Nerites receives $99,990 federal grant: Nerites Corp. of Madison has received $99,990 in federal stimulus funds through a grant from the National Science Foundation for the development of adhesives for augmenting rotator cuff repair. Anchor posts net loss of $228 million for year; thrift agency places restrictions on bank : Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, parent company of AnchorBank, has been ordered by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision to provide a three-year business plan that includes strategies for increasing capital and improving asset quality. Wisconsin film tax incentives in limbo: Interest in filming movies and television shows in Wisconsin has decreased drastically this year, with the future of the tax incentives in limbo. Diverse biotech industry pumps millions into state, national economies: Genetically altered crops have become the norm. Eighty percent to 90 percent of all soybeans planted in Wisconsin possess what the agricultural community refers to as biotech yield traits, said Kevin Jarek, crops, soils and horticulture agent for the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Outagamie County.
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