ROCHESTER HILLS ? MITechNews.Com continues to expand its business alliance with MichiganMall.Com by creating a section for the online Michigan business directory in its eCorner newsletter. MichiganMall.Com also features breaking news provided by MITechNews.Com. MichiganMall.com founded in 1998 by entrepreneurs and Michiganders, Jan and Marshall Rice, is a simple and straightforward Internet marketing tool. While
ROYAL OAK - Learn about WAN Optimization/Network Computing during Intelligent Connections' September Lunch & Learn Seminars scheduled for Sterling Heights, Royal Oak, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Toledo, Ohio. At these seminars, learn how WAN optimization can: Increase user productivity by faster delivery of applications and data to remote users. Save operational expenditure by reducing
LANSING ? A fifth angel investing group has formed in Michigan, this one focused on commercializing technology developed at Michigan State University and by other entrepreneurs in the tri-county area surrounding the state capital. Capital Community Angels quietly launched early in 2007 and closed its first equity investment deal in late July. CCA invested $250,000
ANN ARBOR - The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest will be rolling out its fall competition shortly. So MITechNews.Com will provide this primer for entrepreneurs on what the program is all about. GLEQ is a year-round educational program offering classes, training, coaching and mentoring to help entrepreneurs start, develop or accelerate a high-growth business. GLEQ participants
DETROIT - General Motors is banking on the increasing demand for fuel-efficient cars by launching hybrid versions of two of its full-size SUVs: the GMC Yukon and the Chevy Tahoe. And although the cars aren't slated to go on sale until this fall, GM is already busy building buzz. The new models, available in both
LANSING - The number of people now working in Michigan is at its lowest level since July 1995, figures show, and the state has lost some 9 percent of its total jobs since its peak level in June 2000. According to unemployment figures released Wednesday by the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, the number
LANSING - Budget discussions between Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) have seen significant progress, sources indicated, and a final agreement between the two on appropriations target levels could be completed by next week. "They are leaps and bounds beyond what most people think," one source familiar
PLEASANT RIDGE ? Interactive promotions company ePrize on Thursday announced the hiring of Jeffrey Ershler as Vice President, Mousetrap, and Joe Keller, Vice President, Technology Operations. In this new role, Ershler is responsible for aligning the company?s business performance with company culture, driving a culture of improvement and promoting scalable growth for the company. As
GRAND RAPIDS - The new Van Andel Institute Graduate School will kick off the inaugural school year with a ceremonial gathering of scholars on Aug. 20 that honors students and faculty and signals the beginning of the academic year. The ceremony will introduce faculty and the school?s pioneering students, and include remarks by VAI CEO
SOUTHFIELD - Fifteen-year-old Grayson Rosenberger, a freshman at Franklin Road Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, will be receiving the prestigious 2007 da Vinci Award for his application of a life-like surface for prosthetic legs. The idea also won the first place $10,000 prize in the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors. The da Vinci Awards, honors