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High tech, biotech clashing on patent bill. "Stop reckless rush to overhaul patent system"

This week they’re on opposite sides of a fight playing out in Washington: How to overhaul the nation’s patent system.

University of Montana Environmental Health Center Lands $10.6MM Grant

Founded in 2000, the center works to advance knowledge of environmental impacts on human health. Its 16 faculty members and six faculty affiliates study everything from arsenic exposure to diseases caused by Libby asbestos.

How to Handle Late-Paying Clients

Coldhearted as it seems, sometimes the best strategy for handling habitually overdue customers is to quit working for them.

Google offers to run small web site search engines starting at $100

The service scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday is aimed at the millions of Web sites that either don’t have search engines or are unhappy with the quality of their current search results.

Montana Growth Capital

We specialize in financing companies that have difficulty in accessing capital through traditional sources (such as banks and venture capitalists.)

Microsoft funds green research Grant money also goes to University of Washington for high-tech classrooms

At the University of Washington, the number of freshmen expressing interest in computer science as a major is up 26 percent from the previous fall

Cuts in grants for computer research assailed

With that lament as the backdrop, Microsoft announced its own research grant-making priorities for the coming year, including improved power conservation in computing, better tools for analyzing and using data from the human genome, and developing ways to use the cellphone as a tool for improving health care.