DETROIT - Star-Trek-Horizon, a feature-length independent film currently in production in Southeast Michigan and produced by an Albion College graduate, launched a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter over the Easter weekend and in just 32 hours raised $10,000. The campaign continues to run through May 19. Horizon follows Captain Harrison Hawke and the crew of
PLYMOUTH - ProNAi Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $59.5 million Series D financing, led by Vivo Capital of Palo Alto, CA and included other new investors Frazier Healthcare Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Adams Street Partners, RA Capital Management, Caxton Alternative Management, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Sectoral Asset Management, and Janus Capital Management LLC. Existing investors including
GRAND RAPIDS ? Registration closed May 2 for the 2014 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & Expo from May 13-15 at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids at the special rate of $250. If a regional board is covering your registration fee, please contact your regional chair for additional instructions prior to registering.
DETROIT - Facebook COO and best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg will speak to the Adcraft Club of Detroit at a breakfast May 2. The event will take place from 8:30 ? 10 a.m. at the San Marino Club at 1685 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy. Sandberg will speak on the new opportunity for marketing and
NEW YORK - Streaming video company Netflix said Monday that it planned to increase subscription prices for new customers by one or two dollars a month within the next few months. Existing subscribers will be able to continue at their current rate "for a generous time period," Netflix said. U.S. streaming subscribers currently pay $7.99
SAN FRANCISCO - Arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores said Thursday that two separate security breaches at point-of-sale terminals last year at its US stores and Aaron Brothers subsidiary may have exposed nearly 3 million credit and payment cards. The Michaels breach, which occurred between May 8, 2013, and January 27, 2014, may have
ANN ARBOR - The theme of this year's MCRCon cybersecurity conference in Ypsilanti - Are You Safe in the Internet of Things? - focuses on one of today's most compelling cybersecurity issues: the Internet of Things. Everything seems to be connected to the Internet. Phones, televisions, appliances, vehicles, eyewear, powerplants, security systems, and more are
DETROIT ? There is a new acronym in education that expands on the popular STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. It?s called STEAM and it was the focus of a program on April 14 at the College for Creative Studies. STEAM is STEM with addition of Art and Design. The all day summit at
DETROIT - Two federal agencies have proposed changes to the Clean Water Act that would give the government greater control over how individuals, businesses and municipalities use the ?Waters of the United States.? If approved, the proposal could create regulatory headaches for property owners and businesses, hurt property values and open the door to third-party
DETROIT - Those of you with pre-approved retirement plans and a memory like a steel trap will remember that your retirement plan was rewritten sometime between May 1, 2008, and April 30, 2010. At that time we told you that another restatement would not be required for at least six years. Well, guess what? It