Author: WTN News

When state life science companies gather Oct. 22 for the annual Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association Conference, much of the focus will be on how to form strategic partnerships with large pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The conference, set for Wednesday, Oct. 22, will...

Rural consumers will be better positioned to receive broadband access under a bill passed by the United States Senate, according to TDS Telecom. The company praised the bill, saying it would lead to equal access to product innovations like video entertainment and ubiquitous broadband deployment...

Madison, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that SAFC, Inc., of Madison will receive $292,500 in Enterprise Development Zone tax credits for its $30 million expansion project in Verona. “Wisconsin continues to be a place that pushes the frontiers of life science and discovery through...

Given the nation's financial crisis, there now is little doubt the American economy is in recession, and entrepreneurs attending the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center's "Ideas to Profits Conference" have been feeling the pinch. The conference was tailored to innovation, but recent events convinced presenters to...

Milwaukee, Wis. - Gregg Tushaus, owner and CEO of Tushaus Computer Services, has been elected to the UWM Foundation Board of Directors. Tushaus graduated from the UWM in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. After being elected as a Director to the UWM Foundation Board of...

Two new members have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Research Foundation Board of Directors. Jacquelyn Fredrick, president and CEO of the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, and Daniel Bader, president of the Helen Bader Foundation, have joined a board that is helping to link the...

Milwaukee, Wis. - Metavante Technologies, a leading provider of banking and payments technology, and Community Bank Products (CBP) today announced the completion of CBP's conversion to Metavante Corporation's prepaid card processing services. Community Bank Products, a division of Tennessee-based FirstBank, supports network-branded prepaid card programs...