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Metro Milwaukee home sales dipped significantly in May
The metropolitan Milwaukee housing market took an expected hit last month due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, with housing sales down 25.2% versus May 2019, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.
Derse laying off dozens as trade show cancellations devastate industry
Milwaukee-based Derse Inc., one of the largest designers and builders of trade show exhibits in the country, informed state and local officials that it will terminate 10 employees and lay off an additional 77 as its industry has been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lessons learned in acting fast
Editor’s note: The onslaught of the COVID-19 crisis has forced Wisconsin businesses to think on their feet, quickly shifting...
Coronavirus has reshaped the labor market and how businesses meet their workforce needs
Amanda Daering is chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based talent consultancy Newance LLC, which helps companies with talent and attraction...
UW-Milwaukee sewage research could better predict coronavirus outbreaks
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences are studying sewage as a means of tracking COVID-19...
Potential COVID-19 vaccine produced at Catalent’s Madison facility
As researchers race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, production on one potential single-shot vaccine is underway at Catalent,...
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Exact Sciences reprogrammed labs to boost state’s COVID-19 testing capacity
At the outset of the state’s coronavirus response, just a handful of Wisconsin labs were running COVID-19 tests, averaging...
Epic provided project management, software to help state’s COVID-19 response
Verona-based medical records giant Epic Systems Corp. has used its experience with deploying complex projects quickly to aid in...
EmbedTek develops device contact tracing technology
Waukesha-based internet of things company EmbedTek, LLC is developing a wearable contact tracing device that allows businesses to enforce...
Ramping up GE Healthcare ventilator production was no small task
The scene at GE Healthcare’s Madison manufacturing plant since late March is something that Mark Goyette, general manager for...