Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson Appointed Chairman of HealthShares
NEW YORK, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthShares(TM), a family of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) created by XShares Advisors LLC, a financial services company based in New York, is pleased to announce that Tommy G. Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and Governor of Wisconsin, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of HealthShares effective immediately.
"We are...
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Enters Into New Rights Agreement
MANITOWOC, Wis., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company (NYSE:MTW) today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a new Rights Agreement. In connection with its approval of the Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors declared, to shareholders of record as of March 30, 2007, a dividend distribution of one right for each outstanding share of Common Stock...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Wisconsin Receives BCBSA Brand Excellence Award
MILWAUKEE, March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin announced today that it has been awarded the prestigious Brand Excellence Award by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). The awards were presented by BCBSA at its Board of Directors meeting on March 14th.
The BCBSA Brand Excellence Awards are given in recognition of Blue Cross...
Fifty semi-finalists competing in 2007 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest
MADISON – Fifty entries from nearly 30 communities are competing in the second round of the fourth annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced Wednesday.
The contestants were selected from a field of 270 first-round entries by an independent panel of judges organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council, which is producing the contest in conjunction with its membership...
Doyle Announces Plan to Expand Dental Access for Wisconsin Kids and Families
MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle today unveiled a new plan to provide all children in Wisconsin with access to comprehensive dental care. The Governor's plan will address the shortage of providers that offer care, dedicate more than $4 million to growing successful programs targeting underserved kids and families, and invest $8.8 million to create a new statewide system that...
PSC Performs Own Studies on Proposed Construction Projects
MADISON – Today the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) denied Dane County
and the City of Madison’s request for an independent study on the need for new transmission
facilities in the Dane County area.
“One-hundred years ago, the Wisconsin Legislature created the PSC, an independent state
agency, to ensure the state has a safe, reliable and affordable energy infrastructure and that the
public’s...
WISCONSIN FEBRUARY 2007 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ANNOUNCED
Madison – Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced Wisconsin’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in February, which was an increase of four-tenths of a percentage point since January. The state’s current rate is two-tenths of a percentage point higher compared to February 2006. The national unadjusted rate was 4.9 percent in...
WisBusiness: Shell Oil President raps proposed Doyle surcharge
By WisBusiness Staff
MILWAUKEE -- Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister says Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed oil surcharge amounts to corporate discrimination.
Hofmeister, speaking at a Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, said the inability to pass on costs that are incurred in the normal course of business is "changing the economic model."
But Doyle's administration secretary,...
