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MADISON/MILWAUKEE (October 15, 2007) The prestigious national publication The Best Lawyers in America® has named one-third of the lawyers at DeWitt Ross & Stevens—30—to its Best Lawyers list for 2008.   DeWitt Ross & Stevens is Madison’s largest full-service law firm with offices in Madison and Metro Milwaukee.   Selected by peers, the 30 Best Lawyers at DeWitt Ross & Stevens...

By Brian Clark WisBusiness.com Roy Thilly, co-chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, doesn’t think Wisconsin will be building any nuclear power plants in the next decade. “I don’t,” said Thilly, who is president of Sun Prairie-based Wisconsin Public Power Inc., a regional utility that serves 49 customer-owned electric utilities. Legislation to break the state's building moratorium has been introduced in the...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Milwaukee Philanthropist Joe Zilber is fulfilling the final piece of his multi-million dollar pledge to improve Milwaukee with a $1.5 million donation to the United Way of Greater Milwaukee. The gift completes the 90-year-old Brew City native’s promise to give $50 million to Milwaukee organizations, nonprofits and institutions to improve his home town.  Zilber, a real estate baron, is redeveloping the...

VantageScore's retail industry popularity continues to grow COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian(R), a global information services provider, today announced that Kohl's, one of the nation's premiere department store retailers, will utilize VantageScore(SM) from Experian for scoring both its retail credit card application approval process and its portfolio and account review process. VantageScore, a credit score jointly developed...

248th consecutive quarter of common stock dividend payouts MADISON, Wis., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) announced today quarterly dividends on common stock were declared by the Board of Directors. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO) The common stock dividend is $0.3175 per share payable November 15, 2007, to shareowners of record on close of business, October 31, 2007. Dividends on common stock have...

Company Success Based on Ability to Reinvent Itself MILWAUKEE, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Although Res Manufacturing has completed a very successful first century, it hasn't been a history without challenges. Constant throughout the company's history, however, have been its dedication to a vibrant corporate culture, business and market expansion and the most sophisticated technology and facilities. Established on Fifth Avenue...

MADISON, WI (October 12, 2007) — DeWitt Ross & Stevens is pleased to announce the addition of Eric P. Joranson to its Madison, Wisconsin, office.   Mr. Joranson is a May 2006 graduate of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was Editor in Chief of Hamline’s Journal of Public Law & Policy.  In 2005, he...

WHITEWATER ­ Cutting-edge classes and providing solid preparation in generalmanagement, teamwork and doing business in a global economy are a few of thereasons the College of Business and Economics at the University ofWisconsin-Whitewater is a 2008 Princeton Review ³Best Business School.²This is the second year the college has received the ranking. "We are proud that the Princeton Review has...

Decision to Limit Federal Support Will Compromise Economic Development and Severely Limit Public Safety Resources   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    October 12, 2007 – – Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signaled its intent to cap the Federal Universal Service Fund (USF) “very soon” – most likely by November 1, 2007. This is especially dangerous for Wisconsin as the USF...