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The CEO of Wisconsin security business says the federal government's use of commercial software, often built overseas by less expensive software developers, presents an opportunity for cyber terrorists and rogue nations to threaten America's security. ...

Madison, Wis. - A California consumer watchdog contends the U.S. Supreme Court's recent eBay ruling weakens the position of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation regarding its stem cell patent, but a WARF spokesman said a recent $1 million jury award says otherwise....

Madison, Wis. - Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a bill to eliminate red tape for UW researchers. Doyle said the law would help researchers more quickly turn research ideas into potential business opportunities. ...

Milwaukee, Wis. - By several measures, these should be heady days for American manufacturers. After a recession in which two million manufacturing jobs were lost, the economy is back, manufacturing revenue is back, and new orders are back. Yet there is a sense of unease...

Milwaukee, Wis. - Technology executive and author Tom Kelley calls them devil's advocates. Guy Kawasaki, another notable executive author, calls them bozos. Whatever label or moniker one attaches to them, they are the people in business organizations who act as speed bumps or roadblocks to...

Hartford-based api Software, Inc. has entered into agreements to provide its labor resource management software to four hospitals and health systems, for whom it may become a key retention tool....

There are many municipalities around the Midwest looking for new ways to increase sales tax revenues. While many are trying traditional and somewhat complicated approaches, municipalities grasping for economic development ideas should simply look to updating their old ordinances....