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MADISON-Internet providers seeking to provide broadband capability to previously unserved or underserved areas of Wisconsin can earn sales and income tax credits through a new Department of Commerce (Commerce) program, Commerce Secretary Mary P. Burke announced today.   "The Broadband Tax Exemption and Credit Program creates an incentive to expand broadband service around Wisconsin," said Secretary Burke. "Broadband availability is a...

MADISON - On Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will celebrate a decade of achievement at its 10th anniversary conference, titled "Celebrating the Many Faces of Public Service at UW-Madison." The conference will focus on UW-Madison's past as a leader in public service, as well as the...

MADISON, Wis., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTI) today announced that the company has filed its response to the recent patent lawsuit brought against it by Digene Corp. The company's answer to the suit was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin in Madison, where it is being heard. Third Wave's response...

(ATLANTA and JANESVILLE, Wis. – MARCH 1, 2007) – Simmons Bedding Company presented its Janesville, Wis., manufacturing facility with the 2006 Tony Saliture Award for Operational Excellence, making the facility the only Simmons plant to win the award three times.  The annual award recognizes a Simmons plant with superior performance in the areas of safety, quality, customer service, cost...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Officials at Embedded Computing (formerly Artesyn Technologies) told 45 of its 185 Madison employees that they will lose their jobs starting in July when the company transfers all of its circuit board production for communications systems to a plant in the Philippines. David Baldridge, a spokesman for Embedded Computing in St. Louis, said...

Midwest Air Group Inc. CEO Timothy Hoeksema sent a letter today to "set the record straight" about AirTran Holdings Inc.'s hostile takeover bid for the company. Hoeksema said his Oak Creek-based firm, which is the parent company of Midwest Airlines, has been the victim of "many false and misleading claims made by AirTran." Hoeksema criticized AirTran's discount airline business model....

(Milwaukee, WI) WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee Public Radio announced it is replacing its current logo. As one of the first steps in launching a marketing initiative to update and enhance its branding, the radio station will transition the new logo to all media over the next few months.   The innovative new logo defines WUWM – Milwaukee Public Radio as...