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By Brian Leaf Business is often a who-you-know proposition and networking has long been an effective means to expanding an entrepreneur’s address book. These days many small business owners are turning to Internet-working. Let’s face it. It’s hard to get out of the office to schmooze. But connecting online can lead you to people with similar interests, ideas and real business...

By Tom Still LA CROSSE – Terry Hicks, president of the AFL-CIO in western Wisconsin, doesn't expect to see many of his railroad brethren hanging around the union hall these days. They're all working overtime handling the tremendous volume of freight traveling the nation's rails. "The trains arriving from the coasts are full (with foreign-made goods)," Hicks said Feb. 17 at...

MADISON – Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has drawn a thoughtful ethical line with his decision to support one type of human embryonic stem cell research in his state and to oppose another. Although the distinction made by Romney was largely lost in news coverage of his announcement, it could define a more constructive debate over stem cell research in...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Digital data thieves abound. According to industry reports, more than 36 percent of all software – worth tens of billions of dollars – installed in computers is pirated by bad actors every year. Prashanth Darba, who runs a start-up in Madison's University Research Park called SmartSoftKey, is on a crusade to impede their devilry. His enterprise,...

For more information, contact Casey Perry, 920.360.3612 MADISON: The Wisconsin Troopers Association (WTA) today acknowledged Governor Doyle’s responsible budget proposal to confront the unacceptably high number of traffic fatalities in Wisconsin. By restoring 20 positions to the State Patrol and allocating funds to replace badly needed equipment...

For More Information Contact: Conrad Ayala, Interface Architect The Spin Group, Inc. (414) 672-8888 or conrad.a@spingroup.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Milwaukee based digital media design firm The Spin Group, Inc. has enjoyed global recognition of the resources section of its company website. The Spin Group has compiled a collection of articles, case studies and presentations that focus on four key topics in the digital media...