LANSING - Legislation to boost energy development in Michigan could be a good test of how well the Legislature and Governor Jennifer Granholm are going to work together this year, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) said Monday. But he warned against trying to "jam" standards for the use of renewable energy that technology does
LANSING - Rebounding from a trough reached a year ago, increasing numbers of small business owners expect sales, profitability and investments to increase over the next 12 months, the latest business barometer from the Small Business Association of Michigan reports, while a larger number of employers expect to increase workforces and wages than in the
SAN CARLOS, Ca. - The cold rain that had been falling on Northern California in mid-January paused before we silently rolled the roadster out the development garage in San Carlos. With the sun shining for a least a short time, the top was easily removed by releasing a pair of latches on each side and
WASHINGTON - Global growth has slowed "markedly" amid the turmoil in financial markets, and risks remain to the downside, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. In updating its World Economic Outlook, the fund said the world economy should slow to a 4.1 percent growth rate in 2008 from an estimated 4.9 percent in 2007, The
LANSING - Prima Civitas Foundation on Tuesday awarded ten mini-grants worth $45,000 to Mid-Michigan organizations that will host a variety of Entrepreneur and Inventor Days to showcase new businesses or hot new technologies. The awards are funded by a grant received from the C.S. Mott Foundation in October 2007. A competitive bid process was announced
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The Deal Gateway will host its monthly Deal Incubator event Feb. 5 to connect business owners and entrepreneurs with potential business partners and investors. The February meeting runs from 4 -6 p.m. at 1760 S. Telegraph Rd. in Bloomfield Hills at the offices of Hertz Schram PC. The Deal Incubator is geared
KALAMAZOO - Metabolic Solutions Development Co., a therapeutics company, is the sixth investment for the Southwest Michigan First Life Sciences Fund. The company was founded in Kalamazoo in 2006 by two retired Pfizer scientists, Rolf Kletzien, PhD, and Jerry Colca, PhD. Their scientific strategy is build on understanding insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones to create a new generation
DETROIT - A. Paul Schaap, former Wayne State University chemistry professor and founder of Southfield-based Lumigen Inc., and his wife Carol, have donated $7.7 million to support expansion of the Chemistry Building and the A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Endowed Distinguished Graduate Stipend Fund. WSU, pending approval by the Board of Governors, will name
GRAND RAPIDS - IT services and consulting firm NuSoft Solutions has hired Matthew Matlosz as Account Executive. Matlosz is responsible for sales, project leadership and management of NuSoft's local and national accounts. Matlosz is based at NuSoft?s Michigan?s office and will serve clients throughout the region. Matlosz joins NuSoft from Kforce, where he worked as
TROY - Automation Alley will discuss its 2007 accomplishments, initiatives for 2008, and elect the 2008 Board of Directors, including a new board president at its annual meeting Jan. 31 at the Troy Marriott. Remarks will be made by: * Jerry Rush, outgoing president, Automation Alley * Ken Rogers, executive director, Automation Alley * Thomas