LANSING - An online publication that focuses on business and investing has ranked Michigan 47th overall in terms of management, citing factors like its drop in home value, its credit rating and crime rate, but a spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the study done by 247wallstreet dealt largely with factors that had nothing to
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her administration deliberately committed unfair labor practices when they decided to rescind a 3 percent pay raise to nonunion state employees, an administrative law judge ruled Tuesday. But the move will not lead to a restoration of the raise, at least not yet. The state dropped the raise for
LANSING - A heavy focus on promoting alternative energy development and companies has meant Michigan has placed third among all other states in terms of alternative energy corporate locations, a report from Business Facilities Magazine said. "Michigan is far too busy reinventing itself as a hub for alternative energy manufacturing to wallow in despair over
MIDLAND ? Northwood University's Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management is coming to Grand Rapids with classes starting January 2011. The DeVos Evening MBA program will be sharing space with Northwood's Adult Degree Program which has been in Grand Rapids for several years. "I am pleased to announce that we have responded to the many
DETROIT - Asterand plc, a leading provider of human tissue and human tissue-based services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in drug discovery research, has been awarded a five-year, $24.3 million contract with the National Cancer Institute to supply clinically annotated human biospecimens for The Cancer Genome Atlas project, which attempts to understand the molecular
ANN ARBOR ? Bank of Ann Arbor's Technology Banking Group will provide working capital to the best and brightest start ups nurtured at Wayne State University's TechTown. "Detroit's TechTown is one of the nation's leading business incubators and an important catalyst for Detroit's new economy," said Michael Cole, Group President of Bank of Ann Arbor's
DETROIT - Do you protect your precious IP without bankrupting your fledgling enterprise? On Oct. 12, at the TiE Detroit monthly meeting you'll learn key Strategic Intellectual Property Management Best Practices, including how to navigate through the dreaded NDA with customers and partners. Before allocating a significant portion of your product or business development budget
MARQUETTE ? Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said the state's tourism Pure Michigan marketing campaign would be fully funded under his Value for Money budgeting proposal, which would prioritize state spending to those programs that return value to taxpayers and would eliminate the annual status-quo budgeting process that often times lacks rhyme or reason. Snyder
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) is bringing back the TiE Women's Forum at TiECon Midwest 2010, Michigan's largest Conference on entrepreneurship to be held Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. Recognizing the economic impact of women-owned businesses, TiE Detroit is organizing an exclusive track for women at TiE's
WASHINGTON ? With the publication Monday of a final rule in the Federal Register, the U.S. Small Business Administration will begin implementation of its women-owned small business contracting program, which is expected to start in early 2011. The rule is part of the Obama Administration?s overall commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses to compete