Columnist Tom Still takes this holiday opportunity to play Santa Claus, and he delivers a few practical gifts to Wisconsin public officials. In this Christmas edition of Inside Wisconsin, he pleads for patience for expectant Governor Barbara Lawton, hopes for fund-raising miracles for UW-Madison...
Doom and gloom in the topsy turvy biotechnology industry is nothing new, but biotech has endured tough times before, according to columnist Michael Rosen. In this year-end edition of Yer Biotech Blues, Rosen looks back at the often-jarring events and trends of 2008 and what...
There is an emerging consensus that healthcare reform should be an integral part of plans to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy; in the view of one physician, electronic medical records are the key to healthcare reform. In this WTN Guest Column, reprinted from BusinessWeek.com, Dr....
In this economy, it's important for businesses in every industry, tech or no tech, to hold onto as many customers as possible. That starts with peerless customer service, which today is about as common as nickel beer, laments columnist Jim Carlini. In this edition of...
The rate of successful mergers and acquisitions is probably higher than the percentage of successful marriages, but slipshod business practices still cause far too many M&As to fail. In this WTN Guest Column, attorney Chris Cain asserts that the key to successful business integration is...
As part of a forthcoming economic stimulus package, President-elect Barack Obama has alluded to plans for upgrading the nation's broadband infrastructure, something WTN columnist James Carlini has endorsed for years. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, Carlini again asserts that the current copper connections to...
Amid discouraging economic news, a growing number of Wisconsin business and labor groups have expressed a sense of urgency about reversing economic losses. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, columnist Tom Still notes that if business and labor groups can reach a consensus on what's...
Safeguarding trade secrets involves taking some of the mystery out of them to leverage their value to your company, according to Wisconsin attorneys Sverre Roang and Melinda Giftos. In this WTN guest column, they note that companies should protect their trade secrets as zealously as...
In the great debate about the proposed $34 billion automobile industry bailout, columnist Tom Still concedes that Detroit erred with a bad business model and costly employee benefits. But Wall Street messed up too, and Washington not only rolled out the red carpet, it practically...
Giving more money to K-12 education, without fixing its strategic direction, is like spending more money to build another Titanic after the first one sank, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini’s Comments, he predicts public education will be the next entity to...