LIVONIA - Valassis has been recognized for the second consecutive year by Advertising Age magazine as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Marketing & Media. Valassis was 38th on Advertising Age's list of the top 40. The Best Places to Work List was determined by the results of two surveys ? one detailing
PLYMOUTH - Esperion Therapeutics announced positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial for ETC-1002, an LDL cholesterol lowering drug. This small molecule activator of AMP Kinase has demonstrated preclinical and clinical activity as a metabolic regulator of imbalances in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Results were presented Tuesday in an oral presentation at the 2012
TROY - Automation Alley is the new host organization for the Adams Entrepreneur Fellowship, which matches recent talented college and university graduates with early-stage companies in the region. Goals of the program are to highlight entrepreneurism as a viable career choice and to help build a thriving community of serial entrepreneurs while adding innovative high-growth
KALAMAZOO - A new Production Technician Academy is planned to support southwest Michigan-area advanced manufacturing employers. The region?s leading manufacturers, together with key stakeholders from education, workforce development, and economic development have collaborated through the Southwest Michigan Advanced Manufacturing Consortium to draw attention to the great manufacturing career opportunities that exist in the area. The
GRAND RAPIDS ? If you've wanted to read the new cyber crime novella, Cyber Styletto, but were waiting for a deal, your waiting is over. You can buy the eBook for just 99 cents. The novella, the first in a series to highlight the security threats on the Internet today, features Russian-Vietnamese black hat hacker
ANN ARBOR - The Venture Michigan Fund II has made a $15 million investment in Venture Investors Early Stage Fund V, a venture capital fund that will invest in life science, cleantech and other high-tech companies in Michigan and the Midwest. Credit Suisse?s Customized Fund Investment Group manages VMF II, which plans to invest $120
LANSING - The U.S. Coast Guard will, 90 days from Friday, have an official standard for treating ballast water from oceangoing vessels entering particularly freshwater areas, but those ships entering Michigan waters would still have to have a state permit to exchange ballast water, at least for now. The Coast Guard had required exchanging ballast
ANN ARBOR - Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is accepting applications for the 4th Annual Brinks Innovation Competition, to be held Sept. 12 at McCormick Place in Chicago in conjunction with Midwest Clean Tech 2012 and the International Manufacturing Technology Show. Applications for this year's competition are due by June 29. Applicants compete not only
DETROIT ? Wayne State University has launched a $25,000 student pre-seed investment fund backed by the Michigan Initiative for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The Warrior Fund aims to support student start-ups and nurture novel technologies created at Wayne State. It will attract student entrepreneurs of varying backgrounds and empower them to build bold ideas and explore
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group will host ?Managing Your Business Not Your Technology and Gateway to the Cloud Executive,? a free workshop for Business owners and IT decision makers April 12 at Trivalent Group?s headquarters. Companies today want to automate and reduce their technology burden - do more with less or better yet more with what