ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor SPARK Foundation recently presented the winners of the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition with their cash awards. The competition's grand prize of $500,000 in cash was awarded to DeNovo Sciences and the competition's $150,000 prize was awarded to Fusion Coolant Systems. "DeNovo Sciences and Fusion Coolant Systems highlight how having
LANSING - A collaboration involving the University Research Consortium-affiliated institutions and three other Michigan public universities will provide a critical new tool for business growth and attraction in the state. The collaboration represents the first statewide university-business engagement network in the country that will connect industry with critical university assets to help grow Michigan's economy.
OXFORD ? Relume Technologies, a leading manufacturer of light-emitting diode (LED) products and smart grid control systems for outdoor lighting applications, has announced the launch of Illumadisk, the first high wattage LED retrofit product. Illumadisk is part of Relume?s retrofit streetlight product offerings and is used to retrofit high wattage decorative teardrop fixtures that light
LANSING ? The Pure Michigan winter advertising campaign will spend nearly $1.7 million in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin with billboards, following in January by TV and radio spots. The actual numbers are $1,666,149, which includes $30,000 in funding committed by the Michigan Snowsports Industries Association as part of the Travel Michigan Ad Partnership
LANSING - Saying they are losing business everyday to Internet stores that do not maintain physical sales locations and do not charge sales tax, a number of small Michigan retailers said Tuesday the state should act on legislation that would require Internet sellers to collect sales tax in Michigan. The storeowners said they were not
LANSING - Several members of the Small Business Association of Michigan have been elected to leadership positions with SBAM's national affiliate the National Small Business Association. Chris Holman, president and CEO of both The Greater Lansing Business Monthly magazine and the new radio broadcast company, The Michigan Business Network.com, was elected 2012 NSBA Chair. Jeff
DETROIT - All T-Mobile customers who visit a participating T-Mobile Corporate-Owned Store in Michigan and Indiana from Dec. 9-16 can enter a sweepstakes for a new Microsoft Xbox 360 with Kinect. The Xbox 360 with Kinect will be given away to five lucky winners in the Michigan-Indiana Region. All winners will be notified by December
ANN ARBOR - Machine vision sales in North America rose 15 percent through the third quarter of 2011, according to new statistics from the Automated Imaging Association, the industry?s trade group. After a strong first half, sales fell two percent in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2010. ?After six consecutive quarters
GRAND RAPIDS - The Van Andel Education Institute has signed an agreement with United Negro College Fund to cooperatively recruit students at historically black institutions interested in research training in the biomedical sciences, specifically in the cellular, molecular, and genetic biology of human disease. Under the terms of the joint initiative, UNCF and VAEI will
ATLANTA - With security of personal information on the Internet a major concern, Poll Position wanted to know if Facebook users are comfortable with the personal information they provide on Facebook. In a Poll Position national scientific telephone survey, 70 percent of Facebook users said they were comfortable with personal information they give out on