Steve Clark compares the promise of the biotech industry with both the financial realities and the production realities. He cites the sobering study done by a professor at Harvard Business School, Gary Pisano, that compares the financial and productivity data for 293 publicly held...
Recessions come and go, but this economic downturn has left a mark in Wisconsin that will prove much harder to erase. Simply put, many of the jobs that have been lost won't be coming back. But after the hard times passed, most of the jobs...
The graduating class of 2009 is entering the worst entry-level job market since the dot-com bust with many colleges and universities reporting declines in on-campus recruiting of up to 50 percent. Jobs are hard to come by and competition will most likely come from much...
Before we start raising more taxes in Illinois, we should ask the voters what they want. While many agencies have filed for more funding, this isn’t parallel to the goose that laid the golden egg. There is definitely a grassroots movement of people wanting to...
It may be a down year for the biotechnology industry, but the competition for biotech sloganeering, branding and marketing pitches on the floor of the annual BIO convention is up. Way up. Attendance at the 2009 BIO convention has fallen by about 25 percent from recent...
LinkedIn might be the number one recruiting website for reaching Generation X and older, but Troy recently learned that it works like number two when it comes to reaching Generation Y. According to a recent survey by Experience Inc., a top provider of...
It's that time of year again, the annual celebration of the progress of the biotech industry around the globe. This year's fiesta, known as the BIO International Conference, will go to a new venue for the first time: Atlanta, Georgia. But don't fret too...
There are no plans to hang crepe inside the Georgia World Congress Center, but the 2009 BIO International Convention will take place here this week against the backdrop of the toughest economic times ever witnessed by this still-young industry. Venture capital investments in biotech companies have...
The police generally need a search warrant to enter a person’s home or to listen to phone calls. But courts have been divided on whether the police must obtain a warrant before placing a GPS device on a car. New York State’s highest court ruled...
James Carlini rants about robo calls for credit card insurance, shoddy customer service and antiquated systems at Bank of America. He would also like them to bring back the change counting machines. It seems Bank of America is in danger of losing him...