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By WisBusiness.com staff MADISON -- The former top exec at Third Wave Technologies warns that the recession will have a negative effect on venture capital funding, but Kevin Conroy says he's optimistic about the long-term prospects of Madison's tech sector. "The venture capital funding situation is terrible, and it will probably remain so for quite some time," Conroy told a...

By Jennifer Sereno Against the backdrop of a looming state budget deficit, participants at a daylong conference on solutions wavered between hope that a federal stimulus package will stave off the worst of the crisis and a sense of resignation that major changes are needed to resolve Wisconsin’s long-term fiscal challenges. “For years, we’ve had a structural deficit in Wisconsin,’’...

Against the backdrop of a looming state budget deficit, participants at a daylong conference on solutions wavered between hope that a federal stimulus package will stave off the worst of the crisis and a sense of resignation that major changes are needed to resolve Wisconsin’s long-term fiscal challenges. “For years, we’ve had a structural deficit in Wisconsin,’’ said Adam...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said corporate sponsors have been keeping their commitments to teams despite the nation's economic downturn. "So far we've been very fortunate on that score," Selig told a group at Marquette University as part of the "On the Issues with Mike Gousha" series. Selig made his comments Tuesday in...

By David A. Wise WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said today that corporate sponsors have been keeping their commitments to teams despite the nation's economic downturn. "So far we've been very fortunate on that score," Selig told a group at Marquette University as part of the "On the Issues with Mike Gousha" series. Selig made his comments in response to a...

By Samantha Hernandez For WisBusiness.com  A leader of one of Wisconsin's biggest banks said today that she would not call the current economic and financial situation a "crisis," but she said that the country is in extraordinary times.   "We are at a historic level of financial disruption and an unprecedented level of policy response," said Lisa Binder, president and chief operating officer...