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The Milwaukee-based Fiserv has agreed to sell nearly all of its healthcare businesses to UnitedHealthcare for $775 million in cash. The divestiture will increase Fiserv's focus on the financial services industry, and establish UnitedHealthcare in the market for customized benefit services. ...

Three more Wisconsin technology companies have been qualified under the Act 255 angel and venture investment tax credit program. Investors who commit angel or venture capital to either Windlift, LLC, Centrose, LLC, or SymbiontWeb, Inc., will be eligible to receive the tax credits....

The NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel has granted Merge Healthcare more time to regain compliance with its financial reporting. The panel has informed the Milwaukee medical software developer that it has until Jan. 29, 2008, to complete restated financial reports or face delisting. ...

Failed Wi-Fi initiatives have increased in part because there are no real municipal champions for their success, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he advises cities to "get real" and understand that network strategy and implementation are long-term propositions, not flavors...

Mitchell International Airport has turned to a southern California company to provide wireless Internet service to business and other travelers. The airport has announced that it will join six other airports as part of the Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless network....

TomoTherapy is on a roll, and its third quarter financial performance indicates that. The Madison-based medical device manufacturer reported a 59 percent increase in revenues and an 82 percent increase in the value of new orders. ...

The signs of a slowdown are evident in the housing credit crunch, slower retail sales, and record oil prices, but investment opportunity remains, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. While parts of the economy are unsettled, he reminds us that new ideas and companies...

Control Data Corp. was one of the pioneering supercomputer firms, known for sustained innovation, and that history recently was recounted in the Twin Cities, according to columnist John P. Katsantonis. In this WTN Guest Column, he writes that the CDC story is one in which...

OpGen and In-Q-Tel, a firm that identifies technology solutions for the U.S. intelligence community, have partnered in what the companies are calling a strategic investment and development agreement. Colin Dykes, OpGen's chief scientific officer, says the agreement is aligned with OpGen's move to deliver stand-alone...