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Contact: Rod Hise The Luminis Group, Ltd. for Third Wave Technologies Inc. 608-807-4607 MADISON, Wis., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTI) today announced that it has signed a pharmacogenetics collaboration agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) (NYSE:LH) , one of the world's largest reference laboratories and a pioneer in commercializing new diagnostic technologies, to develop a companion diagnostic to...

Contact: Lisa Schemmel Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation 608-251-1675 MADISON, July 17, 2007 – As part of a year-long 10th anniversary celebration, the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation is holding an open house on Tuesday, July 17 to thank an expected showing of 200 local supporters and friends. (Open house invitation attached.) Celebrations have already taken place in La Crosse, Janesville, Stevens Point and Milwaukee. ...

Contact: Julia Rademacher - Public Relations Adelman Travel Group 414-410-8322 MILWAUKEE, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Adelman Travel Group has enhanced its Adelman Private Fares (APF) offering, which allows businesses to better manage their international travel costs. The original product, used exclusively by Adelman's corporate travel consultants since 2006, searched published and unpublished international fares at the point-of-sale. The new version, powered by eGlobalfares, now...

Contact: Greg Quigley Director of Marketing Metrix LLC 262-717-6539 gquigley@metrix.com MILWAUKEE (July 16, 2007) – Metrix, a leading innovator of service management and mobile field service software solutions, today announced that the New York City Department of Buildings will use Metrix service automation software to automate their inspection process. As part of the Buildings Field Inspection Recording and Scheduling Technologies...

Assembly Republicans showed no appetite for the Streamlined Sales Tax initiative after nixing it from the version of the budget they approved. But Gov. Jim Doyle's revenue secretary, Roger Ervin, remains confident the project will soon become law. Ervin, who has talked openly about Wisconsin’s “tax gap,” said revenue agencies across the country continually struggle with keeping their tax laws...

Contact: Milwaukee Harley - Davidson 414-461-4444 VA Benefit Counseling Provided Free of Charge by Disabled American Veterans Military veterans in the Milwaukee area can receive free...

Contact: Sarah Wilson Small Business Times 414-277-8181, ext. 129 sarah.wilson@biztimes.com. After a decades-long exodus from downtowns into the suburbs, Americans are returning to the city. Why? What are the driving motivators for people to move downtown? What are the driving motivators for developers to invest their dollars downtown? What are the driving motivators for companies to move their offices downtown? Furthermore, what types of...

Contact: Bill Aicher Director of Marketing 608-662-3660 aicher@musicnotes.com MADISON, Wis., July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Musicnotes announced today royalty payments to music publishers and the songwriters they represent recently passed the $5 million mark. In 2007 alone, royalty payments on Musicnotes' digital sheet music downloads should exceed $2 million. Musicnotes, the worldwide leader in sales of downloadable sheet music, sold its first digital download in late...

Contact: David A. Ullrich, Executive Director Chicago office Cell: 312-480-6501 david.ullrich@glslcities.org or Nicola Crawhall Deputy Director, Toronto office Cell: 416-432-2739 Nicola.crawhall@glslcities.org Both for GLSLCI; or John Harris, Conference Communications Director Cell: 708-227-5313 jharris@a5inc.com for GLSLCI; or Don Wanagas Director of Communications of Office of Mayor David Miller Cell: 416-206-4333 dwanagas@toronto.ca Mayors from U.S. and Canada also urge federal governments to 'modernize' binational agreements on Great Lakes, include the St. Lawrence River GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 12...

Contact: Rebecca Ehlers 414.225.9568 rehlers@hyc.com Focus on Energy offers higher incentive levels to help businesses implement efficiency projects MADISON, Wis. (July 13, 2007) – Since its inception in 2001, Focus on Energy’s Business Programs have helped Wisconsin businesses save more than $85 million in annual energy costs by providing expert advice, technical project support and financial assistance to businesses wanting to cut energy...

Contact: John Stier 608-262-1624 jstier@facstaff.wisc.edu MADISON - During the week of July 23, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will play host to upwards of 1,100 visitors who will spend much of their time looking down at the ground. It's not that they're shy; they'll just be minding their business. Members of three turfgrass industry groups will converge on Madison for a convention, symposium and trade...