WisBusiness: Panel sees Madison life science start-ups facing funding difficulties
With more than 10,000 employees and 159 companies, the biotech industry in Madison has reached a critical mass. In recent years, between $3 billion and $4 billion has been generated when 11 local firms were taken public or sold.
But that doesn’t mean some early-stage companies aren’t struggling now, especially when it comes to raising money, a panel of life...
FIG Partners: Initiates independent research coverage on First Business with “outperform” rating
MADISON, Wis. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIG Partners LLC, which specializes in independent research on public bank stocks and the industry at large, initiated independent research coverage on First Business Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:FBIZ) with an "Outperform" rating and a 12-month price target of $29.
"As bank stock specialists, FIG Partners' research is very respected in the industry and their coverage...
Wisconsin Academy: Noted conservationist Mike Dombeck examines our relationship to the land in a special Academy Evening talk at Big Top Chautauqua
Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director, 608.263.1692 x21 Jennifer Smith, Academy Evenings director, 608.263.1692 x12
BAYFIELD, WI—In a first-ever partnership between the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and Big Top Chautauqua, respected conservationist Mike Dombeck will present a free Academy Evening talk under the tent in Bayfield on Friday, July 27 at 3:00 pm. Titled People and the...
UW-Madison: Down on the cacao farm: Sloths thrive at chocolate’s source
CONTACT: Jonathan Pauli (608) 890-0285, jnpauli@wisc.edu; Zach Peery (608) 890-2766, mpeery@wisc.edu
MADISON - Like many Neotropical fauna, sloths are running out of room to maneuver.
As forests in South and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human uses, populations of these arboreal leaf eaters, which depend on large trees for both food and refuge, can become isolated and at...
UW-Madison: Americans’ information needs not being met, study finds
Contact: Lewis Friedland, 608-263-7853, lfriedla@wisc.edu
MADISON - Americans' lives are still grounded in the communities where they live and require a set of basic information to navigate daily life, despite the proliferation of technology that seems to shrink the world by the hour.
But even though these clear information needs exist, research suggests that they're not being met, according to a...
