LANSING - The Senate Economic Development Committee on Wednesday approved three bills aimed at making the state friendly to industrial parks or smart zones. SB 1203 would allow a local government with a technology park to join together with another municipality without the park to designate the joint area as a technology park, creating a
WASHINGTON DC - A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has been chosen to run the new National Cyber Security Center, an agency charged with coordinating efforts to protect the federal government's computer networks from cyberattacks, according to published reports. Rod Beckstr�m, 47, is expected to be appointed to the post Thursday and report directly to Michael Chertoff,
DETROIT - To promote itself, Detroit Electric - a new joint venture between Zap and China's Youngman Automotive Group - plan to release a limited number of cars based around the Detroit Electric, an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Co. in the early part of the 20th century. Anderson produced various models
ANN ARBOR - Considering an investor for your business? What should you look for? What will an investor expect? Come to the New Enterprise Forum?s March 20 event with questions for our panel regarding this critical relationship for your venture. Panelists include: Jeff Basch, Vice President, Business Development - Adaptive Materials: Jeff leads Adaptive Materials'
SOUTHFIELD - TiE Detroit - The Indus Entrepreneurs ? are hosting a program on March 18 that will examine the technology work force crisis and how to solve the H1B professional workers' crisis. The number of employed IT professionals is growing at a faster rate than the overall business that has pushed IT unemployment to
ANN ARBOR - With the housing market still skidding, consumers tightening their belts and the job market clearly weakening, the first half of this year will continue to be tough for the U.S. economy. But it gets better later this year and next, University of Michigan economists predicted Tuesday. "The economy is clearly in a
LANSING - Nominations for the 2008 John G. Thodis Michigan Manufacturer of the Year Award program, presented by the Michigan Manufacturers Association, are due March 31. Nominations are open to any individual involved in Michigan's manufacturing industry. A panel of judges will choose manufacturing leaders who have made significant contributions to their communities and the
AUBURN HILLS - There is still time to enroll in a new business program presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Center that starts April 4 and runs through June 13. Venture Forward, an intensive, ten-week program that utilizes the highly acclaimed FastTrac GrowthVenture learning system along with MI-SBTDC counseling and research support to
ANN ARBOR ? Merit has brought its Network Operations Center back in-house to support the company?s growing Unified Communications set of products ? bringing the NOC back home. Merit has run a Network Operations Center since 1987, including through the very active years of the NSFNet project. But as startup funding for the Internet ended
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Company Thursday introduced its all-new telephone service for West Michigan business and residential customers: Iserv Digital Voice, providing an alternative to AT&T, Comcast and Charter. Victor Shepherd, Iserv CEO, talks about his new service and the rapid growth of his company in this News Maker Interview. To listen, click on