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For Further Information: Tom Hopkins 312-230-4889 thomashopkins@att.com Mike Pruyn 312-230-4894 mpruyn@att.com Global IP-based network fuels Whirlpool innovation, collaboration, product design and delivery FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2005 BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – AT&T announced today it has won a $27 million global networking contract from Whirlpool Corporation, the world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of major home appliances. The company’s retail brands include Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Bauknecht, Brastemp,...

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Madison, Wis. (July 2005) - Planet Propaganda's package designs for artisan chocolate maker Candinas Chocolatier will be featured in American Institute of Graphic Arts annual anthology 365: AIGA Year in Design 26, archived online at www.aiga.org, and displayed at the National Design Center in New York, at the Denver Art Museum and as part of a nationally traveling exhibit. A...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bill G. Smith at (608) 255-6083 or Kevin R. Walter at (614) 221-4107 Medical malpractice suits significant cost driver in escalating health insurance premiums The state director of the small-business group NFIB/Wisconsin, Bill G. Smith, made the following statement following the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling striking down caps in medical malpractice non-economic damage suits: Madison, July 14, 2005 – “In...

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James S. Haney, (608) 258-3400 Jim Pugh, (608) 219-0157 Legislative Action Needed to Overturn Activist Court MADISON – A state Supreme Court ruling striking down malpractice liability caps is “a dangerous jobs killer” that should be overturned by the Legislature, WMC said Thursday. “Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court crossed over and established itself as an activist court, and this has...

Anytime the United States House of Representatives approves legislation by a margin of 424 to 1, that's a clear indication that the lawmakers believe some aspect of American law should be changed. Such a resounding declaration occurred in May when lawmakers heeded small-business owners' pleas to remove a 70-year-old ban on allowing interest payments for business checking accounts....

By Gregg Hoffmann La Crosse – Hunters and fishers undoubtedly are happy. Some enviromentalists aren’t. Federal officials announced this week they will come up with a new plan for protecting the upper Mississippi River after the original proposal prompted a backlash over restrictions on hunting, camping and other uses. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which held 17 hearings and eight workshops...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin farmers are beginning to use the dreaded “D” word – as in drought – especially in the southeast and east central portions of the state. And it’s not a whole lot better in the Dane and Rock counties either. “We need rain, no doubt about it,” said Jim Stute, a soils and crop specialist with the University of Wisconsin...