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By Ingrid Clark WisBusiness.com APPLETON - Communication between doctors and patients has been a problem ever since Hippocrates, the legendary Greek physician, first uttered his oath some 2,500 years ago. Jane Driessen, a registered nurse with an entrepreneurial bent, is trying to cure that ancient problem by revolutionizing the typical visit to the doctor’s office. “RN's To Go” is creating...

By David Wise WisBusiness.com University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said yesterday that UW-Milwaukee needs to be “unshackled” from constraints on the programs it offers if it is to realize its full potential. Speaking at a noon luncheon sponsored by the Wisconsin Innovation Network, Wiley said successive legislatures, boards of regents and generations of assistant administrators have been “terrified”...

MADISON –Today, Commissioner Bert Garvin announced his resignation from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC), after serving nearly 6 years on the three-member utility oversight body, effective February 23, 2007. Commissioner Garvin recently returned to the Commission last fall after a one year deployment in Iraq for the Wisconsin Army National Guard. "Bert Garvin has been an excellent Commissioner at the PSC and...

Does sleep deprivation cause metabolic changes that set up a chronic inflammatory response, suppress the immune system, and leave one at risk for obesity and related diseases?             The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has been awarded a four-year $1.16 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to expand the work of a faculty research...

SUSSEX, Wis., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Outstanding employee benefits and a unique corporate culture have landed Quad/Graphics on FORTUNE magazine's 2007 list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." The list and related stories appear in the January 22 issue of FORTUNE, available on newsstands January 15 and at http://www.fortune.com/ today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070108/CGM075LOGO ) "It's a tremendous honor to be...

RACINE, Wis., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson is pleased to announce the company once again ranks in the top 10 of the "100 Best Places to Work For" in America, according to FORTUNE magazine. This is the company's third appearance in the top 10 of the FORTUNE list, its second time ranking number seven and seventh appearance on...

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. and RACINE, Wis., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Maserati North America Inc. and CNH Capital America LLC, the financial services business of agricultural and construction equipment maker CNH Global N.V. (NYSE:CNH) , today announced the formation of a captive finance unit, Maserati Financial Services. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070108/CGM062LOGO ) On November 1, 2006 Maserati Financial Services became the preferred financing source...

MANITOWOC, Wis., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company (NYSE:MTW) announced that Manitowoc Crane Group has acquired the Carrydeck line of mobile industrial cranes from privately held Marine Travelift, Inc. of Sturgeon Bay. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "The addition of Carrydeck strengthens our position in the industrial crane segment. Carrydeck brings six new models of these versatile...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Baird has again been recognized among FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For," a prestigious annual ranking of top U.S. companies based on workplace attributes and employee feedback. Baird, an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm, has been included on the list for four consecutive years and...

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now, supporting lung cancer research can be as easy as purchasing specially designed jewelry that benefits the cause. National Lung Cancer Partnership is offering a bracelet of Swarovski crystals and two tasteful lapel pins to help raise awareness of the number one cancer killer while bringing in sorely needed funds for research. The jewelry...