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In a live Webcast on Jan. 17, the Wisconsin Heart Hospital will present a live, off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The 75-minute Webcast will feature cardiothoracic surgeon Husam Balkhy and colleagues from Tennessee and Texas, and will answer viewers' e-mail questions submitted live during...

First thing we do is ignore all the experts, or at least take what they say with a grain of salt, according to columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, a follow up to his recent column on a lackluster field of presidential...

Madison Development Corp. has announced a second round of funding for its Venture Debt Program, bringing the fund's total capital to $4.274 million. The fund was established to help technology businesses, and among its first-round borrowers were NeoClone, GenTel Biosciences, and Networked Insights....

UnitedHealthcare has completed its acquisition of Fiserv's healthcare-related businesses, the two companies announced today. The sale, announced earlier this year, includes Fiserv Health (benefits administration), Avidyn Health (care facilitation), and divisions of Fiserv Health such as pharmacy benefits and specialty solutions businesses....

Metavante Technologies has agreed to acquire the London-based Nomad Payments for $58 million. Nomad provides prepay and debit card processing services and software, and will give Metavante a strong presence in the European market. ...

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced a licensing agreement with the California firm BioTime. The agreement involves patents and patent applications related to human embryonic stem cell technology created by professor James Thomson. ...

Gov. Jim Doyle's new plans to stimulate angel and venture investment and manufacturing innovation received high marks from members of the Wisconsin Technology Council Board. The board, comprised of business leaders and state officials, voted Tuesday to endorse the plan in concept. ...