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CAPE CORAL, Fla., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Last February, the town of Park Falls, Wisconsin was dealt a harsh economic blow when Smart Papers announced the closure of all their pulp and paper mills. As the company spun into bankruptcy, all 300 jobs that the mill provided to the Park Falls area disappeared. Good news came in late June...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milwaukee-based Skyway Airlines, Inc., which operates as Midwest Connect, has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top honor in its Aviation Maintenance Technician awards program. The program recognizes exemplary training of maintenance technicians. The program's top honor -- the Certificate of Excellence Diamond Award -- is the highest within five FAA categories. To receive...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) today reported October performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. Midwest Air Group, Inc. - Performance Report ...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merge Technologies Incorporated, d.b.a. Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a medical imaging software and services company, today announced the filing of its financial results on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Included in the filing was the following information: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030430/MRGELOGO ) Q3 results Total net sales for the...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) announced today that the organization's first-ever Midwest Regional Conference for Parkinson's disease patients will be held Saturday, November 11, 2006 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. CT at the Four Points Sheraton Airport Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference, entitled, "Living with Parkinson's: How You Can Make a Difference Through Awareness &...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The re-election of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle to a second term and a state Senate controlled by Democrats means Doyle will be freer to push his economic agenda, which includes strong support of human embryonic stem cell research and its commercial applications. “In general, Doyle’s win means a number of programs now in...

MADISON, Wis., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. (NASDAQ:ABCW) announced net income of $9.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, as compared to $10.8 million for the same period last year. For the six month period ended September 30, 2006 net income was $20.3 million as compared to $22.3 million for the same period the...

Milwaukee, WI – November 9, 2006 – The Metropolitan Business Collaborative, the organization hosting Milwaukee’s recently launched Urban Entrepreneur Partnership (UEP), announced today that Tina Kelly-Beckett will serve as the Executive Director.  She will oversee outreach, networking and development for the UEP which will operate out of the Milwaukee Urban League’s offices.   Kelly-Beckett has been a fixture in Milwaukee’s business...

Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton will deliver the keynote address at the eighth annual Women's Health Leadership Conference at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2006 at the Fluno Center on the University of Wisconsin campus.  The theme of the daylong conference, sponsored by the Center for Women's Health Research, is Women and Mental Health: Research, Resources and Resilience. Lt. Governor...