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Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

- About eight percent of the weight of a box of corn flakes is corn. Less than five percent of the price of a box of corn flakes represents the cost of the corn - the rest is transportation, packaging, Super Bowl commercials, little plastic-wrapped toys for your kids, and more. Heck, the price of the box alone probably exceeds the cost of the co...

Ready to leave? Why you shouldn't give two weeks' notice

The "Exit Stage Right" article on Why? Because giving two week's notice (let alone four week's notice) went out with nickel beers. The article also needs a reality check on some of its observations and assertions of how life is in today's corporate...

Visions: Broderick says Wisconsin should be in top third in venture capital

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Legislature should look to Wisconsin's natural energy advantages

That question was raised by state...

Brazilian bio-industry should impress American investors

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Yasnoff: Wisconsin should invest in health record bank

Yasnoff, founder of the eHealth Trust Initiative, continues to advocate that states or regions create a central repository, or bank, for all ele...

Doyle says Congress should lift stem cell restrictions

Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 200...

State should keep open mind on nuclear power

Wisconsin's donor-state status isn't going to change soon, despite the be...

Why the Senate should ease stem cell restrictions

announced early this year they had developed two new lines of stem cells "fed" through a culture medium free of animal proteins. The breakthrough was hailed in scientific circles because it moved stem-cell research a step closer to...

New venture funds should accelerate Virent's work

The company, which is developing technology t...

How should we define Web 2.0?

Surely you've experienced this: the awkward experience when people have been talking about something or someone for a long time assuming you were in the know. You then have to pretend to understand, even when you have no idea what they're talking about. Because everyone thinks you know your stuff, you can't ask for details, so you nod, smile and hope you aren't call...

Angel investing should lead to more venture funding, Ward says

A Report released this week said 35 Midwestern companies attracted a total of $185 million during the quarter, compared to three Wisconsin companies with at l...

AT&T should set sights higher than repackaging DSL with Project Lightspeed

If you're going to go through all this redeployment, AT&T should be setting its sights higher on real broadband and long-term capabilities. Providing another flavor of DSL is shortsighted. The marketing strategy of Project Lightspeed should be to...

Angel investing should lead to more venture funding, Ward says

Madison - Wisconsin may have received only three of the 35 Midwestern venture capital deals reported during the first quarter of 2006, but one local observer isn\'t alarmed. A Report released this week said 35 Midwestern companies attracted a total of $185 million during the quarter, compared to three Wisconsin companies with at least...

Building the modern public-purpose university' should be UW System's goal

While there's no shortage of public chatter about University of Wisconsin administrators taking sick leave or how much the football coaches are paid, there's rarely much talk about the core 21st century challenge facing the UW System in fact, all of public higher education in America: Are our public universities becoming "privatized" without the benefit of a debate...

Stem cell breakthrough by UW shows why federal research should be broadened

If theres a positive side to the alleged research abuses in South Korea, it is the co...

Feuds between UW and the Legislature should end for good of the state

In Minnesota these days, the governor and the Legislature are bogged down in a budget fight, just like their counterparts in Wisconsin. Money is tight, just as it is in Wisconsin. But there's an important distinction between the two states: In Minnesota, the university budget is one of the few areas of agreement, not a source of perpetual friction as it is in Wiscon...

Whining should not get in the way of innovation

In May 2003 the Harvard Business Review published an article by Carr titled IT Doesn't Matter. The gist of the article was that IT is now ubiquitous and available t...

Why and how you should befriend a tech recruiter

Everyone has to network, we argued, or at least everyone can benefit from an occasional networking outing. So heres the corollary: Whether...

California stem cell initiative should wake up Washington and Madison

That's precisely what happened last week when California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 7...

Midwest technology bosses should stop flaunting their wealth at work

They write about things that happen in their workplaces. They write about their experiences with finding a job, getting promoted and managing a pretty wide range of other...

Why you should never name your company after a fruit

On this side of the ring is Sir Paul McCartney, with the title of a legendary musical artist and boyish looks with a cute smile. On the other side, yet another youthful boy wonder, Steve Jobs with his intellect and a legend...

Three mainstream technologies you should not ignore

I am a technophile. I like big ideas and small microchips. In dictionary terms, it means I have an insatiable enthusiasm for technology, especially computers and high technology. In real-life terms, it means that I obsess over a wide array of unnecessary, overpriced gadgets that end up in my basement aside X.10 cameras, a commercial-strength FM transmitter kit, a few pinball machines, s...

Wisconsin Should Create, like Renewables, an Energy Efficient Portfolio

With deregulation of the retail electric utility industry a distant memory with an exception or two, it appears to be a time to return to regulated utility basics. This means that Wisconsin and its legislators should revisit the original text for the regulation of public utilities to find a blueprint for its future direction. As Wisconsins positi...

Grow Wisconsin Should Help Tutor Wisconsin on Economic Growth

For the 13th straight year, Wisconsin scored an A for economic performance when the Corporation for Enterprise Development released its annual report card on the states. But not all of Wisconsins grades were as glowing, as the explained. The report card renewed concerns abo...

Senate Passes an Investment Capital Package; the Assembly Should Follow Suit

MADISON State Sen. Ted Kanavas was still beaming on Saturday, a day after the Legislatures upper house passed bills that could close Wisconsins venture capital gap and build a stronger in-state network for entrepreneurs Not that we havent dealt with some pretty big issues this fall, but this is the most important so far to the states economy, said Kanavas, a Brookfield Republican who wo...

The Top 10 Musts That Should Be in Your Business Survival Kit

CHICAGO In the bubble days of the 1990s, it used to be that every company needed great office space, fancy furniture and the best foosball money could buy to launch their business. It was more important to look like a real company than to be one so you could attract great employees and lots of interest from investors. This became very profitable for companies like Herman Miller, landlo...