Author: WTN News

So what's in a business name? Well, a great deal, according to columnist Joe Boucher and fellow business attorney Brian F. Bates. In this Web era, that's especially true when selecting a domain name, as they explain in the latest edition of Early Stage. Even...

Kathi Christian wears two hats at the QTI Group, which can place her in some conflicting and complementary situations. As the director of information systems and the CFO of a group of companies with 11 locations, there is a lot of compliance to worry about,...

Mirus Bio Corp. has been granted a European patent for its therapeutic gene delivery technique known as "Pathway IV," which could one day help treat muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. The Madison-based biotech company is actively seeking strategic alliances to expand its product pipeline. ...

TomoTherapy Inc. has reached a milestone by selling its 100th Hi-Art System to a veterans medical center in Albany, N.Y. The Stratton VA Medical Center will use the system, which applies a targeted dosage of radiation, to treat veterans with prostate cancer, head and neck...

ENCAP, a soil technology company based in Green Bay, has won the 2006 Governor's Small Business Technology Transfer Award. The company, whose advanced soil technology is designed to create ideal growing conditions for lawn and garden seeds, beat out two Middleton-based companies - Lucigen Corp....

CDW Corp. has reassigned Steven Schuldt, vice president of sales, to handle the merger of Berbee Information Networks Corp. into CDW. In the transaction, which was announced in October, CDW acquired Berbee for $184 million in cash....

Wisconsin has many economic assets, but it still may not be able to compete with the more nimble and more moneyed east and west coasts. In this latest installment of WTN's Visions Series, Baird CEO Paul Purcell recommends nixing intra- and inter-state rivalries as he...

The promotional aspects of online video have not been lost on the Smirnoff Vodkas and the Nestles (Butterfinger chocolate bars) of the world. These are among the companies that have successfully incorporated online video into their advertising programs. According to Buzz Networks columnist Paul Gibler,...

A research team led by pediatric hematologist Robert Montgomery has received a five-year, $9.7 million project grant to conduct genetic studies into a hereditary bleeding disorder known as Von Willebrand disease. The grant was issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute....

A Wauwatosa-based biotechnology firm developing an instrument for testing new drugs on genetically-engineered heart tissue has been awarded almost $100,000 from the National Institutes of Health. InvivoSciences will use the money to optimize its technology for commercialization in 2007....