New study finds similarities between monkey business and human business
Little attention has been paid to whether systematic economic biases such as risk-aversion are learned behaviors ?and thus easily ameliorated through market incentives ?or biologically based, arising in novel situations and in spite of experience. In a groundbreaking new study from the Journal of Political Economy, Yale researchers extend this question across species, exploring how a colony of ca...Road-crossing in chimpanzees: A risky business
In a finding that broadens our understanding of primate cooperation, researchers have found that chimpanzees evaluate risk when crossing roads and draw on an evolutionarily old principle--shared with at least some other primates--of protective "socio-spatial" organization that produces flexible, adaptive, and cooperative responses by a group of individuals facing risk. The research is reported by...Tushaus Computer acquires managed service business
The transaction will enable Tushaus Computer, a Milwaukee-based provider of information technology services, to establish a physical presence in the Green Bay market. The c...Scott Converse, UW-Madison School of Business, on the innovation mind-set
, he addressed information techno...Innovation expert speaks on the business-IT balancing act
. We asked him to share some of his insights into the ways business and information techno...State's investment in early-stage businesses is changing perceptions
Attorney Joe Hildebrandt has been a part of many deals connecting promising young Wisconsin companies with investors, some close at home and others in the financial centers of the nations East and West coasts. Over the years, Hildebrandt told a legislative committee last week, he's battled the notion that Wisconsin is a "flyover state" that nei...Suggestions offered to foster high-growth business investment
A group of business investors and government representatives have suggested a series of changes to Wisconsin Act 255 that was enacted to stimulate investments in high-growth industries. Their suggestions were made to a state Senate committee on Wednesday. For more on that hearing, read: Regulations still stymie business investment in high-growth compa...Nicholas buys ICI’s drug business for Rs 70 c
Pharmaceutical major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. (NPIL) has acquired the pharmaceutical business of ICI (India) Ltd. For Rs 70 crore in an all-cash deal, on a going concern basis. The amount includes Rs 14 crore towards acquiring net current assets of ICI and Rs 1 crore to NPIL by ICI towards transaction costs. The deal includes ICI’s key brands and its manufacturing facility at Ennore, near Chen...Abbott Laboratories to buy Biocompatibles' cardiovascular stent business
Abbott Laboratories said it has agreed to acquire the cardiovascular stent business of Biocompatibles International PLC for $234.5 million in cash. Abbott said the deal will strengthen its portfolio of products and will expand its international presence in the vascular business for polymer-coated stents - tiny metal tubes that keep blood vessels open.// Abbott has been the exclusive U...A Move To Help Commercial Sex Workers Quit Their Business
The Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) will soon begin training sex workers in the state to seek alternative employment. The move has been accelerated following the provision of $12.7 million for the project to be implemented in five years. // The decision to train sex workers on an alternative employment scheme has been taken up after the representatives of sex workers recommended that...Pandemic Will Affect Business Houses
The global economy and health businesses are likely to be extensively affected when an influenza pandemic breaks out across the world. This is expected to result in a 14% contraction in the goods and services trade as a result of a global recession, //according to the Pacific Pandemic Forum for Business. This is the first such conference being held in North America. The exact amount of damage it...Argentine Meat Export business gets a jolt from Russia.
Citing the fear of FMD (foot-and-mouth disease), Russia has put a stop and a aban on imports of live animals, all products of animal origin and animal feed from the Argentine province of Corrientes. The action was taken this Friday.// This was revealed by the the Agriculture Ministry of Russia. The step comes after a report by OIE (the international animal health body), a...State of Diabetes in Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Business Group on Health Releases Report
Good News: Percentage of Working Age People with Diabetes, Hospitaland Professional Charges Lower Than Both PA and National Averages PITTSBURGH, April 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThePittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) announced today therelease of a new report on the prevalence, costs and quality ofcare for people with Type 2 diabetes. The inaugural Pittsburgh Type2 Diabetes...