LANSING - The Michigan House Judiciary Committee discussed legislation allowing individuals using in vitro fertilization the option of donating their unused embryos for stem cell research while also increasing the penalties for human cloning, but most of those who testified over the course of nearly five hours voiced their opposition to or support for the
LANSING - If Michigan lawmakers can beat other Midwest states in the race to approve renewable energy portfolio standards, it can provide the incentive for alternative energy manufacturers to set up shop in the state, bringing up to 35,000 jobs with them, said a report released on Wednesday from the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership
TRAVERSE CITY - On Tuesday, at the Traverse City Business Expo, Traverse Angels officially opened its doors for business. The private equity finance group is looking for fundable comapanies in Northern Michigan and to tap what founder Robert Ochtel said was an untapped source of funds from high net worth individuals who live in this
GRAND HAVEN ? Luanne Brown, President and CEO of eTool Developers, has won the 2007 Athena Award, which honors an industry person or company for outstanding contributions to promoting the development of women in the automotive aftermarket. Brown was selected from a group of nominees that included Steve Bolio ? Scafidi-Bolio & Associates, Ron Coleman
NEW YORK - Verizon has upgraded its existing network in the Michigan to allow small- and medium-sized business customers to order a static IP address for use with their Verizon High Speed Internet for Business service. A static IP address, a permanent address on the Internet, lets a business make company information available for telecommuters,
LANSING ? Michigan Virtual University, which provides online education courses and resources, has appointed two new board members - Brian Broderick, Executive Director, Michigan Association of Non-public Schools and Neil Marchuk, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, TRW Automotive. Jamey Fitzpatrick, Michigan Virtual University) president and CEO, said the appointments were made at the board
WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded approximately $246,000 to the University of Michigan for a project called Proactive System Design and Evaluation: Supporting Pilot-Automation Interaction Through Empirical and Modeling Analyses. The award will foster close collaboration with and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers at NASA,
FERNDALE - Tener Technologies has achieved Select Certification from Cisco, a new level, which recognizes Cisco channel partners whose primary focus is on the small and medium-sized business market. To earn Select Certification, Tenertech fulfilled the training and exam requirements of the new SMB Specialization, demonstrating that the company has invested in achieving the sales
TRAVERSE CITY ? Another Angel investing group has been formed in Michigan, this time in Traverse City and it's appropriately enough named Traverse Angels. The group was officially launched Tuesday at the Traverse City Business Expo. A section of the expo was called Tech City and was co hosted by GLIMANorthwest and Microsoft. Traverse Angels
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. on Wednesday announced it had lost $38.6 billion in the third quarter, the highest ever reported by the world?s largest automaker, but the good news is it was primarily a noncash loss stemming from write downs on tax credits from the sub prime mortgage crisis. The write downs, analysts warn,