WisBusiness: Viroqua Writers Workshop subtext is economic development
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
VIROQUA, Vernon County - Ben Logan, who 30 years ago penned the Wisconsin classic, “The Land Remembers,” and Michael Perry, author of the more recent tome, “Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren A Time,” both chronicle life in rural, western Wisconsin in their books.
So it’s fitting that the pair...
Foundations of Financial Fitness and Wealth Building Come Alive in Unique Course for Educators
But Students are Biggest Beneficiaries of National Institute
(Madison) Fifty high school educators will go back to their classrooms this fall freshly trained to teach about a topic dearly loved by their students—money. The teachers will come together next Monday for a week-long course crammed with information about saving and investing and how they form the cornerstones of financial security...
Apple to Open Retail Store in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday
The Apple Store West Towne will open to the public on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
The Apple Store is the best place to learn about all the latest products from Apple including the revolutionary iPhone(TM) which combines three products into one small and lightweight handheld device-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod(R), and the Internet in...
Wisconsin Power and Light Purchases Wind Turbines From Vestas
Cedar Ridge Wind Farm project construction to begin later this summer
MADISON, Wis., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL), an Alliant Energy company (NYSE:LNT) , has purchased 41 wind turbines from Vestas Wind Systems for construction of the Cedar Ridge Wind Farm. The project will cover a 12.2-square mile area in the townships of Eden and...
A. O. Smith Schedules Conference Call, Webcast to Review 2007 Second Quarter Results
MILWAUKEE, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) has scheduled a live conference call for July 18 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) to review its 2007 second quarter financial performance.
The call can be heard live on the company's web site, http://www.aosmith.com/. An audio replay of the call will be available on the company's web site after...
Insurance Executive: Let’s Not Force Consumers to Play Roulette When Buying Basic Health Services
Sharing information about the most common charges will empower consumers who now pay nearly $.5 trillion each year for health care
MILWAUKEE, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Politicians and policy experts have plenty of Big Ideas about what needs to be done to fix our health care system. Raj Bal has a more modest proposal, which would not only be...
New Study: Non-Smoking Workers Absorb Potent Carcinogen When Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
Wisconsin Legislature Must Protect ALL Workers
WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
As the Wisconsin Legislature debates smoke-free workplace legislation, a new study being published in the August 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health provides powerful new evidence that secondhand smoke in the...
