Author: WTN News

Chicago may have lost the vote, but it should not lose the will to improve the city. Go for fiber to get to the Gold. Olympics or no Olympics, Chicago has a long road ahead of it to build and re-build its infrastructure. ...

The national health care debate right now is all about giving more people affordable access to doctors and hospitals. Yet the vast majority of health care decisions — 80 percent or more, experts say — are really made by individuals, instead of medical professionals, whether...

Steve Ballmer’s critique last week of I.B.M. got the attention of I.B.M.’s top executives. They took exception to the Microsoft chief executive’s statementI.B.M. is the company that is notable for going the other direction. I.B.M.’s footprint is more narrow today than it was when I...

Forget the recession. Or perhaps, thrive in spite of it. That seemed to be the prevailing mindset at the AllThingsLifeSciences 2009 Venture Capital Forum held in Madison on October 1, 2009. Total funding sought by all 18 women-owned life science companies presenting at...

API Healthcare, a provider of human capital management solutions to the healthcare industry, announced the general availability of the Acuality Patient Classification System, which allows hospitals to quickly assess patient care requirements and make appropriate future staffing assignments based on patient acuity levels. The...

Stratatech Corp., a Madison firm that produces cell-based skin substitutes for medical research and therapeutic applications, has been awarded a $1.7-million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Under the grant, Stratatech will begin development of a novel, cell-based gene therapy product targeted to the...

The purpose of effective risk assessment and governance protocols is to allow an entity to prepare for potential hazards. Over one year before the recent headlines: “Huron Shares Plummet Amid Accounting Scandal” Reuters (Mon, Aug 3) and concomitant class action lawsuits, Audit Integrity's proprietary AGR...

Many say we have “turned the corner” in the economy and the arguments rage from the Bulls and the Bears on Wall Street as they check their charts. They are both wrong. We are in a DONKEY market: A stubborn stock market that...