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Sale marks the end of company's foreign investments MADISON, Wis., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) announced today that the company has completed the sale of its ownership interest in the Laguna Del Mar property, located in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, to a group formed by Salvago Mexico for net proceeds of approximately US$65 million. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO) The buying group...

Claims Are Due This Saturday, June 30th MILWAUKEE, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The toll-free call center hours of operation have been extended Friday night, June 29, 2007, until 10 p.m. and Saturday night, June 30, 2007, until midnight. Settlement representatives are available to assist Wisconsin consumers and businesses in filing settlement claims. This Saturday, June 30th, is the last...

IPN Purchases 60 MedcomSoft Record licenses - MedcomSoft to Deploy Data Repository and Certify IPN Affiliate to Implement MedcomSoft Record MILWAUKEE, WI, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedcomSoft Inc. (TSX-MSF), a provider of the next generation of interoperable electronic health records (EHR), and Independent Physicians Network, Inc. (IPN), one of the largest managed medical provider networks in the United States...

Recently surveyed Americans Reveal How Common Sense Impacts Their Lives NEENAH, Wis., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- While common sense is easy to recognize but difficult to define, it's something that we take for granted. Common sense is most often expressed through how people make decisions, but without these concrete results, common sense can seem like an abstract, indefinable idea. Clearly...

MILWAUKEE, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) will hold a conference call, on Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company's results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. Financial results for the quarter will be released before the market opens on...

Leading lip balm company delivers first tube and jar flavor extension in 70 years FRANKLIN, Wis., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Carma Laboratories, Inc., the maker of Carmex, announced today the introduction of their popular jar and tube lip balms in a cherry flavor variety for the first time in the company's 70 year history. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070628/AQTH018) New Carmex Cherry Jar and...

MILWAUKEE, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation, today announced that its Hilton Madison Monona Terrace Hotel has been voted the top hotel in two categories-Best Hotel for Business and Best Hotel for Leisure-by the readers of Madison Magazine. The publication's 90,000 readers and 100,000 unique monthly Web site visitors were asked...

MADISON – On Friday, June 29, 2007, the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming will meet in Madison to continue discussions to address global warming. The meeting will provide an opportunity for environmental, industry, and utility leaders as well as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and other stakeholders to continue their examination of effects of and...

Madison, WI — Beth Tomscak, most recently a Marketing Consultant for Cousins Sub, Corporation is the new Program Manager of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc... The main focus of this newly created position will be the management and development of all JA programs in the Dane County area.   Tomscak brings to her new role a wealth of experience and knowledge...

WisBusiness Staff UW-Madison has won a major federal Department of Energy grant worth $125 million to build a Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center to develop cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. The five-year grant is the largest single research award the university has ever received. Gov. Jim Doyle yesterday said he'll ask the Legislature to chip in another...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The state’s major business lobby groups may be opposed to the $15 billion universal health care proposal unveiled by Senate Democrats Monday. The plan would be paid for by higher payroll taxes, which they strongly oppose. But the co-owner of a small, award-winning Wisconsin brewery says they are out of touch with...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com SPARTA - Despite continued opposition by Century Foods, the Sparta City Council voted Tuesday to annex an 82-acre site where an ethanol plant could be built and approved an ordinance change needed for establishing the plant. In a prepared statement, Century President Tom Miskowski said, “The City Council’s vote tonight is literally pushing...