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WHITEWATER – The submissions are in for the second annual Warhawk Business Plan competition and one team is that much closer to the top prize of $5,000. Of the 42 teams that applied, 31 have moved on to the second round. “Many were well thought out ideas that I think people have been thinking about for a long time,”...

Video is now available from several recent events sponsored by WisBusiness.com and WisPolitics.com. Video is posted from luncheons with Commerce Secretary Jack Fischer and Dean Health System CEO Craig Samitt and from a climate change conference held in Madison. Read below for descriptions of the events and links to WisBusiness coverage and online video. Next WisBusiness.com/Madison Magazine Luncheon: Chuck Taylor of...

By Brian E. Clark RISING "Famous Dave" Anderson Entrepreneur Dave Anderson, the 54-year-old founder of Famous Dave’s barbecue restaurant chain, and Grand Casinos, a casino management company, have jumped into the waterpark business with the opening of the Keylime Resort in Gurnee, Ill., a northern Chicago suburb that is also home to a big amusement park. Anderson, who started his restaurant business in 1994 in northern Wisconsin's...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- As economic growth weakens, Wisconsin personal income growth will slow to 3.8 percent this year and 4 percent next year, down from gains of near 5.3 percent in 2006 and about the same amount in 2007, according to the Wisconsin Quarterly Economic Outlook. The report, issued by the state Department of Revenue, predicted Wisconsin’s...

Successful international Web site launches in America's Dairyland, offering online directions for residents and tourists in Madison and Milwaukee NEW YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PublicRoutes.com, the first international Web resource for public transportation and driving directions, today announced the launch of a complete resource for navigating throughout the entire metropolitan areas of Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Originally launched in...

New specification-based monitoring approach to catch most sophisticated emerging threats MADISON, Wis., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaShield, Inc., a leader in advanced anti-malware technology, today announced it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This competitive Phase II grant for $500,000 will be used to continue commercialization of NovaShield's breakthrough...