LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund board on Thursday approved an investment of up to $3.75 million through the Michigan 21st Century Investment Fund in RPM Ventures II, a venture capital fund. RPM was formerly known as Waypoint Ventures. The official announcement was made by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Michigan Economic Development Corp. CEO
DETROIT - Compuware Corporation has entered into an agreement to work with Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft's personal health technology platform. Covisint will provide physicians with better, more efficient and secure access to patients' records by enabling patients to grant provider access to their HealthVault records through Covisint's OnDemand platform. HealthVault is a software and services health
GRAND RAPIDS ? Microsoft System Integrator NuSoft Solutions has created a new line of business, called Kinetic IG, which uses multi-service technology to create web and desktop applications. Positioning itself as a separate division of NuSoft Solutions, Kinetic IG?s goal is to ?create a moving experience? for its clients. The experienced creative team and technology
DETROIT ? Wayne State University?s TechTown is hosting its next First Friday technology and business mixer March 7. The informal networking get together starts runs from 4-6 pm at TechTown?s headquarters, located at 440 Burroughs, between Cass & Second Ave. For more information, click on TechTownWSU.Org a>>
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LANSING - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff congratulated the Michigan Legislature, Governor Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of State Terri Land for bolstering "security through secure identification," as the Legislature wrapped up its work on bills dealing with Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Land is asking the federal government to allow the enhanced driver's
ANN ARBOR ? A new survey shows Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione has been ranked as the largest intellectual property law firms in Washtenaw, Livingston and Western Wayne counties. The survey results were published in the February 14 edition of theAnn Arbor Business Review. The Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione home office is in Chicago.
LANSING - Adopting a Michigan renewable portfolio standard that would require that at least 10 percent of the state's energy came from renewable sources by 2015 could force energy cost increases of as much as 39 percent, a spokesperson for the auto industry told the Senate Energy Policy and Public Utilities Committee on Thursday. But
KALAMAZOO ? FastTrac TechVenture kicked off the first of six West Michigan training program on Feb. 27 at Southwest Michigan First with 13 business teams, from companies as diverse as medical devices to developers to Web 2.0 designers. The group heard from John McIntyre, CEO of Venomix, who presented an overview of technology entrepreneurship. McIntyre
BENTON HARBOR ? Join the Women's Network at Whirlpool Corp. March 19 for an interactive seminar designed to elevate awareness, inspire and provide tools to improve your communication skills. Registration deadline is March 10. Guest speaker Judy Grant will host Your Spoken Connection. There also will be a special introduction to the Women?s Business Center