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MADISON - The future of news reporting against the backdrop of a changing media landscape will be examined by New York Times media columnist David Carr on Monday, April 16, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.Carr's presentation, free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in the Nafziger Conference Room...

Madison, Wis. — Healthcare executives are re-evaluating their information technology strategies due to shortages of software professionals, limited budgets and the challenges of realtime patient care. Now, the leaders of the major healthcare institutions of Wisconsin and national experts are convening May 9-10 to discuss the strategies that will allow them to continue delivering quality care while navigating the complex technologies now available....

MILWAUKEE, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) today announced equipment upgrades and added frequency on a number of Midwest Connect routes. Larger aircraft will soon fly all flights between Milwaukee and Flint and Hartford, as well as most flights between Milwaukee and Green Bay and Wausau/Stevens Point. Travelers to Hartford will also benefit from added frequency. Effective...

RHINELANDER, Wis., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Registration space is filling up fast for Drs. Foster & Smith LiveAquaria.com's 3rd Annual Coral Conference & Frag Swap. Scheduled for June 29th - July 1st in scenic Rhinelander, WI, this year's event is anticipated to be the largest turnout yet. Nearly 500 reef hobbyists and coral frag traders will gather to enjoy...

MILWAUKEE, April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) , parent company of Midwest Airlines, today announced it unanimously recommends that Midwest's shareholders reject AirTran Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:AAI) revised offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Midwest for a combination of $9.00 in cash and 0.5842 of a share of AirTran common stock....

MADISON - For the growing number of people with diminished immune systems - cancer patients, transplant recipients, those with HIV/AIDS - infection by a ubiquitous mold known as Aspergillus fumigatus can be a death sentence.The fungus, which is found in the soil, on plant debris and indoor air, is easily managed by the healthy immune system. But as medical...

GREENFIELD, Wis. – For many people, spring means it’s time to dust off the garden shovel, break out the gardening gloves and start pulling weeds in preparation for planting the garden. However, spring is also a time when physicians see an increase in the number of patients with back and neck pain. To help people get ready for gardening, and to reduce...

By Carielee Loeffler WisBusiness.com MADISON -- GetIPIC, last year’s winner of the Governor’s Business Plan Contest in the Information Technology track is undergoing a name change in the hopes of better serving its consumers. GetIPIC’s first product -- IPIC, the Internet Privacy & Identity Credential -- is now being called the a.K.a Card. The a.K.a Card is the same...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com A top American Transmission Company official said Thursday he's convinced a study now underway will show that burying a 345-kilovolt transmissionline along the capital city's Beltline is less efficient and much more costly than running it above ground. Mark Williamson, ATC vice president of major projects, said an underground line has a smaller...

MILWAUKEE, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a leading medical imaging software and services provider, today announced that it will showcase its recently-released Merge Mammo(TM) version 7.0 at the 8th Postgraduate Course of the Society of Breast Imaging, April 14-17, 2007 in Hollywood, Florida. One of the industry's first multi-modality, vendor-neutral digital mammography workstation applications,...