CHICAGO – Watching the Midwest technology job market these days is an exercise in faith. Every day, more and more job openings show up, giving hope that things are truly turning around. ...
MADISON – Here’s a quote that may sound familiar if you’ve listened to Gov. Jim Doyle over the last year or so: “My goal is to create the very best business climate possible for technology firms so we can develop and attract … the good-paying...
Though the news from last week’s H&Q conference in San Francisco is still seeping out (even though press releases were rampant, no “breaking news” made the Wall Street Journal), the overall sentiment from the meeting seems to be one of optimism. ...
Google’s new search algorithm has Web marketers scrambling for content instead of search engine rankings....
A Golden Age of Energy Efficiency With deregulation of the retail electric utility industry a distant memory with an exception or two, it appears to be a time to return to regulated utility basics. This means that Wisconsin and its legislators should revisit the original text...
If the economy isn't coming back, you couldn't tell it by the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Mountains of product releases, a near-electric buzz among attendees, and cab lines. Cab lines like you haven't seen at a technology tradeshow in recent years....
FITCHBURG -- The rule of thumb about Wisconsin’s economic boom-and-bust cycle has always been that the “booms” weren’t as high as the nation as a whole and the “busts” weren’t as low....
CHICAGO – Last week, as part of our 2003 year-end biotech wrap up, I reviewed the performance of the Midwest biotech publicly traded companies. The region had an incredible year for this group. ...
Had it not been for the war in Iraq, 2003 might have passed into history as the little year that time forgot. Certainly, in the world of information technology, that may still be the case. Nothing much happened in 2003. Things happened slowly. Customers took...
Let’s start with the good in Midwest biotech in 2003. What’s clearly striking is the outstanding performance of the publicly traded Midwest biotech companies as measured by the ePrairie Midwest Biotech Index, which evaluates the top 20 biotech stocks of the region. Last week, I commented...