WisBusiness

Wisconsin Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council seeks to improve student achievement through the integration of educational technologies Silver Spring, Md. (Feb. 28, 2008) - As an events coordinator for the Wisconsin Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council, Rita Mortenson of Verona Area School District organizes and encourages educators statewide to improve student achievement through the use of digital media and...

For Immediate Release:  February 28 Contact:  Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 Madison – Entrepreneurship is the topic of this week’s “For the Record” Sunday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. on WISC-TV Channel 3, Madison.  Department of Commerce Secretary Jack L. Fischer will discuss entrepreneurship and its importance to the state’s economy in observance of the National Entrepreneurship Week, from...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has been notified of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to uphold the claims of a key stem cell patent held by the non-profit foundation. Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of WARF, said, “We’re extremely pleased with this decision. It affirms what WARF has believed all along, that Dr....

By Samantha Hernandez For WisBusiness.com New Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy said today it's likely Brett Favre will return for another season and that Favre will probable make his decision by the end of the month. In a question-and-answer session before the Milwaukee Press Club, Murphy praised Favre’s leadership skills, but reminded people that there is a lot of training...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Speaking Tuesday afternoon at "Business Day in Madison" at the Monona Terrace, Gov. Jim Doyle made a pitch for the hospital assessment as part of the solution to the state's revenue shortfall. Doyle said the assessment on hospital profits could be used to leverage $450 million each biennium in federal money. The federal money would...