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Mike DeVries
Alliant Energy commits $85 million to reduce Iowa power plant's coal emissions
Madison-based Alliant Energy's Iowa utility unit, Interstate Power and Light, said Friday it would cut emissions from a coal-fired power plant in northeast Iowa with the installation of $85 million of new equipment. read story
Charter to track customer browsing; pilot program outside Wisconsin
Charter Communications is preparing to begin testing a program under which it will track the browsing habits of its high-speed Internet customers in order to send them targeted ads, providing a new revenue stream for the company but raising privacy concerns. The program was reported Tuesday by Broadbandreports.com and confirmed Thursday by Ted Schremp, Charter senior vice president of Product Management & Strategy. Schremp said in an e-mail interview that Charter last week began sending e-mails to its broadband customers in the pilot markets of San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Fort Worth, Texas; Newtown, Conn.; and Oxford, Mass. read story
Confessions of a Money Manager: Beware 'hot' stock sectors
One trader said to the other, "You know that can of sardines you sold me? They tasted awful!" To that, the second trader replied, "You fool, those sardines weren't for eating, they were for trading!" Unfortunately, sometimes investors fall for this kind of trading mentality. read story
Oncken: What's next for Barney's Utica Store?
Three years ago, the owners of Barney's Utica Store in the town of Christiana put it up for sale. Barney Lambert and Jackie Sperle had worked 13 hours a day, six days a week for 30 years at the little country store at the junction of County B and County W near Cambridge and admitted it was time for a change. read story
CEOs tout hard-working Wisconsin folks
Given the weather, the wages and the layoffs, I wonder if the state's new business recruitment slogan "Why Wisconsin" isn't missing a question mark. read story
Green-certified vet clinic to hold open house
Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Care, which touts itself as the first green vet clinic in the nation, will hold an open house Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to highlight its green features. read story
- Miller to distribute Grolsch in U.S.
- State ag exports hit record in first quarter
- American Girl to open store near Boston
- State group claims dairy used by Dean fails organic standards
- American Doll creator Rowland sells home design firm
- Sassy Cow Creamery to hold open house
- Ex-CEO of Great Wolf gets $825,000 in severance pay
- Gov to lead trade mission to India
- Charter escapes possible stock delisting
- Home sales, prices continue to fall
- UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike
- Oil sets record near $128; pump price at high, too
- AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches
- AOL sheds its brand to draw specialty audiences
- Summer may bring a turning point for stock market
- Ex-Malaysian leader calls for ban on Halliburton
- Sen. Kennedy hospitalized, source tells AP
- Cathay Pacific Airways considers cutting routes
- Rights activists in Peru condemn corporations
- Treasury secretary says markets are calmer now
- AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches
- AOL sheds its brand to draw specialty audiences
- Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case
- Spain arrests 5 suspected of hacking US sites
- Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service
- EchoStar to showcase first product for cable
- Lawmakers concerned over Charter's Web tracking
- Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch
- Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit
- Craigslist answers eBay allegations in court
