Author: WTN News

The roller coaster ride that is Milwaukee's Internet wireless network may have taken its final dip last week when Mayor Tom Barrett decided to go ahead and sign a contract with Midwest Fiber Networks. Unless other snags develop, all Milwaukee businesses and residents will have...

Robert Tatterson, former technology general manager for General Electric's Plastics' Display and Optical Films business, has been appointed to the chief technology officer position at Brady Corp. He brings expertise in process and product innovation to Brady, a $1 billion manufacturer of safety devices, printing...

The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) of the Medical College of Wisconsin has entered into a $6 million contract to collect and maintain a standardized database of marrow and cord blood transplants performed in the United States. The CIBMTR collects outcome...

Digital capability no longer is a nice thing to have, it's a must thing to have for businesses in a host of industries. But while competitive threats and business capital spending are on the rise, the latter still is a lower percentage of GNP than...

Continuing on his relentless drive to convince city fathers to "get it" on the subject of broadband, columnist James Carlini will be the keynote speaker in October in Milwaukee at "Justice - Media - Wireless (Wi-Fi) & You." In his latest edition of Carlini's Comments,...

When it comes to jobs, Wisconsin's story is largely a tale of two states, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. In much of the state, the economy is strong and the largest problem facing businesses is finding enough qualified workers. In Milwaukee and some...

The state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have reached an agreement that could boost the state's biotechnology industry, giving Wisconsin a competitive advantage over states like California. However, a consumer watchdog group in the Golden State said the announcement is a tantamount...

The woman who brought us Take Your Daughter to Work Day has sparked another national campaign, this time to produce one million women business owners with at least $1 million in annual revenue. With about 245,000 women of such distinction in the United States, Nell...

ConjuGon, Inc., a Madison-based biopharmaceutical firm, has received a $730,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army to further develop its treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. The company's efforts should help injured soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan....