MOUNT PLEASANT - The 16 businesses located at the MidMichigan Innovation Center business incubator have created 58 new jobs since MMIC opened in July 2005, which have resulted in $4.3 million in direct new payroll. The data for MMICs Annual Economic Impact Report was calculated by Scott Walker, Executive Director of Midland Tomorrow, using the
ANN ARBOR - ProQuest has signed an agreement under which the company would acquire the Thomson Reuters Dialog business. The transaction is expected to close pending a successful completion of the formal consultation period and other customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition of Dialog would allow ProQuest to deepen its penetration
DETROIT - Richard Rassel, Director of Global Client Relations for Butzel Long, received the 2008 Community Service Award presented by The Community House on June 10 in Birmingham. The Community House initiated the Community Service Award in 1988 to recognize those people who have made extraordinary contributions through their professional careers. Its purpose is to
PLEASANT RIDGE - Devoted fans of World Wrestling Entertainment staged TV wrestling helped online promotions company ePrize generate unprecedented web traffic, with more than 650,000 fans registering over four days to earn a piece of a $1 million sweepstakes. Within two hours of the initial announcement of the promotion, ePrize doubled its allocated server capacity.
OKEMOS - TechSmith has released SnagIt 9 with new features, design and performance capabilities that lets computer user to quickly turn simple screenshots into visual communication tools. With SnagIt 9, customers can quickly capture, edit and share any image, including scrolling windows, objects, menus, video, text, and Web pages and include them in emails and
ANN ARBOR - Butzel Long employee benefits attorney Mark Jane has been elected co-chair of the Washtenaw County Bar Association New Lawyers�?? Section. His term begins on June 30. Jane practices in the area of ERISA, employee benefits and compensation. He has experience in a variety of employee benefits matters, including Qualified Domestic Relations Orders,
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has taken a shine to using solar cells in its mobile devices. A patent application, unearthered by MacRumors.com, describes technology to integrate solar cells into portable devices. The named inventors of the patent application are Apple employees, some of whom are iPod engineers. Using small solar panels to charge portable devices
TROY - Dassault Syst??mes has rolled out V6, a next generation PLM 2.0 platform and solution set. Unveiled in January, this sixth generation version was conceived in tight collaboration with industry leaders and leverages the success of DS brands and V5 PLM. V6 harnesses the power of Web 2.0, Web 3D and Dassault Syst??mes�?? previous
ROCHESTER HIILLS - Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb), a leader in business process automation and global data exchange software for the automotive, aerospace and consumer goods industries, has named PDS Technology Company Ltd. as its first sales partner in China. PDS, one of the largest resellers of engineering design software in Southwest China, will provide sales, service
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Taxation and Succession Planning Institute is hosting a half-day seminar for tax practitioners June 5 at the Troy Marriott. The program will focus on recent and significant changes within the Internal Revenue Code. Some of the topics that will be discussed include: domestic asset protection planning, deferred compensation rules, Michigan