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MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin continues to maintain its prominence in the world of renewable fuels.  This summer, Ethanol Producer Magazine ranked the Badger State 7th in overall capacity for ethanol production in the United States, edging out Kansas for the number seven spot.   According to the most updated list from Wisconsin’s Office of Energy Independence, there are 75 stations in the...

7/25/2007 MILWAUKEE, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its three Tulsa, Oklahoma branches to Arvest Bank. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, pending regulatory approval. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "While the Tulsa market is strong, we...

7/25/2007 MILWAUKEE, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI) today announced a three-for-one split of its stock. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO ) The split will become effective October 2, 2007 to shareholders of record September 14, 2007. The company also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.33 per share which will be paid as $.11 on a post-split basis, with the...

7/25/2007 WISCONSIN DELLS – Governor Jim Doyle today announced $7,270,027 to 136 organizations across Wisconsin for emergency shelter and transitional housing programs administered by the Division of Housing and community development in the Department of Commerce (Commerce).  Commerce Secretary Mary P. Burke announced the awards on behalf of the Governor at the Wisconsin Conference on Homelessness at the Ho-Chunk...

MILWAUKEE, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As Northwestern Mutual rings in its 150th year of business, the company's Sesquicentennial is highlighted by its national Community Service Award program, which donates $265,000 to 25 non-profit organizations across the U.S. served by the winning representatives. The annual competition, open to more than 9,000 representatives of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, recognizes exemplary...

MILWAUKEE, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a ceremony in New York Monday night, Nancy Novogrod, editor-in-chief of Travel+Leisure magazine and Julie McGowan, publisher of Travel+Leisure magazine, presented the award for "Best Domestic Airline" as part of the magazine's 2007 World's Best Awards readers' survey to Timothy E. Hoeksema, chairman and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) . (Photo:...

Madison, Wisconsin . . . The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) yesterday filed an Information Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the inter partes reexamination proceeding concerning WARF's U.S. Patent No. 7,029,913, which covers primate embryonic stem cells, including human cells.  Federal law imposes a duty of candor on patent owners to bring to the...

7/25/2007 MADISON, Wis., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc., announced that its Board of Directors has approved an additional common stock repurchase program. The program, which runs through July 25, 2008, authorizes the repurchase of up to an additional 5% of its common stock, representing approximately 1,068,000 of outstanding shares. There are approximately 580,000 shares remaining on...

MADISON – Efforts to change U.S. patent laws and the possible effects on high-tech company growth in Wisconsin will be the topic of the July 31 luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison.   Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, will talk about WARF’s current view of bills advancing in Congress. WARF is the private,...

METRO AREAS MADISON – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced June 2007 unemployment rates for the state’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSA).    "Wisconsin experienced job growth and higher unemployment across much of the state in June as is the norm for this time of year,” Secretary Gassman said.  “This occurs when schools dismiss for summer break...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com ERCO Worldwide is continuing to mull over plans to convert its Port Edwards chemical plant to a mercury free system. The facility has 100 full-time employees and an annual payroll of $7 million. “The conversion is still on the table,” said Norm Christiansen, general manager of the company’s chlor-alkali division. “The...

WisBusiness.com More than 100 people, including commissioners past and present, attended a birthday party today celebrating the century mark of the state’s Public Service Commission. The event was held at the PSC headquarters on Whitney Way. The three-member panel, which regulates the state’s utilities, is the oldest in the nation and began its life...