BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Great Lakes Angles, one of the region's leading angel investment groups, will move its office to the business incubator at Oakland University as part of a new alliance with the school. Great Lakes Angels President and Founder David Weaver said a package of benefits offered GLA by OU Accelerator Executive Director David
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Executive Search Partners has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the Most Dependable Executive Search Firms and Staffing Agencies in the Great Lakes region. The company said the kudos came for exceeding the industry standard for professionalism, an excellent record of ethical business dealings and for getting ranked as one
ANN ARBOR ? Ensure Technologies Marketing Coordinator Lisa Beedon has been honored by the local chapter of American Business Women's Association as their Woman of the Year. Beedon, a three year member of the Maia Chapter of ABWA in Ann Arbor, was recognized by chapter members for her significant contributions during the past year, serving
KALAMAZOO ? The Right Place Program, a Grand Rapids economic development group, and Southwest Michigan First, its counterpart in greater Kalamazoo, have partnered on a new study that shows drug development and biotech offer rich opportunities for life sciences businesses based in the two metropolitan areas. Specifically, the report shows biopharma and Medical device makers
ATLANTA - In the pine forests of rural Georgia, Devon Dartnell sees a path into the global fuel economy. As the biomass program manager for the Georgia Forestry Commission, Dartnell is impatiently waiting for construction to begin next month of a plant that will convert forestry wastes into ethanol, a car fuel, and rival similar
MOUNT PLEASANT - Central Michigan University Research Corporation and Dendritic Nanotechnologies have developed technology capable of absorbing toxic chemicals from ground water that could lead to a revolutionary ground water purification system. The U.S. Department of Defense's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program has awarded CMU-RC and DNT a $1.3 million contract to refine the
BOSTON - Congestion at North America's West Coast ports and continuing capacity problems at major European ports have complicated the China sourcing equation to such an extent that companies need to consider alternatives, experts at The Boston Consulting Group contend. While the situation is worse in North America than Europe and likely to worsen even
BOSTON - Poor infrastructure, bureaucratic red tape and restrictive labor laws have kept India?s manufacturing sector a backwater, while its services have turned red hot. But beneath the surface, things are changing rapidly, and India could become a manufacturing powerhouse within five to 10 years, says a new report by The Boston Consulting Group and
LANSING - Companies seeking Michigan tax abatements and economic development tools would be more likely to get those if they will hire all Michigan workers under a legislative package House Democrats announced Monday. The legislation, which has yet to be introduced, will be reviewed through a joint meeting of the House committees on Labor and
ANN ARBOR ? Bill Boudreaux of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, and Steve Davis of Heller Ehrman, will discuss strategic corporate legal and patent issues for early stage life sciences companies Aug. 15 at SPARK Central. The program is part of BioArbor, an educational networking events for the life sciences industry in the greater Ann