Rexnord Corp., a manufacturer of motion technology products for the aersospace, construction, and energy industries, will begin to slash its debt after reporting a quarterly loss of $2.8 million....
First, Mark Green suggests a tax holiday for back-to-school supplies. Then Gov. Jim Doyle suspends enforcement of the state's minimum markup law for ethanol purchases. Green, however, fell short of suggesting the total elimination of the minimum markup law, a move that is likely to...
Are blogs really all they are cracked up to be, especially for business purposes? You better believe it, says Buzz Networks columnist Paul Gibler, who provides some useful tips on how your business can become an effective part of the "blogosphere."...
With all the claims and counter-claims about human embryonic stem cells, Tom Still provides an election-year tutorial, and helps voters avoid getting caught in the "spin" cycle. ...
UW-Madison and MATC are working together to promote alternative energy production. Their joint effort has yielded a biodiesel reactor that produces clean-burning fuel for laboratory training....
With more than 50,000 jobs, Wisconsin ranks 10th among the 50 states in the number of people employed in the plastics industry. A state grant will be used to determine how much the development of biodegradable plastics can expand that industry. ...
Research & Development magazine has honored Imago Scientific Instruments with an R&D award for producing "one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year."...
David Snyder, the new chief financial officer for NimbleGen Systems, brings 15 years of experience with finance and general management at rapid-growth companies....
An Appleton software company has developed a new product to better evaluate healthcare access, claiming that old methods relied on assumptions of population density and misclassified a stunning 94 million Americans living in urban areas. That figure represents nearly one-third of the American population, which...
Born in Viroqua, Wisconsin, Mark Lee performed four missions in space in the 1980s and 1990s. He worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and was responsible for "extra-vehicular activities" requiring untethered flight. Now, as a member of the new Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, he is working...