LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced today three projects ? Scrap Yard, Health Games for Kids and Santa & His Elves ? have been approved for digital media incentives from the state. ?Michigan is home to some terrific digital media talent and infrastructure,? said Margaret O?Riley, director of the Michigan Film Office. ?These projects
GRAND RAPIDS ? Startup West Michigan is offering a new class on Aug. 6 about how to formulate the 25 word investor pitch. Most entrepreneurs can speak at length about what they've made and how it works, but are lost when it comes to telling a compelling story about their startup. This class will help
NOVI - Marvel Technologies has appointed Chakravarti Desikan (Desi) as its managing partner. He will be responsible for leading Marvel?s Consulting Services division. Under his leadership, the newly formed division will focus on consulting, implementation and managed services for SAP initiatives. MCS will focus on providing metrics based continuous improvement services primarily in energy and
SAGINAW TOWNSHIP - Suniva, Inc., a metro-Atlanta based manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, announced it is opening a second U.S. manufacturing facility in Saginaw Township. Construction will begin in August, with production in the last three months of 2014. Some 350 jobs will be created. The new facility will provide up
DETROIT - About.com editor Wendy Boswell joins the show to uncover the massive presence of the sinister Darknet or Deep Web as it is sometimes know where massive volumes of information are illegally traded along with guns and pornography. Author Joe Bastian talks about the launch of the third in the series of books about
LANSING ? The people have spoken, and the winner of the Hudsonville Ice Cream Pure Michigan Limited Edition Flavor Contest is Winter Campfire. More than 7,400 people cast their votes, with Winter Campfire taking the top prize by nearly 200 votes. The flavor features Hudsonville Original Vanilla ice cream with a marshmallow swirl, graham cracker
LANSING - The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was viewed by 600 likely voters in statistically equal proportions of "mostly negative" or "neutral," and more than three-quarters of respondents said they were either "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the discrepancy between what the state is providing for road funding and what it
LANSING - The Strategic Fund approved five Michigan Business Development Program incentives on Tuesday, with expansions for automotive or solar companies coming to Albion Township, Watertown Township, Troy, Benzonia and China townships, and Saginaw Township. Suniva, Incorporated, which manufactures high-efficiency solar cells and high-power solar modules, will create a new manufacturing facility in Saginaw Township,
LANSING - Two separate federal circuit courts of appeals issued conflicting rulings on the same issue in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Tuesday on the question of whether residents in state operating under the federal health care exchange can receive tax subsidies to purchase insurance. One ruling held that residents in
TROY - Altair Wednesday announced 11 nominations for the 2nd Altair Enlighten Award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research, is the automotive industry?s only award program created specifically to acknowledge innovations in vehicle lightweighting. The winner will be announced during the ?Featherweight Competition: Agile, Light, and Strong? session of the 2014 CAR