Author: WTN News

Should companies mention climate change as a risk consideration? Whether they should or not, organizations are increasingly factoring this into their risk assessment process and disclosures, according to columnist and accounting executive Amy Borun. In this edition of Boardroom Perspectives, Borun said New York State...

Now that they have been busted, what will happen to the clever souls that earned their fortunes by inventing and marketing increasingly complex securities to increasingly clueless customers? In this look at the venture capital fallout from the credit crunch, WTN guest columnist Paul Jones...

While he can choose to do so by Executive Order, no act of Congress or Executive Order is needed for Barack Obama to reverse the limitations on federal funding for embryonic stem cell lines, according to a UW professor well versed in scientific law. Professor...

Brookfield, Wis. - Mike Roth, founding principal of Stark Investments, will speak about the current state of the investment markets at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Brookfield. The meeting will be held at Brookfield Suites Hotel and Convention Center, 1200 S....

Madison, Wis. - TDS Telecommunications Corp., a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of State Long Distance Telecom, Ltd., a privately held telecommunications company in Elkhorn, Wis. The transaction is subject to certain...

The research community celebrated a key milestone Nov. 6 as the University of Wisconsin-Madison marked the 10th anniversary of the announcement that biologist Jamie Thomson had derived embryonic stem cells from a human blastocyst. A great deal has happened since, including President Bush's decision to...

Sending bulk e-mails and other messages has been restricted by hidden limits on your account, and this has been going on for several months, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edtion of Carlini's Comments, he puts AT&T on the griddle for establishing a monthly usage...