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The economy may be moving up, but so are home foreclosures, points out columnist James Carlini. Does the rising number of foreclosures in Illinois and Wisconsin represent a chilling omen for the economy, or are they just a sign that homeowners bit off more than...

Madison-based Venture Investors is one of three venture capital firms nationwide to receive money from a Michigan capital fund. The company plans to open a second office in Ann Arbor, putting it in a position to tap into two of the nation's largest research institutions....

Coastal investors are no longer parochial risk takers when it comes to putting their money where their healthcare is, and the Midwest is benefiting from the trend, according to a new report from the Cleveland-based BioEnterprise....

A modest income tax cut is among the legislative measures contained in Invest 2.0, the second generation economic development package introduced by a group of lawmakers led by State Sen. Ted Kanavas, R-Brookfield....

Cancer survivors like famed cyclist Lance Armstrong defy labels, according to guest columnist Ogan Gurel. Amstrong may have entered the cancer field on a bicycle, but Dr. Gurel believes he is joined by thousands who are using their own methods of dooming cancer to a...

In what is being described as a policy change that will promote the work of academic scientists, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has agreed to ease licensing requirements for human embryonic stem cell research. WARF, however, is rejecting calls to abandon its stem cell patents. ...

Wisconsin continues to move forward in attracting venture capital, but the pace of progress is still slow, according to a recent venture capital report. Despite a growing tech industry, the state captured less than one percent of total venture dollars invested....