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Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In this edition, Bryan Renk of BioFoward gives a preview of the Aug. 25 Biotechology Vision Summit. Plus, we have the Wisconsin stock report for mid-August and commentary from Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still reflecting on the business impact...

Bryan Renk of BioFoward gives a preview of the Aug. 25 Biotechology Vision Summit. Plus, we have the Wisconsin stock report for mid-August and commentary from Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still reflecting on the business impact on the first human clinical trial involving embryonic stem cells.

Now that she knows Westwood College was never authorized to operate in Wisconsin, Janesville resident Melissa Willes wants her $25,000 back. “The biggest mistake of my life was attending college,” said Willes, 23, one of at least 200 Wisconsin students who have taken online classes through Westwood. The major for-profit college, based in Denver, is coming under intensified federal scrutiny since...

By WisBusiness Staff Wisconsin added more than 9,000 jobs in July on a seasonally adjusted basis as the state unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent from 7.9 percent a month earlier. The Department of Workforce Development says seasonally adjusted numbers show the state's 9,400 new jobs in July include 6,500 in the private sector. See more: - DWD press release - Detailed statistics

With so many businesses closing or hanging on by a thread during the recession, Adventure Rock, an indoor rock climbing gym in suburban Milwaukee that opened in 1991, just had its best year ever. It and other indoor sports facilities in Wisconsin are doing things like hiring and planning new construction -- activities that for other luxury businesses...