LANSING - Michigan and 26 other states will need to see how power plant emissions are allocated before they will know how new federal rules signed Thursday would affect the state, Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Division Chief Vinson Hellwig told Gongwer News Service. The new rules, which also still have to go through
WALLOON LAKE - Gas Technologies LLC said Thursday that it has streamlined its GasTechno advanced alcohol, biofuels and chemical plant that profitably converts natural gas to liquids and chemical products for less than $2 million. The company announced its new GasTechno Mini‐GTL gas‐to‐liquids plant packages will range in cost from $1.5 million to $2 million
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center is now offering no-cost training to Veterans who have an interest in growing or launching a small business. ?Many Veterans are launching and growing businesses here in Michigan and they need assistance,? stated Carol Lopucki, state director of the MI-SBTDC. ?The training programs will
DETROIT ? Serial entrepreneur Josh Linkner has now joined the ranks of investors with his latest gig, Detroit Venture Partners. DVP's stated goal is to reshape Detroit into what it was a century ago ? a hub for entrepreneurship. Linkner, chairman of ePrize, the online promotions company he founded, is joined at DVP by Dan
DETROIT ? Compuware purchased Waltham, Mass-based dynaTrace Software Inc. for $256 million. The cash acquisition closed July 1. Founded in Linz, Austria in 2005, dynaTrace employs 180 people around the world. Compuware said that ?substantially all? of those employees, including the dynaTrace leadership team, are expected to remain with the company under Compuware ownership. Compuware
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that it has formed a pilot membership with market research firm Wainhouse Research. Through the relationship, Wainhouse Research will become an Internet2 Industry Member, and will work with Internet2's advanced networking community to provide key industry analyst insights and opportunities for joint research of collaborative technologies. "Wainhouse Research has worked
LANSING ? Who says you can't buy great publicity? Well, now folks that are fans of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign can buy Pure Michigan merchandise at 45 Meijer stores across Michigan. ?The Pure Michigan brand is our incredibly successful tourism and travel industry brand; one we are expanding to encompass the broader array of
ZEELAND ? Tiger Studio hired Adam Sivins as an Interactive Designer. His Professional experience includes working in Flash Prototype Development and Interactive R & D. has a BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design. Tiger Studio is a creative design firm that develops Passion-Driven Design. It specializes in Industrial Design, User Interface, and Brand
ANN ARBOR - Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to mass-produce antennas so small that they approach the fundamental minimum size limit for their bandwidth, or data rate, of operation. This could lead to new generations of wireless consumer electronics and mobile devices that are either smaller or can perform
SAN FRANCISCO - Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have detailed a new botnet - a collection of infected computers controlled by cybercriminals - called TDL-4, that might just be "indestructible." TDL-4 gets its name by being the fourth generation of the botnet. In 2008, the original TDL appeared. It has been altered over the last