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MADISON - Whether their goal is to create therapies or simply investigate how organisms develop, stem cell researchers face what is perhaps one of biological science's toughest assignments: keeping their tiny research subjects under control. Stem cells have notoriously finicky tastes, and despite a decade of advances, researchers are still honing the conditions under which the cells will continue...

MADISON - Businesses thinking about expanding into foreign markets will want to attend the “Doing Business Globally 2007” seminar being held on May 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Campus Hotel in Eau Claire. Department of Commerce (Commerce) international market representatives from Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Japan and Mexico will be in attendance to brief attendees...

MADISON-- Department of Commerce (Commerce) Secretary Mary P. Burke announced today that Building Safety Week in Wisconsin will be held from May 6 – 12.   Building Safety Week, sponsored by the International Code Council Foundation, is an opportunity to increase public awareness of the role building safety and fire prevention officials, local and state building departments, and federal agencies...

New Shaken Baby Syndrome Simulator(TM) gives shocking look at speed, extent of brain damage EAU CLAIRE, Wis., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shaking the life-sized infant simulator is disturbing. Watching the damage progress across the brain through illuminated LEDs is powerful. Hearing the piercing cry abruptly stop is devastating. The new Shaken Baby Syndrome Simulator(TM) from Realityworks(R) offers a high-impact...

MILWAUKEE, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Wisconsin Energy (NYSE:WEC) 2007 annual meeting today, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Gale Klappa updated stockholders on power plant construction progress at Oak Creek and Port Washington, discussed financial initiatives, and reviewed actions management is taking to grow the company, improve customer satisfaction and enhance shareholder value. Approximately 450 stockholders attended the...

MADISON, Wis., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE:LNT) today reported income and earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2007 of $65.2 million and $0.56, respectively, compared to $13.1 million and $0.11 for the same period in 2006. The income from continuing operations in 2006 includes after-tax charges of $56.8 million related...

MADISON, Wis., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE:LNT) today reported income and earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2007 of $65.2 million and $0.56, respectively, compared to $13.1 million and $0.11 for the same period in 2006. The income from continuing operations in 2006 includes after-tax charges of $56.8 million related...

Contact: Tom Still or Joe Kremer at 608-442-7557 MADISON – Follow the activities of Wisconsin’s delegation at the 2007 BIO convention in Boston by reading the “Wisconsin BIO Blog” beginning Friday, May 5. The May 6-9 BIO meeting will attract about 20,000 people from around the world. Offered through WisBusiness.com, the blog will include updates, interviews and video feeds...

By Dan Polley For WisBusiness.com Panelists at a manufacturing summit today said rising internal and supplier costs combined with a need to seek higher margin prices have squeezed manufacturing companies in Wisconsin. The panel featured Richard Armbrust, president and CEO of The Oilgear Co., Milwaukee; Mike Graverson, president of National Tissue Co., Cudahy; Keith Trafton, CEO of Super...

The regional Online News Association conference will discuss online media coverage of campaigns, Web site innovations, and the training of online journalists. Experts include a trio of top pollsters -- Iowa's Ann Selzer, Democratic pollster Paul Maslin and Republican pollster Gene Ulm -- plus Democratic consultant Joe Trippi, conservative blogger Ed Morrissey and many others.Registration fee for the regional...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com LA CROSSE - The latest possibility for minor league basketball in La Crosse is the NBA Development League. Larry Crain Jr., the owner of the Arkansas RimRockers in the D-League, is visiting La Crosse this week to check out the La Crosse Center facilities and meet with officials and others about the possible move of...