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By Dan Polley For WisBusiness.com Midwest Air Group Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Hoeksema dismissed the current offer by AirTran Holdings Inc. for the Wisconsin-based airline "significantly low." “I don’t think we’re at a point that we would sit down and talk to them without a fair offer on the table,” he said. He said he and the company’s board...

MILWAUKEE, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) will hold a conference call, on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company's results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. Financial results for the quarter will be released before the market opens on...

MADISON, Wis., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Musicnotes, Inc., announced today it has acquired and plans to reopen the popular guitar tablature website, MXTabs.net as the first site to work directly with music publishers in offering free, licensed legal guitar tab downloads. Through agreements with music publishers, participating copyright holders will receive a portion of all advertising revenue generated through views...

MILWAUKEE, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Can you have a nice-looking yard without investing hours of labor each week and emptying your wallet? You bet, according to yard care expert, Trey Rogers, Ph.D., also known as the Briggs & Stratton "Yard Doctor." "Some people love to spend countless hours in their yards making them the focal point of their neighborhoods, and...

MILWAUKEE, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Barking dogs, loud stereos, lawnmowers, airplanes -- just a few of the distractions that detract from the quality of our daily lives. Imagine what you could get done in a world without all this noise. Just as heat and light can be transmitted through windows, noise pollution can stubbornly find its way through and impose...

MILWAUKEE, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the world's most admired companies, begins celebrations this month of its 150th anniversary. In what will be a year-long campaign, the company will mark its achievements over the past 150 years as well as look to the future for its policyowners, employees, and representatives. As a part...

MADISON-Governor Jim Doyle today announced $51,000 from the Department of Commerce to help upgrade infrastructure and support economic development in the Village of Fall River.   "Growing Wisconsin's economy has been the top priority of my Administration since day one," Governor Doyle said. "We need to continue our investments to upgrade infrastructure, and provide communities and businesses with the resources...

Madison – Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced local unemployment rates rose in February, reflecting historical trends. February unemployment rates are generally among the highest of the year as construction and manufacturing industry employment levels subside in a seasonal pattern.  While local unemployment rates inched upward, most of Wisconsin’s major urban areas posted job...

RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE:MOD), a diversified leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced today that Brian E. Lee has joined the company as Managing Director, Global Passenger Thermal Management. He reports to Thomas Burke, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Lee brings to the position more than 20 years of experience in the climate control...

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced today the release of Esker Fax Services for SAP applications, a new SaaS (Software as a Service) offering for the enterprise. The SAP-certified service integrates seamlessly allowing users to send faxes directly from their SAP system without any investment in fax software or hardware, which makes adding virtually...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EthoStream, LLC, the leading provider of technology solutions to the hospitality industry, today announced the release of their new EthoStream Bandwidth Management System, designed to provide complete control of bandwidth allocation across a hotel’s network to maximize efficiency. The system provides full visibility of bandwidth consumption, as well as the ability to dynamically or manually limit bandwidth access,...