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Magazines and think-tanks are busy with their annual summer ritual - their “best places” rankings - and their ratings of Wisconsin's business climate are mostly negative, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. The mediocre-to- poor business rankings are a cause for concern, especially because...

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has named Colin Scanes as its vice chancellor of research and economic development. Scanes will have the task of advancing university research and maximizing its job-creating potential. ...

uPortal, a broad-based initiative that has developed a free, sharable Web portal for use in higher education, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the winner of 2007 Catalyst Award from EDUCAUSE. The open-source service enables higher education institutions to organize information and deliver it online...

The Madison-based AE Business Solutions has expanded its geographic reach by opening an office in Wausau. The company, which provides information technology services, appointed Denny Coyle to manage the office....

The hits just keep coming with state information technology projects. The latest problem involves a $32.3 million computer system for the state's Medicaid health claims. The project, which was supposed to produce administrative savings, will be delayed at least 10 months, according to a report...

Taking aim at IT workorce and other labor practices, columnist James Carlini assails the practice of "labor dumping," which like product dumping is eroding the economic stability of the middle class. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he explains why labor dumping is yet another...

Background checks using fingerprints might never be the same if a Montello, Wis. business continues to gain traction in the biometrics market. Fahlgreen Solutions, an early-stage company, hopes to capture a good share of that market, which could grow to $6 billion worldwide by 2010...