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When it comes to technology, the British are more like Boston than Silicon Valley, as DEMO Letter columnist Chris Shipley has found on her trip across the pond. While getting a snapshot of the U.K. entrepreneurial scene, she has heard not one word about Web...

The capital markets are warming to technologies that are eco-friendly, and they are prepared to pick the winners, whether it be solar over biomass or ethanol over biodiesel, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. Wisconsin and other states that provide the framework to encourage...

The City of Whitewater and an innovation center located on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus are in the process of developing a mixed-use business incubator. The facility will be designed to promote economic growth and to give newly minted UW-Whitewater graduates opportunities to work near...

The completion of a state audit into information technology projects is still at least several weeks away, but the State of Wisconsin has scrapped yet another failed computer project. This time, the state Department of Workforce Development has pulled the plug on a $41.2 million...

For economic and security reasons, Wisconsin is one of several states trying to make some headway in the nascent bio-fuels industry, and a new dean at the University of Wisconsin-Madison believes the economic stakes are enormous for Wisconsin. Molly Jahn, who heads the College of...

The face of small business will likely be radically different in the year 2017, according to a new report by Intuit, the business and financial management software developer. The report envisions a more diversified entrepreneurial class that is comprised of retired Baby Boomers and more...

Big Pharma has evolved into “Enormous Pharma” thanks to a six-stage deconstruction process of interconnected events, according to Yer Biotech Blues columnist Michael Rosen. Enormous Pharma will likely grow even larger as it is fed by global demographic trends and the need to conquer new...

Governor Jim Doyle has unveiled a package of economic initiatives called Grow Milwaukee that includes several technology and biotechnology spending initiatives. Chief among them is an $8 million funding commitment for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Research Growth Initiative, but the overall package has one lawmaker...

Wisconsin would like to lure a Georgia biotechnology company involved in stem cell research, but that may turn out to be easier said than done. The University of Georgia is trying to beat officials and investors here to the punch and give Aruna Biomedical...