CLEVELAND - Midwest health care startups reported a stunning $726 million in total investments across 59 companies in the first half of 2007, nearly equaling the total invested in 2006. This news comes from the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report. Ohio, Minnesota, and Indiana led all Midwestern states in health care venture capital
ANN ARBOR - Assay Designs, a provider of immunoassay kits, antibodies, and reagents to the life sciences and translational research markets, and VWR International, a distributor of scientific equipment, supplies, chemicals, and furniture, announced a new distribution agreement - VWR will offer North American customers a variety of Assay Designs' products. Customers will immediately be
DETROIT - Register before July 31st to attend the October E2 entrepreneurship symposium at Wayne State University and receive $45 off the registration fees. E2detroit, from Oct. 1 to Oct. 2, will once again bring together expert authors, speakers, executives, investors and professors, all who are leaders in the community, to share their knowledge with
GRAND RAPIDS - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced on Monday they will work together to speed up and expand the deployment of a nationwide mobile WiMAX network ? including on in Grand Rapids ? as well as collaborate on products and services, branding, marketing, and distribution. The two companies said they expect the arrangement to
TRAVERSE CITY - Brendan Ringlever of BL Government Affairs' Lansing office provides an update of the top themes and stories from this year's National Governor's Conference in Traverse City. Universities providing innovation for entrepreneurs to commercialize and Internet predators were some of the top issues in this special edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click
TROY - The Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan forum August 9 will feature elevator pitches from M-Bots, Maria Madeline Project and PromoVUZ. The thirteenth forum will be held at Automation Alley headquarters, 2675 Bellingham in Troy, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Doors open at 8 a.m. Delivering the keynote presentation, Rick Warner is chief executive
DETROIT - William B. Slowey, former Corporate Antitrust Counsel for General Motors Corporation, has joined Butzel Long and will be based in the law firm's Detroit office. Slowey served 35 years in various positions at General Motors Corporation, including the last 18 as Corporate Antitrust Counsel. His legal work is extensive and spans a variety
ANN ARBOR - Detroit automakers would gain market share and increase profits under proposed new fuel economy standards, according to a new study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. Under the highest proposed fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. stand to make $14.4
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results is partnering with eHarmony.com to help the dating site better measure customer satisfaction. ForeSee Results, which uses the American Customer Satisfaction Index developed at the University of Michigan, will help eHarmony study how improvements to specific aspects of the online experience, such as usability and site performance, will positively affect
DETROIT - If the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio goes through, the combined company plans to offer packages of channels at reduced rates, including a 50-channel offering that's almost half the price of today's lowest-price option. New "a la carte" options, which will enable consumers to pick 50 or 100