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Direct Solutions Division Named Merge eMed; OEM and International Division to Remain Cedara Milwaukee, WI, USA, June 9, 2005 - Merge Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), historically d.b.a. Merge eFilm, a leading global healthcare software and services company, today announced that it has changed its corporate name to Merge Healthcare, following its recent merger with Cedara Software Corp and its subsidiary...

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Buchen, (608) 219-8202 R.J. Pirlot, (608) 658-0817 Madison – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Thursday said it is “pleased” that a new Medicaid proposal starts phasing out the state’s “hidden health care tax.” “Businesses are pleased that the Joint Committee on Finance agreed to start phasing out the state’s hidden health care tax,” said James A. Buchen, vice...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI – June, 2005 - Inacom Information Systems, a business solutions provider specializing in technology consulting, education, and procurement, is pleased to announce their summer TAP program. Inacom’s Training Availability Partnership (TAP) offers high-quality computer training to employees of the Dane County area's non-profit community service agencies at a cost equal...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Surfaces Transport, Inc., Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, will receive $69,000 in Community Development Zone (CDZ) tax credits to purchase, renovate, and equip a long-vacant building in Milwaukee. The project will create 23 jobs and retain 59 jobs. "My 'Grow Wisconsin' Initiative calls for helping businesses make a lasting investment...

For further information, contact: Cindy Lorentzen, Marketing Specialist 414-287-9622 clorentzen@gklaw.com MADISON, WI (June 9, 2005). The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. has announced the addition of Douglas M. Poland as a shareholder in its Litigation Practice Group in the Madison office, LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn. Poland’s practice focuses on the defense of complex class-action and commercial matters, with particular...

More information: Charlie Higley, cell phone (608) 843-6996 MADISON — The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) will fight the attempt by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) to keep $127 million that instead should be quickly refunded to ratepayers if the sale of the Kewaunee Nuclear...

Contact: Bob Karls, 608-274-7522 Karls@Wisoybean.org MADISON, Wis. – June 9, 2005 – Wisconsin soybean growers are powering the Cassville-to-Iowa ferry with soybean-based biodiesel this summer as the vessel carries vehicles, bicycles and passengers on it’s daily jaunts across the Mississippi River. State grower checkoff funds are being used to purchase the clean-burning, renewable fuel for this popular, state tourist attraction located...

By Gregg Hoffmann The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is huge, a “big business,” multi-purpose endeavor. It runs for 261 miles and encompasses around 240,000 acres. It is also home, at least temporarily each year, for thousands of wildlife species and millions of people. Consider some facts: Forty percent of the continent’s migratory waterfowl stay in the...

In Alan Murray's recent article entitled “Will ‘Social Responsibility’ Harm Business?: Are the capitalists abandoning capitalism?” I believe he made some serious analytical mistakes. For example, there is the matter creating an either/or scenario as it relates capitalism and environmentalism without admitting any middle ground. Then, there is the fact that his arguments are based on...

By Gregg Hoffmann MILWAUKEE – Could the I-Q Corridor be talked about some day in the same way as the Silicon Valley? Some hope so and are working toward it. Three panelists talked about the potential of high tech business along the Interstate freeway leading from Chicago through Wisconsin to the Twin Cities at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference Wednesday. “Chicago cannot go...

By Gregg Hoffmann MILWAUKEE – Wisconsin is making progress on retaining and attracting educated workers, according to a report released at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference Wednesday. In a study called, “Human Capital and Brain Power in the Wisconsin Economy: Shaping the New Wisconsin Economy,” prepared by David Ward of NorthStar Economics Inc., Wisconsin ranked above the national average in high school...