Entrepreneurs

Gov. Jim Doyle isn't alone in seeing the wisdom of capital formation. People in both parties see merit in his ideas, but many worry about the cost, given the tight state budget, writes columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, he urges those...

Everywhere you turn, there is media coverage, motion picture documentaries, and talk about global warming and efforts to “go green,” and those conversations are taking place in a growing number of corporate boardrooms. In this interview with Larry Vertal, senior strategist at Advanced Micro Devices,...

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing a new test for respiratory viruses manufactured by the Milwaukee-based Prodesse, Inc. ProFlu, a molecular biology device, detects four viruses, including influenza, and according to the company, produces results either faster or more accurately than other...

Nerites has received a $100,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study new treatments for preventing bacterial infections on urinary stents and catheters. Urinary stents and catheters can be life-saving medical devices, but biofilm growth can cause 40 percent of patients to develop...

Midwestern healthcare start ups raised a record $1.2 billion in 2007, but Wisconsin did not fare well in comparison to states like Minnesota and Ohio. The Badger State raised $56.2 million in 12 deals, ranking ahead of only Kentucky and tied with the economically troubled...

The state of Wisconsin is calling for grant proposals for the construction of a large-scale soybean crushing facility in Wisconsin, one that will contribute to the production of biofuels. The biennial budget signed last year by Gov. Jim Doyle includes $4 million for such projects...

While there is uncertainty about how long information technology spending growth will last, the worldwide personal computer market grew by 13.4 percent in 2007, according to preliminary figures from Gartner, Inc. The IT research organization said worldwide PC shipments exceeded 271 million units last year,...

In her inaugural column titled Contemporary Working, Manpower's Melanie Holmes addresses a variety of workforce issues, not the least of which is avoiding the over-the-top style of television's Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, who once again is vowing to crush the competition on NBC's "The Apprentice." (Hint: It...