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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON - Sherwin Greenblatt calls it the “valley of death,” that high-risk gap between creating a company and either selling it or turning it into a profitable enterprise. Greenblatt, who runs MIT’s eight-year-old Venture Mentoring Service, says nascent firms need lots of help when they are starting out. That’s why the former president of Bose...

Dairyland Power Cooperative’s search for a landfill site to dump ash from its Genoa plant just keeps coming back as a hot issue. Now, it’s even made the movies. A 30-minute documentary about Vernon County residents’ fight against the proposed landfill was recently featured at the 10th annual Wisconsin Film Festival. The film, “Keeping the Lights On,” is by Gretta Wing...

By Brian E. Clark RISING High-tech industry The Badger State’s high-tech industry added 1,600 jobs in 2006 to reach a total of 81,400, 21st in the nation, according to a new report by the American Electronics Association, the nation's largest technology trade association. The 2006 data was the most current available for Wisconsin, AEA said in releasing its 11th annual "Cyberstates" report. The group doesn't cover biotech,...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- A subsidiary of Opto Circuits Ltd. of Bangalore, India, announced today it has completed its tender offer to acquire the outstanding shares of common stock of Waukesha-based Criticare Systems Inc. The offer expired Friday. Stockholders of Criticare have now tendered a total of approximately 11.5 million Criticare shares for $5.50 per share, representing approximately 93 percent...

WisBusiness.com The average workers compensation total cost per claim in Wisconsin grew rapidly from 2000 through 2005, according to a recent study, but remained among the lowest of the 14 states reviewed. The report by the Workers Compensation Research Institute showed that claims increased in four of the five years in the study, fueled primarily by an increase in...

Average Costs per Claim Still Among the Lowest of 14 Study States CAMBRIDGE, MA,  April 2, 2008   –   The average workers’ compensation total cost per claim in Wisconsin grew rapidly for four of the five years in the study including 8 percent in 2005/2006 claims, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). This growth was...

MIDDLETON, Wis., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year cancer touches so many of our lives, and it kills more children in the United States than any other disease. At 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 15th, the second annual event in Middleton, Wisconsin will see over 38 people from six companies participate, raising funds for life-saving cancer research. These...

Operation in San Jose, CA relocating and additional 48,000 Sq Ft in Chicago, IL area. NEENAH, Wis., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ:PLXS) today announced that it has committed to two facility leases that will modestly expand its North American manufacturing footprint. Plexus' San Jose-area operation will relocate to a larger 46,000 sq ft facility located approximately...