Preliminary figures released earlier this week indicate that the State of Wisconsin Investment Board made 24.8 percent on its private equity investments in 2007, beating the board's benchmark of 19.1 percent. The small piece of that portfolio invested in Wisconsin funds made its mark thanks...
The Madison-based radiopharmaceutical firm Cellectar has raised $13 million in a private offering led by Venture Investors. The funds will be used for a Phase 1 clinical trial that could validate the company's lead oncology candidate, a cancer-fighting molecule that has shown promise in preclinical...
Like many other aspects of personal finance, the decision to sell your business will depend largely on tax implications. As columnist and attorney Joe Boucher explains in this edition of Early Stage, business owners face a choice between selling their ownership interests or selling their...
Business plans are a critical tool in the proper planning and launch of new ventures, and they will be the focal point of the Northeast Wisconsin Business Plan Competition. However, time is running out as entries for the contest are due by 5 p.m. on...
Madison, Wis. — Third Wave Technologies has announced that distributors in Spain, Portugal, and Italy have agreed to distribute the firm's human papillomavirus screening product. The product, which is used for routine screening for cervical cancer, detects 14 types of HPV....
Wisconsin’s economy is an underachiever, and columnist Tom Still compares it to a student who should be earning top grades, but who seems content to bring home a report card filled with Cs. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still says the Badger State should...
Two Madison companies have beefed up their management teams with key appointments. Third Wave Technologies has appointed Christopher Burton as senior vice president of sales and marketing, and Parts Now has a new CEO - Bruce Hagen, who held the same position with Conney Safety...
Gov. Jim Doyle has announced a new initiative that is designed to accelerate the growth of start-up businesses and expand angel and venture capital investment in the state. The program, billed as Accelerate Wisconsin, is the newest phase of Doyle's Grow Wisconsin agenda and includes...
Following the news that scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in Japan can turn human skin cells into stem cells, the WiCell Research Institute has indicated to the National Institutes of Health that it would like to house and distribute lines created with the...
This time last year, David Witter succeeded James Bar as chief executive of TDS Telecommunications Corp. as the company was beginning to make a transition from a traditional phone company to a broadband provider. The future of telecommunications involves providing voice, broadband, and video products...