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Breaks Ground on New Kerry Headquarters, Opens New Kettle Foods Manufacturing Facility BELOIT – Governor Jim Doyle today joined with business and community leaders in Beloit to break ground on Kerry America’s $45 million expansion project and cut the ribbon on Kettle Foods’ new manufacturing facility, projects that are creating a total of 350 new jobs in the area.  ”Wisconsin...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com SPARTA - The Sparta Common Council will consider a proposal to hold a Nov. 6 advisory referendum on a proposed ethanol plant at its Tuesday meeting. Supporters and opponents of the plant, proposed by Coulee Area Renewable Energy LLC (CARE), made what now are familiar arguments at a public hearing Monday night. Controversy over the...

By David Wise WisBusiness.com Midwest Airlines CEO Tim Hoeksema said today he expects TPG Capital’s buyout of the company to raise no anti-trust concerns and be closed by the end of the year. Before a group of Milwaukee Rotarians today, Hoeksema described the nine-month battle to defend Midwest from a takeover by AirTran Airways as intense, straining, expensive and...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- DiObex, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases, announced today that CEO David Cory will deliver a corporate presentation at the upcoming Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Mid-America Venture Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The DiObex presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 26th at 1:30...

As Contracting with Private Sector Attorneys Increases, Wisconsinites Favor Greater Public Accountability WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a commentary published today in the National Law Journal, American Tort Reform Association president Sherman "Tiger" Joyce proposed new voluntary standards designed to improve government transparency and accountability when states hire outside counsel to litigate on behalf of state residents. "With increasing...

TULSA, Okla., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Now in its 8th year, COAL-GEN has established itself as the pre-eminent technical conference and tradeshow event in the U.S. coal-fired power sector. COAL-GEN was launched in the summer of 2001 when it was becoming clear that natural gas prices were moving well above -- and would remain well above -- the $2.50...

Ron Mayor and Dominick Tassone join Capitol as Vice Presidents, Specialty Markets Division MIDDLETON, Wis., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitol is pleased to announce the formation of its new Specialty Markets Division. The focus of the division will be specialty property and casualty insurance programs throughout the United States. The division will write property, inland marine, crime, general liability,...

CHICAGO, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE:BKD) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.50 per share for the quarter ending September 30, 2007. The $0.50 per share dividend is payable on October 12, 2007 to holders of record of Brookdale's common stock on September...

Choice Hotels and Swift Hospitality Open Stylish New All-Suites Hotel SILVER SPRING, Md. and APPLETON, Wis., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) today announced the Cambria Suites hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin opened its doors to guests earlier this month. This marks the second Cambria Suites hotel to open nationwide and the first to open in Wisconsin. Cambria...