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Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced data from a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) biomarker validation study was presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress. The...
WisBusiness: Dept. of Workforce Development: Up to $5 million in Wisconsin Fast Forward grants now available to employers to train unemployed, underemployed, and existing workers
Employers are now able to apply for the latest round of Wisconsin Fast Forward grants from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD). Up to $5 million in funding is available to employers who demonstrate a critical need for skilled workers and are seeking training...
Madison Startups: American Family Ventures Invests in TCARE
American Family Ventures led a $17 million Series A financing round for TCARE, the company announced recently. The St. Louis-based TCARE provides a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-approved analytics platform that supports families who are taking care of a...
WisBusiness: Talking Trade with Briggs & Stratton’s Jennifer Jin on the impact of trade sanctions
Talking Trade host Sandi Siegel and MMAC World Trade Association Executive Director Katie Henry welcome Jennifer Jin from Briggs & Stratton, who details the impact of trade sanctions on the manufacturing supply chain. Click here to watch the episode.
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin banks saw continued loan growth in second quarter
Wisconsin banks saw loan growth, flat deposits and a decline in noncurrent loans and leases during the second quarter, according to FDIC data analyzed by the Wisconsin Bankers Association. Net loans and leases reached $99.95 billion in the quarter, up 5.8% from the...
InsideWis: Means-tested grants, employer incentives may help students more
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – The reaction to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has moved beyond early elation in some quarters to skepticism from workers who didn’t go to college, economists worried about inflation, tax law experts and even some union...
MKE Startup News: Colorful Connections delivers DEI services to businesses of all sizes
Founder and CEO Morgan Phelps did not intend to start her own business. The woman at the helm of Colorful Connections, a Milwaukee-based company focused on diversity recruiting, talent development and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training, has a career built...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Regional Medical Center sees nearly $800 million in new developments. Their impact is felt throughout Wisconsin.
It was roughly 20 years ago that Milwaukee Regional Medical Center began seeing an upswing in development, says Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride. Now, the center's institutions — including Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital and Children's Wisconsin — are...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Ben Lipari, Alliant Energy
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Ben Lipari, assistant vice president of resource development for Alliant Energy. Lipari discusses the company’s renewable energy transition plans, outlined in Alliant Energy’s Clean Energy Blueprint that...
BizTimes Milwaukee: CCB Technology names new president
Racine-based managed IT services firm CCB Technology announced that Logan McCoy has been promoted to president of the company. McCoy has worked for CCB Technology for 15 years, most recently serving as vice president of services for nearly 7 years. He has also worked...
WisBusiness: TDS Telecom: Announces major fiber expansion in Wisconsin
TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS®) is bringing its all-fiber, high-speed internet network to many more communities across the Badger State, continuing the Madison-based company’s major expansion in Wisconsin. TDS will build fiber networks in 18 communities spanning the...
PR Newswire: FluGen Announces Completion of First Cohort in Age De-escalation Clinical Trial of M2SR Flu Vaccine Candidate in Pediatric Subjects Ages 6 Months to 17 Years
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced the completion of enrollment of the first cohort in an age de-escalation clinical trial of...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee area economy slows in July, report shows
The Milwaukee area’s economy slowed in July, according to the latest economic trends report from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. The report shows 10 of the 22 economic indicators in July saw improvement over the year. That’s the first time less...
Post Crescent: Kimberly-Clark installs rooftop solar system on mill at company’s birthplace in downtown Neenah
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has installed 414 solar panels on the roof of its Experimental Mill, or X-Mill, at 126 N. Commercial St. It's the first rooftop solar system in the downtown Neenah business district. The system will generate 195 megawatt hours of renewable...
Wisconsin Public Radio: ‘We farm the sun’: For some Wisconsin dairy farmers, solar energy is a new source of income
Brent Sinkula has been operating the Irish Acres dairy farm for 12 years. Before that, it was his father's farm, and his home. "Since I was 5 years old, I was out there feeding calves and helping out," Sinkula said. As president of the Manitowoc County Farm Bureau,...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Bear market causes hundreds of millions in losses at area health care systems
Advocate Aurora Health Care sustained investment losses of $666 million the first half of 2022 — the most high-profile example of how the bear market trampled southeastern Wisconsin health care systems’ cash flows even as the systems are struggling to cover...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Audit Bureau claims state agency failed to verify broadband grant spending
Broadband service providers that received millions of dollars in grants aimed at expanding high speed internet in Wisconsin failed to document what they actually spent on their projects, according to a new report from the state Legislative Audit Bureau. The bureau...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based biotech firm raises $41.5 million
Madison-based Elephas Biosciences Corp. announced Monday the completion of a $41.5 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Chicago-based ARCH Venture Partners with continued investment by Madison-based WARF Ventures. Elephas’ past investments include $20...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Finalists named for 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards
More than 300 innovative products and services have been narrowed down to 30 finalists for the 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards. The Wisconsin Innovation Awards aim to celebrate and inspire innovation by highlighting and honoring the development of groundbreaking...
Madison Startups: Elephas Raises $41.5M Series B
Elephas Biosciences Corporation, a biotech company that developed an oncology diagnostics platform to predict response to immunotherapy, has raised $41.5 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced today. According to a release. the round was led by...