ANN ARBOR - New Jersey medical devices maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. revealed Wednesday during an investor's call that it paid $205 million for Ann Arbor-area based Accuri Cytometers, making it one of the largest exits in Michigan history. It's the first time BD has publicly discussed the deal's price, which makes Accuri's acquisition one
LANSING -- The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday issued two Requests for Proposals for programs to aid Michigan entrepreneurs in commercializing competitive edge technologies in fields that now include agricultural processing and information technology. Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed legislation authorizing the broadened emphasis to the prior focus on four sectors: alternative energy, life
LANSING - News of more money than expected coming into state coffers isn't necessarily good news for Michigan schools facing massive budget cuts. Revenues coming in are $314 million above the amount anticipated at the revenue estimate conference in January, due in part to a reduction in income tax refunds, and that number could soar
LANSING - The Department of State Police isn't using devices that extract information from individuals' cell phones in an illegal manner, department officials told the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee following a dust-up over whether the department is overreaching privacy laws and Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure. Greg Zarotney, a State
ROCHESTER HILLS - Three Detroit area organizations - Wright & Filippis, ROUSH CleanTech, and Clean Energy Coalition - are growing a greener future through the use of domestically produced, clean-burning propane autogas technology. Thanks to a U.S. Department of Energy Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant secured by the Clean Energy Coalition, Wright & Filippis, a
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder Wednesday proposed sweeping education reforms aimed at transforming Michigan's educational system from one still rooted in the days of a mostly farm-based society to one that prepares students for the technological age of today and jobs of tomorrow. To bring greater accountability to Michigan?s educational system, the governor is implementing
GRAND RAPIDS - Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer is introducing a program where shoppers can place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped ? at no cost ? directly to their local Meijer store for pick-up. The online program, called "Order-to-Store," will include thousands of items found on OrderToStore.Meijer.Com including furniture and
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation giving the state more flexibility in how it awards competitive grants and loans to businesses by expanding the scope of the 21st Century Jobs Fund to include information technology and agricultural processing, as well as grants and loans to any company that can demonstrate significant advancements in any
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Clearwire and Sprint Tuesday announced a significant expansion of the Clearwire 4G network footprint and key capacity upgrades for mobile broadband customers in the greater Grand Rapids metro area. The regional CLEAR and Sprint 4G service area has added coverage for an additional 24,707 people. Now, more than 306,220 people in
GRAND RAPIDS - Plex Systems announced Tuesday that Meijer supercenter chain has selected Plex Online as the cloud/software as a service enterprise resource planning software solution for its manufacturing processes. Meijer will implement the full suite of Plex Online solutions. Meijer, the inventor of the "one-stop shopping" concept, has 195 supercenters and grocery stores throughout