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By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Here’s a holiday office gift no business should want. Sophisticated cyber-tieds have taken to delivering innocent-looking packages, usually without any department or person named, in anticipation they will sit unnoticed and unclaimed on a...
EUA: EUA Announces Merger with Performa Inc.
The firms have similar cultures, work styles and values. To deliver projects with the best talent, EUA and Performa have strategically partnered on several projects over the past year, demonstrating and solidifying our ability to work together to provide a seamless...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Marc LaPierre of Clock’d
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. MADISON – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights spotlights Marc LaPierre of Clock’d, one of the top presenters in the Tech Council’s recent...
PR Newswire: Fetch Rewards Surpasses $100 Billion in Actionable GMV Across US Retail Sales, Equivalent to Nation’s Seventh Largest Retailer
Fetch Rewards, America's No. 1 Rewards App, is now equivalent to the nation's seventh largest retailer for annualized gross merchandise value (GMV) flowing through the platform, surpassing the $100 billion mark. With 208% year-over-year growth of annualized GMV, Fetch...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Community bank with tech focus could be created in Delafield
In a rare move for an industry where community banks are being absorbed into larger lenders, a new one could be created in Delafield with a goal of reaching about $350 million in assets within five years. If approved, it would become the first new bank chartered in...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Evers appoints Jack Salzwedel to WEDC board
Jack Salzwedel, the board chairman and outgoing chief executive officer of Madison-based American Family Insurance, is joining the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board of directors. Gov. Tony Evers announced today he was appointing Salzwedel to the WEDC board....
BizTimes Milwaukee: SpotHopper raises $14 million in Series A funding
Milwaukee-based SpotHopper, a provider of restaurant marketing and operations technology, has completed a $14 million Series A funding round, the company announced Tuesday. San Diego-based TVC Capital, a firm that invests in growth stage business-to-business software...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: SwanLeap, a Madison logistics company that was once the fastest-growing company in the U.S., has been acquired
The Madison-based logistics company SwanLeap, Inc. that was once dubbed the fastest-growing company in America has been acquired. SwanLeap, a transportation management software company, has been acquired by Transportation Insight Holding Company, the businesses...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Zywave acquires California-based insurance software company
Wauwatosa-based insurtech company Zywave announced that is has acquired Santa Barbara, California-based ClarionDoor, a provider of insurance product distribution software for rating, quoting and issuance. Founded in 2010, ClarionDoor serves more than 70 customers...
CNN: World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say
The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce -- and in a way not seen in plants and animals. Formed from the stem cells of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) from which it takes its name, xenobots...
WisBusiness: Dept. of Administration: Applications open for $75 million in grants aimed to support diverse businesses
Today, the Evers Administration opened the application period for two programs totaling $75 million targeted toward supporting diverse businesses and communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Gov. Evers previously announced he was directing federal...
InsideWis: There’s still reason for doubt, but nuclear power regaining favor
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A strange thing happened at the global climate summit in Glasgow: Nuclear power was not given the customary back of the hand. After years of standing outside looking in, atomic power gained a seat at the COP26 international table. Given...
Wisconsin Inno: Telehealth startup Nurse Disrupted raises $700,000 led by Exact Sciences CEO
A Madison-area startup founded by a former employee of Epic Systems Corp. has raised $700,000 from Wisconsin investors that include Kevin Conroy, the CEO of Exact Sciences Corp. (NYSE: EXAS). Nurse Disrupted Inc. is based in Fitchburg and was founded in 2020 by Bre...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: This Milwaukee entrepreneur is building a new way to pay for medical costs
Chad Johnson believes that it is our responsibility to take care of each other. A couple of years ago after his mom retired, she was worried about paying the out-of-pocket prescription costs for chronic conditions. Johnson wanted to take care of his mom. He also...
The Daily Reporter: University researchers trying to make up for lost time
First came the 2019 flood. Then COVID-19 hit. And this summer, maintenance and construction difficulties closed most of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Chemistry Building, a shutdown lasting nearly 90 days. The building’s two affected wings just reopened last...
Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services: DHS Recommends COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose for Anyone 18 and Older
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) supports the recommendation(link is external) that anyone 18 and older receive a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least six months after having received their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Pfizer) or Moderna...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Marquette, Kohler sign formal research partnership agreement
Marquette University has signed a new partnership agreement with Kohler Co. that leaders say will pave the way for more collaborative research between the two institutions. Marquette and Kohler said the contract establishes mutual agreement around intellectual...
RSVP for the Dec. 7 virtual luncheon: ‘The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Post-COVID – How Trade Helps the North American Recovery’
Join WisPolitics.com, WisBusiness.com and the Wisconsin Technology Council for the fourth 2021 trade policy virtual event on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. CT. Attendance is free. The topic is: 'The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Post-COVID – How Trade...
Wisconsin INNO: Entrepreneur building GPS app to identify occupied hunting land
As a marketing whiz and a hunting enthusiast, Eric Clark's response to his personal frustrations with finding public hunting land was to create a search-engine-optimized (SEO) group on Facebook called Where to Hunt. Seemingly overnight, the page grew to around 10,000...
The Hill: CDC panel endorses COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults
A key outside advisory group to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed the use of COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, a one-size-fits-all approach designed to simplify eligibility. If CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signs off on the...