Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle's administration today announced its new plan to tax the revenues of most Wisconsin hospitals to bring in about $300 million more in federal aid. That cash would be used to increase reimbursements rates for hospitals who treat Medicaid patients and help fix...
With the talk of national stimulus packages for infrastructure, let's make sure we use the many talented information technology people that are sitting on the sidelines, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he notes that this is not the 1930s, and...
Carol Bartz, who holds an honors degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been chosen to replace Jerry Yang as chief executive of Yahoo. Bartz, 60, is a veteran technology executive who has been given much of the credit for growing Autodesk,...
President-elect Barack Obama doesn't take office until next week, but he's already received a homework assignment from the nation's K-12 teachers. That message is to help them build 21st Century skills like technology and innovation, according to a national K-12 Priority Survey of teachers by...
Who will run Apple after its visionary chief executive and product guru Steve Jobs leaves? The question has been hanging over the company since last summer when Jobs appeared onstage at a conference looking terribly ill. Jobs, 53, underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer four years ago,...
In what is being described as a sign of progress in the development of hybrid vehicles, Johnson Controls-Saft has entered into a five-year supply agreement with Azure Dynamics Corp. to provide lithium-ion hybrid battery technology for commercial vehicles. Johnson Controls-Saft, a Milwaukee-based maker of Li-Ion...
President-elect Barack Obama announced as part of his economic stimulus plan that he wants all U.S. residents to have electronic health records within five years. When questioned, Obama said that he hoped to begin the economic stimulus package through Congress as early as his first week...
When it comes to surviving this economic storm, Americans should not sit back and wait for miracles, opines columnist Tom Koulopoulos. In this edition of The Innovation Zone, he insists we can get through this, especially if we're not merely waiting for the elusive theatrical...
A 20-year-old Madison biotechnology company will close by Dec. 31. Emd Chemicals - formerly Novagen - 441 Charmany Drive, told its 70 employees Thursday their jobs will end and their work will be consolidated into the company's San Diego site, part of a major restructuring that...
While admitting to no wrong doing, Dell, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.85 million to settle a lawsuit regarding its trade practices. The suit was brought by 33 states, including Wisconsin, after Dell consumers complained about improper billings, promised rebates that were never received, and...