WSMB: Soy Powers Mississippi River Tourist Ferry
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...
WisBiz In Depth:New conservation plan in works for upper reaches of Mississippi
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...
Stephen Heins: Yes Virginia, General Electric Can Combine Capitalism and Environmentalism!
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...
WisBusiness: Tech Leaders Boost ‘I-Q Corridor’
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...
WisBusiness: Report Says Badger State Gaining Brain Power, But Lags Minnesota
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...
Quarles & Brady LLP: Labor and Employment Practice Group Tied For Top Tier L&E Group in Wisconsin in Chambers USA Rankings
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Eighteen Wisconsin Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that its labor and employment practice group tied for the top ranked labor and employment group in Wisconsin according to Chambers USA. Fifteen Milwaukee-based attorneys and three Madison-based attorneys are also recognized...
WMC: Job Growth Predicted; Taxes, Regulations Top Concerns
MADISON -- Businesses will be creating more jobs in Wisconsin in the next year, but remain concerned about the state’s high taxes and aggressive regulatory climate, reports the WMC 2005 Economic Outlook Survey.
Some 51.4 percent said they will add employees in the next year, and 43 percent said they would expand operations in Wisconsin in the next year or...
PIC Wisconsin: Frinzi Promoted to Director of Claims at PIC Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. – Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin (PIC WISCONSIN) today announced that Laura Copenhaver Frinzi has been promoted to director of claims for their Health Care Facilities Strategic Business Unit. Prior to her promotion, Frinzi served as a senior claims specialist for the Risk Financing Strategic Business Unit.
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