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Bank to offer check deposits over the Internet

Madison, Wis. — First Business Bank plans to launch a remote direct-deposit service that it says is a first in Dane County....

10 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Concentrated solar energy project wins Innovation Days prizes

Madison, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's undergrad engineering contest was swept this year by a senior who came up with a solar energy collector that concentrates the sun's rays....

09 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Third Wave licenses Innogenetics tech to settle lawsuit

Madison, Wis. — Third Wave Technologies has settled with a Belgian company that sued last September over genotyping patents. Third Wave will license hepatitis C virus genotyping technology from Innogenetics, for undisclosed financial terms....

09 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Study explains unexpected conductivity of nanoscale silicon

When graduate student Pengpeng Zhang successfully imaged a piece of silicon just 10 nanometers-or a millionth of a centimeter-in thickness, she and her UW-Madison co-researchers were puzzled....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Wisconsin banks invest in new Minnesota venture fund

M&I Bank of Milwaukee and Associated Bank of Green Bay have joined a new $125 venture fund that intends to invest in Midwest companies....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Business Objects to acquire La Crosse-based Firstlogic

Business Objects has agreed to buy La Crosse-based data quality firm Firstlogic for about $69 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Local TV advertising – Super Bowl vs. super bargain

At $2.5 million per 30-second spot, the average 2006 super bowl commercial is unattainable for most businesses. Nevertheless, TV advertising has never been more affordable for small business....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Was the Telecom Act of 1996 a boon or bomb for U.S.?

The Telecom Act of 1996 was enacted to promote competition. It was supposed to create certain funds for universal service and to develop a better infrastructure. Ten years later, can we say this was good for America? ...

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

John Bergman, co-founder of Guild Software

John Bergman spent the majority of his childhood living with his parents on a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean. Now he runs an online game that lets thousands of players pilot spaceships around the universe....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments

Wireless networking appeals to cities around Milwaukee

Following a previously reported initiative to establish a citywide wireless network in Milwaukee, the surrounding communities of Waukesha, Wauwetosa and Brookfield are getting into the act....

08 February, 2006 / 0 Comments