Kegonsa Seed Fund to reap benefits of Intelligent Bio-Systems sale [June 27,...
Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc., (IBS) a company that makes a laptop DNA sequencing machine, was acquired by Quiagen N.V., a life sciences research tools company, for an undisclosed price. Kegonsa Seed...
View ArticleLocal Open Pantry stores to become 7-Elevens [June 27, 2012]
A few Open Pantry convenience stores in Madison will soon be transformed into 7-Elevens after Dallas-based 7-Eleven purchased 18 Wisconsin Open Pantry locations for an undisclosed amount. The stores...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Individual mandate survives as a tax; Court upholds health...
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down the controversial individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act under the Commerce Clause, but allowed it to survive as a tax. The controversial law is...
View ArticleHealth care ruling: A sampling of op-eds on Supreme Court decision [June 29,...
Thursday’s historic Supreme Court decision has given the nation’s opinion leaders plenty to write about. Here is a sampling of what major publications had to say about it: Wall Street Journal: The...
View ArticleKrekeler Strother moves offices [June 29, 2012]
Krekeler Strother, S.C., a local law firm, moved its office in July from downtown Madison to 2901 W. Beltline Hwy., Suite 301.
View ArticleBlackhawk Church looking for Fitchburg location [June 29, 2012]
Blackhawk Church on Madison’s far west side is reportedly looking for a third location, this time in the Fitchburg area. The church, at 9620 Brader Way, attracts about 5,000 people every week, with a...
View ArticleVeranda Restaurant and Wine Bar to open in Fitchburg [June 29, 2012]
It didn’t take long for the Schiavo family to make plans for its defunct Fitchburg restaurant. The Continental closed suddenly on June 14, but a new restaurant, The Veranda Restaurant and Wine Bar,...
View ArticleFeds suing Harbinger Capital [June 29, 2012]
Federal regulators are suing Philip Falcone and his firm, Harbinger Capital Partners, on civil fraud charges. Falcone is the majority owner of Madison-based Spectrum Brands. The suit claims that...
View ArticleDuluth Trading Co. to open Belleville outlet [June 29, 2012]
Duluth Trading Co., an online and catalog apparel company, opened an outlet store at 1107 River St. in Belleville. The company’s call center will also move to Belleville, occupying 11,000 sq. ft. of...
View ArticleFreshmobile owner eyes East Washington location [June 29, 2012]
Jeff Maurer, owner of Fresh Madison Market and the new Freshmobile Initiative, Inc. mobile grocery, is reportedly negotiating a letter of intent with Urban Land Interests (ULI) for a $2.5 million,...
View ArticleMadison kids least spoiled in U.S., according to study [June 29, 2012]
Madison parents spend the least amount of money on their children, according to a study Bundle.com conducted to determine which U.S. cities spoil their kids the most. Studying cities where it had a...
View ArticleDahlberg named interim director of Morgridge Institute [July 2, 2012]
James Dahlberg, emeritus professor of biomolecular chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named interim executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research. Dahlberg is a...
View ArticleRequired reading: Two views of Madison’s creative class [July 2, 2012]
The media giveth and the media taketh away, especially where Madison’s creative economy is concerned. IB presents two recent takes on innovation in the Capital City, one flattering and one not so...
View ArticleNPR: Sears might be open to selling Lands' End [July 3, 2012]
Rumor Mill: National Public Radio reported that some analysts believe Sears could sell Dodgeville, Wis.-based Lands’ End by the end of the year. Reportedly, Sears’ CEO, Lou D’Ambrosio, has mentioned...
View ArticleCareFusion sold to Natus Medical [July 3, 2012]
CareFusion has been sold to Natus Medical of California for $58 million. The Middleton, Wis. company, which makes EEG and EMG systems to measure electronic activity in the brain, was once known as...
View ArticleAmerican TV & Appliance sells distribution center [July 3, 2012]
American TV & Appliance sold its distribution center in Pewaukee, Wis., to The Westmoreland Co. of Alabama for $11.5 million. Operations at the center, which employs 132, reportedly will not be...
View ArticleManufacturing activity contracts [July 3, 2012]
According to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management, for the first time in nearly three years, manufacturing across the U.S. shrank in June, as production and exports declined and new...
View ArticleHologic likely to close Madison facility [July 5, 2012]
After purchasing Madison-based Third Wave Technologies in 2008, Hologic, Inc. announced it will likely close its Madison facility within 18 months of its pending $3.7 billion acquisition of Gen-Probe,...
View ArticleJune jobs report: U.S. economy adds 80,000 new jobs [July 6, 2012]
The U.S. economy added 80,000 new jobs in June, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor, and the official unemployment rate remained at to 8.2%. After a promising start to the...
View ArticleChinese firm to invest $100 million in Wisconsin companies [July 6, 2012]
The Chinese firm PiYi Investment Management has agreed to invest $100 million in Wisconsin companies across a range of industry sectors. The investment, announced Thursday by the Wisconsin Economic...
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