Economy

• UWM seeks more state funding to drive research
  (August 20, 2008) The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will ask the state for a total of $20 million over the next two budget cycles...
• Investment Board reinforces confidence in Wisconsin's venture capital future
  (August 18, 2008) If nothing else, give the State of Wisconsin Investment Board credit for good timing. The $87-billion pension fund, one of...
• Building a tech-based economy in rural Wisconsin: Finding common strategies
  (August 4, 2008) It's hard enough for a medium-sized city such as Madison or a recovering "Rust Belt" icon such as Milwaukee to...
• University Research Park plans east-side expansion
  (August 4, 2008) Madison, Wis. — The University Research Park is expanding on Madison's east side, into a 6,000 square feet of a...
• Angel investment momentum
  (July 31, 2008) We've been fortunate lately. Despite the various indicators of a slowing economy, one thing that has not seen a...
• Fab Lab brings MIT tech transfer ideas to Wisconsin businesses
  (July 30, 2008) Appleton, Wis. - Fabrication Laboratories, or Fab Labs, are an exercise in global technology sharing spun out of the Massachusetts...
• Wisconsin has made progress in attracting investments, but much work remains
  (July 28, 2008) Years of hard work and coordination at the public and private level is finally paying off for Wisconsin's entrepreneurial and...
• The Wisconsin Water Way: Building cooperation around a vital resource
  (July 23, 2008) A generation ago, then-Gov. Lee Dreyfus predicted clean water would become a global commodity — and even suggested Wisconsin could...
• Wisconsin economy at a scientific crossroads, Doyle says
  (July 21, 2008) Menomonie, Wis.—Defending his focus on science to propel the state's economy, Governor Jim Doyle said Wisconsin is at crossroads not...
• Wisconsin's smaller universities stake research, tech transfer claims
  (July 18, 2008) Menomonie, Wis. —The increasingly sophisticated science and technology being developed at Wisconsin's smaller universities has been somewhat bottled up, but...