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MADISON, Wis., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Mirus Bio Corporation have developed a technique to target specific cells with a genetic "silencing switch," known as RNA interference (RNAi), which blocks the production of disease-causing proteins inside those cells. In a first proof-of-concept demonstration, Mirus scientists targeted liver cells and switched off their ability to produce "bad" cholesterol. This...

Wisconsin Would Also Raise More Than $252 Million in New Revenue Each Year MADISON, Wis., July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the Wisconsin Legislature considers life-saving legislation to increase the state cigarette tax, a report released today by public health organizations finds that increasing the state's cigarette tax by $1.25 a pack would dramatically reduce youth smoking, cause many adult...

MANITOWOC, Wis., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a two-for-one stock split of the company's outstanding common stock. Record holders of Manitowoc's common stock at the close of business on August 31, 2007, will receive one additional share of common stock for every share of Manitowoc common...

Financial Services Internship Recognized for 12th Consecutive Year MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northwestern Mutual internship program has done it again! For the twelfth year in a row, the experts at Vault, Inc. have named the financial representative internship program with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network as one of America's Top Ten Internships. As a Top Ten Internship, the...

MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The boards of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE:WEC) and Wisconsin Electric Power Company today declared regular quarterly dividends. Wisconsin Energy The Wisconsin Energy board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 1, 2007, to stockholders of record on Aug. 14, 2007. Wisconsin...

MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weyco Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEYS) , today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Net earnings in the quarter grew 11% to $4.0 million, up from $3.6 million in 2006. Diluted earnings per share increased 13% to $.34 per diluted share in 2007 from $.30 per diluted share in 2006. Second quarter net sales...

MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to hurry out to the Mequon, Wisconsin Holding Facility until August 31, 2007 and take home a burro from America's public range lands. These burros were hand selected from the range lands out West, due to the overwhelming response and request for burros during Mequon's special...

International Financial Services Firm Opens Second Greater Washington, D.C., Area Office MILWAUKEE, July 26, 2007 – Baird, an international employee-owned financial services firm and one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for®, has opened its second greater Washington, D.C., area office in Reston, Va. The new office, located in the Reston Town Center, 11951 Freedom Drive, Suite 1400,...

By Patrick Fitzgerald WisBusiness.com Emerging during a time when the traditional acceptance of supermarket produce began to yield to the fledging organic food movement, food co-ops throughout the country have been fighting and clawing their way to acceptance since the late 1960’s. The big three co-ops in Wisconsin: Outpost Natural Foods of Milwaukee, the Willy...