The ball is now in NASDAQ's court after Merge Healthcare filed its 2005 and first quarter 2006 financial reports before the stock market's opening bell on Aug. 30. But will the company's request for an extension to file its second quarter 2006 reports be the...
After six years as a teacher and a collaborator in the field of nanotechnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, associate professor Rob Carpick is leaving. He cites discriminatory state laws prohibiting domestic partner benefits, but how much will such policies impact the state's ability to...
Yet another discovery has roiled the ongoing debate over the use of human embryonic stem cells in scientific research. This time, researchers believe they have eliminated the main objections to stem cell research - the destruction of embryos. ...
Selling keywords to competitors of JR Cigar landed GoTo.com in court, but is the practice of selling such sponsored links to any purchaser an example of trademark infringement? Even after several court cases, that remains to be seen, writes legal columnist Deborah Wilcox. ...
Johnson Controls is installing a new security system in Florida's largest public school district to allow for upgraded checks of people entering buildings against sex offender databases. The technology will help the Broward County Public Schools comply with Jessica's Law....
Another member of the executive suite has left Merge Healthcare amid the company's financial difficulties. This time, former interim co-president and CEO Brian Pedlar is gone, the fifth departure of a key executive to be announced this year. ...
Merge Healthcare, which has endured several financial and management upheavals over the past year, may have another count against it as it faces delisting from the NASDAQ Stock Market. The company, already behind in its financial reporting, has failed to file a quarterly report for...
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed a complaint in Kenosha County Circuit Court against BioCATT, Inc., and its ececutive director and chairman, alleging that the Kenosha technology center has violated the state open meetings law....
Despite what the purveyors of doom claim, Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, actually was very beneficial to that state's economy, according to Republican legislator Frank Lasee, author of Wisconsin's proposed TABOR amendment. In this Guest Column, Lasee responds to recent criticisms of the...
First, Mark Green suggests a tax holiday for back-to-school supplies. Then Gov. Jim Doyle suspends enforcement of the state's minimum markup law for ethanol purchases. Green, however, fell short of suggesting the total elimination of the minimum markup law, a move that is likely to...