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Great Lakes Angels Celebrates 10th Year With Pitch Night Sept. 17

BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels is celebrating its 10th year as an investor group and 1st Angel Group in Michigan on Sept. 17 opening the event to accredited angel investors that may not be members of the group. The event also includes elevator pitches from four companies: Are You a Human - http://areyouahuman.com Game-based replacement

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Eaton Rapids Medical Center Partners With Great Lakes Health Info Exchange

EAST LANSING - Great Lakes Health Information Exchange has signed a partnership agreement with Eaton Rapids Medical Center that will allow the hospital to safely and securely share patient electronic medical records with its physicians, labs, other allied health facilities, and other hospitals and health care systems through a health information exchange system in the

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

State Business Group Urges Michigan House To Fund Health Care Exchange

WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association and its sister organization the Michigan Food and Beverage Association are calling on the State House of Representatives to appropriate the $9.8 million federal planning grant that is critical to laying the groundwork for a health care exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Guest Columns|

Military Veterans Invited To Sept. 28 Boots To Briefcases Webinar At Walsh

TROY - Current military service members, veterans and their family members can join a free Walsh College webinar discussing the transition from active service into a business career. Participants can access the Boots to Briefcases webinar from their own computers Sept. 28. Webinar content will include how to effectively highlight military skills as strengths in

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Clean Energy Pathways Signs Contract With Coal Enhancing Solutions

HANCOCK - Clean Energy Pathways, an alternative and renewable energy solutions company, has signed a direct sales, consultation and marketing contract with Coal Enhancing Solutions (C-E-Solutions) of Melbourne, Australia. C-E-Solutions is in the early stages of developing a market for the Clean Energy Pathways BioClean series of environmental pollution control and energy saving solutions. "The

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Hertz and Penske Enter Franchise Agreement

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Penske Automotive Group is joining Hertz's franchising network. This partnership for the Memphis, Tennessee market is part of Hertz's company-wide initiative aimed at increasing its presence in the off airport car rental markets. The agreement calls for Penske Automotive Group, subject to the completion of closing conditions, to purchase the assets of

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Granholm Fires Verbal Fusillade Against Romney At Democrat Convention

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has long resented Mitt Romney for his insistence on putting Chrysler and General Motors into bankruptcy and she uncorked a tirade of a speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention that delighted the Democratic audience. Granholm, now host of "The War Room," a liberal political talk show

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Politics/Government|

ISACA-Detroit September Meeting Looks At Risk Intelligence, Records Controls

DEARBORN ? The Detroit chapter of ISACA at its monthly membership meeting on Sept. 19 will discuss Establishing Controls for Your Records and Information Management Program before dinner and Risk Intelligence after. Advance registration ends at midnight September 15. Cheryl Strait talks records control, and Ryan Jones risk intelligence. The meeting is scheduled for University

By |2012-09-05T00:00:00-04:00September 5th, 2012|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Van Andel Institute Hires Former State Department Science Advisor As COO

GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute has hired former State Department Science and Technology Advisor Jana Hall, Ph.D., M.B.A., as Chief Operations Officer effective September 17. Hall joins the non-profit biomedical research organization following nearly twenty years in research administration and operations management for a 6,400-employee healthcare organization. ?Dr. Hall?s innovative approach, significant management experience

By |2012-09-05T00:00:00-04:00September 5th, 2012|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

OU To Host International Stem Cell Research Conference Oct. 5-7

ROCHESTER - The Oakland University William Beaumont Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine will welcome both national and international experts in stem cell research and its biotechnological applications when it hosts the Second Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy set for Oct. 5-7. Researchers from hospitals, medical organizations, academic institutions and the

By |2012-09-05T00:00:00-04:00September 5th, 2012|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|