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MILWAUKEE, April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Directors of A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) have declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.17 per share on Common Stock and Class A Common Stock. The dividend is payable on May 15 to shareholders of record April 30.

Madison, WI – April 11, 2007 - The Information Technology Association of Wisconsin (ITAWi) today announced that John Gee has been named President and CEO of the Association.  William C. Mortimore, who has been serving as the Interim President and CEO of ITAWi for the past two months, will remain Chairman of the Board.    Gee brings to ITAWi a...

A Happy Hour for the BioTech Industry will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Johnny O's Bar, 622 University Ave. across from the Fluno Center. Parking is available in the Lake Street and Frances Street ramps. The event is sponsored by: GenTel Biosciences, Aberdean Consulting, Makin-Hey Communications & The Luminis Group. For more information, contact eric.steffen@aberdean.com

MILWAUKEE, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever wonder where kids get their poor money habits? This is likely a trait they're inheriting from their parents. The good news is there's help for parents and their children at a newly designed Website, http://www.themint.org/, from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. Relaunched today, the http://www.themint.org/ gives families a fun, yet practical, way to address financial...

Plymouth, Wis. (April 11, 2007) – Orion Energy Systems will be presenting a company overview to an international audience of investment banking, hedge fund, venture capital, insurance, and brokerage community representatives during the Wall Street Green Trading Summit in New York City on April 17th.   Neal Verfuerth, president and CEO of Orion will review emissions trading opportunities in clean...

WASHINGTON, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Steelworkers will host a conference call for securities analysts and shareholders of Accuride Corporation (NYSE:ACW) on Monday, April 16, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The unions will present to analysts and shareholders their views on current contract negotiations for workers employed at Accuride's Gunite plant in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) today announced the launch of additional 50-seat Midwest Connect regional jet service, including new nonstop service to two cities from Kansas City and frequency increases in two existing markets. On July 1, Midwest will launch nonstop service to two cities that are not currently served nonstop from Kansas City: ...

MADISON--Wisconsin women-owned businesses still have time to apply for a substantial prize package of business tools to help their ventures grow.  The Make Mine a $Million Business awards competition is designed to encourage and assist women grow their businesses to $1million by providing mentoring, financing, business operations and marketing resources.   “Women business owners in Wisconsin have a unique opportunity to...

MADISON, Wis., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In practice since 1981, Attorney Van Wagner (Chris) began developing his instincts through the lessons learned while growing up one of eleven children born to a middle class Irish Catholic New Jersey couple. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School (New Jersey), where he served as the Law Review Editor. Upon...

APPLETON, Wis., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC), reports traffic for March 2007. AWAC operates as US Airways Express, scheduling nearly 500 departures per day to 69 cities in 26 states and two Canadian provinces. The fleet includes 70 Canadair Regional Jets. Statistics reflect AWAC's transition to a single-fleet regional jet operation in April 2006. TRAFFIC STATISTICS ...