DMV registration and titling system processes 17,300 products daily
In December of 2004, the DMV replaced its aging registration and titlingcomputer system, in place since the 1970's. As of March 3, 2007, the newsystem has issued over 14 million products, an average of more than 521,000per month or 17,300 per day."The new system is far more flexible, allowing DMV employees to work moreproductively," notes DMV administrator Lynne Judd....
NASA Space Station Module in Perfect “Harmony” With New Name
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ever since it was designed for the International Space Station, it has been known as the Node 2 module. Now thanks to students from across the United States, Node 2 also will be known as "Harmony."
At an event Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., NASA announced the new name. Harmony is...
Manitowoc Raises 2007 Earnings Guidance
MANITOWOC, Wis., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) today announced that the company expects to exceed its current estimate for fiscal 2007 earnings per share. The company is raising its most recent earnings per share guidance of $3.85 to $4.00 to a new range of $4.20 to $4.30. In addition, the company anticipates that reported earnings...
Briggs & Stratton and Tino Martinez Invite Youth Baseball Players to Honor a Mentor
MILWAUKEE, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation and program spokesman Tino Martinez today announced the start of the fourth annual Diamonds in the Rough youth essay contest. The contest challenges youth baseball players, ages seven to 14, to write a short essay explaining how an adult mentor or unsung hero has helped him or her harness The...
Milwaukee to Host 2008 McDonald’s(R) All American High School Basketball Games
MILWAUKEE, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's USA announced today that Milwaukee will be the host city for the 2008 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Boys and Girls Games.
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The Games, scheduled to be played at the Bradley Center next March, will be nationally televised on ESPN. This is the first time in the 31-year history of the...
Miller Launches New Spots to Differentiate Miller Lite as the Ultimate Light Beer by Design
MILWAUKEE, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Following through on its commitment to clearly differentiate Miller Lite from its competitors, Miller Brewing Company today announced that it is launching a new Miller Lite marketing campaign featuring a series of :15 product-focused spots set to air during the NCAA tournament on CBS.
The campaign will star Miller Lite as the "Ultimate Light Beer...
Inacom Launches New iBriefing Seminars
March 15, 2007, Madison, WI – Inacom Information Systems, a nationally recognized
business solutions provider headquartered in Madison, today launched a unique series of
special interactive seminars -- the iBriefings -- in collaboration with their technology
partners – Cisco Systems, EMC, Procurve, VMWare, Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Altiris and
QLogic. Other iBriefings will be held in the Fox Valley region in May and Milwaukee...
Iowa Firm Named as Owner’s Engineer for IP&L Generating Station Project
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy - Interstate Power and Light Co. (IP&L), an Alliant Energy Company (NYSE:LNT) , and Stanley Consultants of Muscatine, Iowa announced that Stanley Consultants has been selected as the pre-construction owner's engineer for IP&L's proposed new 600 megawatt coal-fired generation facility. IP&L plans to construct the new facility next to the...
Kirtland Completes Sale of PDM Bridge
CLEVELAND, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirtland Capital Partners has sold PDM Bridge, LLC to American Securities Capital Partners, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The investment returned a 3.8x multiple of Kirtland Capital Partners' original investment.
In addition to providing capital, Kirtland also assisted with strategic direction and operating resources that enabled PDM to generate substantial top- and...
Sonic Foundry Delivers Enhanced Workflow for Podcasts, Scheduling and Automatic Start-Stop
MADISON, Wis., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced new podcasting and automated scheduling capabilities for its Mediasite(R) family of web communication solutions. The latest release includes Mediasite Podcast which automatically transforms any Mediasite presentation into portable audio content for on-the-go playback with Apple(R) iPods(R), iTunes(R) or...
