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The Brookfield-based Fiserv has completed its acquisition of CheckFree Corp., a provider of financial electronic commerce products and services. The financial information technology services company also announced that co-founder Norm Balthasar, senior vice president and chief operating officer, will officially retire on Dec. 31, 2007,...

If Dane County is any indication, the economy may not be that bad after all. An annual survey in Wisconsin's fastest-growing county demonstrates resilience to a possible economic downturn in 2008. This is especially true of the technology sector, which reported strong numbers in terms...

In 2002, federal legislation was passed requiring states to comply with new voter registration requirements, but as Wisconsin approaches the 2008 elections, its voter registration software system is still not working properly, according to a new Legislative Audit Bureau report. Its failure to enable tasks...

Not every American company has come down with “green fever,” but those who have stand to reap strong business and public relations benefits. Madison's CDW Berbee is building a new data center with more than twice the power and density of its existing data centers,...

What other public-policy issues must we address to get our country focused on a real direction for success? It's a question posed by James Carlini in this edition of Carlini's Comments, where he explores this and other questions as readers sound off on a recent...