DETROIT - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation awarded eight women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships at a ceremony at the Birmingham Country Club. MCWT?s corporate and media sponsors who make the annual scholarship program possible and support events throughout the year also were
LANSING - More than eight years after the idea of constructing a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, first began to see serious movement and after many months of top-secret negotiations, Michigan and Canada are ready to announce an interlocal agreement to authorize the new span. A source knowledgeable of the deal said Governor
DETROIT ? TechTown's biggest tenant, Asterand, the human tissue business, has reached agreement to be sold to Stemgent, a Massachusetts-based biotech company, for $9 million, the amount that Asterand is in debt. What is not known is if Asterand will remain at TechTown. But TechTown CEO Leslie Smith is in talks with the company about
HOLLAND ? More than two-thirds of west Michigan companies adding information technology positions need mid-level applications staff, such as analysts, programmers, and web developers, a new employment survey predicts. Many companies have multiple openings. Half the companies are looking for senior workers and a third can use junior employees. There is a slight decrease in
LANSING - The boards of directors for the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan and the Michigan Corn Growers Association announced that Jim Zook has been named Executive Director for both organizations. Zook, who brings more than 30 years of well-rounded experience to the position, assumes his duties June 25 at the Michigan Corn Office in
GRAND RAPIDS - Take two parts real-life, one part game-like thinking, and mix well in a non-game environment - what do you get? Gamification offered by aimWest on June 20. Some may call it the next wave of incentivizing, but the proliferation of smart phones and modern web applications are fueling the fire behind the
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present financial tools workshops in metro this summer to help small business CEOs better understand their financials. ?5 Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness,? is designed to help the non-financial manager business owner strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access capital businesses
ANN ARBOR - William J. (Joe) Adams has joined Merit as its Executive Director of Research and the Michigan Cyber Range after retiring from a 26-year career in the United States Army where he achieved the rank of Colonel. Adams most recent position was CIO of the National Defense University. He has also served as
EAST LANSING ? Mitostem, which focuses on developing and commercializing novel technologies to advance stem cell research, won the $100,000 SmartZone Award Tuesday night at the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest business-plan competition. While a company that treats wastewater from the food and beverage industry and transforms it into high value algal biomass for animal feed
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company's new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine Wednesday was named 2012 International Engine of the Year based on votes cast by 76 journalists from 35 countries around the world. The small, high-tech three-cylinder engine also hauled in two other awards ? ?Best New Engine? and ?Best Engine Under 1.0-Liter.? The awards were presented