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Acquisition Serves as the Retail Cornerstone for RedPrairie’s E2eTM Strategy and Will ‘Revolutionize the Chain’ Across a Multitude of Industries Milwaukee, WI and Atlanta, GA – RedPrairie Corporation, the world’s fastest growing supply chain company, and BlueCube Software, Inc. have jointly announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement, whereby RedPrairie will acquire BlueCube Software. The combined companies, operating...

CONTACT: Gloria Meyer, (608) 265-4447, GKM@ctri.medicine.wisc.edu MADISON - An innovative new approach to treating tobacco addiction - an experimental nicotine vaccine - will be tested in Madison starting this month. The treatment is designed to gradually reduce the amount of nicotine that gets to the brain, making cigarettes less addictive. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Tobacco Research...

Contact: Andy Cohn cohn@warf.org (608) 263-2821 MADISON — The WiSys Technology Advancement Grant (WiTAG), aimed at stimulating inventions from faculty at UW System campuses, was approved recently by the Board of Directors for WiSys and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of...

CONTACT: Ellis Brachman (202) 225-3365 Federal Funds Intended To Help Local Companies Acquire New Technology WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seventh District Congressman Dave Obey (D-WI) announced today that the House has approved his request for $300,000 in next year’s Housing and Urban Development budget to help the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (NCWRPC) capitalize a Technology Revolving Loan Fund intended...

Contact: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Games Would Bring Business, Tourism to Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today sent a letter to Peter Ueberroth, Chairman of the United States Olympic Committee, in support of the Chicago region's effort to host the Olympic Games in 2016. Governor Doyle wrote: "In Wisconsin, we have a friendly sports rivalry with our neighbors to...

CONTACT: Dian Land, (608) 263-9893, (608) 261-1034, dj.land@hosp.wisc.edu MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found that sirtuins, a family of enzymes linked to a longer life span and healthier aging in humans, may orchestrate the activity of other enzymes involved in metabolic processes in the body. Published in the June 19-23 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy...

CONTACT: Douglas M. Tucker, Ph.D. Neurognostics, Inc. Phone: 414-727-7950 x 110 Fax: 414-727-7952 E-mail: dtucker@neurognostics.com Website: http://www.neurognostics.com Milwaukee , WI June 13, 2006 - Neurognostics, Inc., a Milwaukee-based company specializing in functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) products and services, successfully completed the installation of two of its MindState™ fDAD™ systems....

Madison , WI (June 19, 2006) — Clifton Gunderson, one of the nation’s leading accounting firms, announces that Michelle Dahlke, Human Resources Search Consultant, has joined the firm. Michelle will be based in our Madison LLP office and will be responsible for recruiting candidates throughout the state. Michelle joins Clifton Gunderson with over six years of human...

CONTACT: Darrell Bazzell, (608) 263-2467, dbazzell@vc.wisc.edu MADISON - A national search has yielded three candidates for the top position at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, the state agency responsible for safeguarding public health in Wisconsin. The lab's primary mission centers on monitoring the public health of Wisconsin's citizens, safeguarding the state's environmental well-being and educating residents on issues of public...

(Madison, Wis.) - Planet Propaganda has added Mike Krol as a junior designer working on such passion-based brands as Gary Fisher mountain bikes , Bretford furniture and workspaces, PunchStock royalty-free images , and Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches . Krol returns to his home state following a rock star send-off in New York where he performed original songs and presented...

Contact: Araceli Esparza, Office of Equal Opportunity, 266-3022 Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and the Dane County Office of Equal Opportunity, together with the African American Black Business Association and the Latino Chamber of Commerce, are hosting the fourth session of a Minority Business Development Series on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30...

By Colleen Flaherty WisBusiness.com For America’s largest indoor water park in the Wisconsin Dells, every day is Father’s Day. The Kalahari was built six years ago by the Nelson family – led by Todd Nelson Sr. – as a simple idea and a simple enterprise with 60 employees. Today, Todd Sr. and his sons own and manage one of the...