson.com highlights initiatives to make the world a better place for future generations; Interactive features encourage consumers to do their part, too RACINE, Wis., July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Emphasizing the company's longstanding commitment to doing what's right, SC Johnson has established a new section of its corporate web site devoted exclusively to the company's sustainability initiatives. The site also...

Company has met stricter pharmaceutical standards for the last 10 years GREEN BAY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Integrative Therapeutics, Inc. (ITI), a leading developer and marketer of dietary supplements to medical professionals and their patients, applauds the Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) that were passed by the FDA this week. ITI has been operating...

MOSINEE, Wisc.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wausau Paper (NYSE:WPP) will release 2007 second-quarter financial results on Tuesday, July 24, 2007, after the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The company will hold a Webcast to discuss earnings and current market conditions at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, July 25. All interested parties are invited to listen to the Webcast live...