JACKSON - Consumers Energy has reached power purchase agreements with independent developers for more than 240 megawatts of new Michigan-based renewable energy capacity. The agreements support Consumers Energy's Balanced Energy Initiative which is a comprehensive 20-year plan to meet the needs of its 1.8 million electric customers with a balanced energy portfolio, including energy efficiency,
DETROIT ? University of Michigan Athletic Director David Brandon Tuesday was named to the DTE Energy board of directors. Brandon, former chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza, continues to serve as non-executive chairman of Domino's. Brandon formerly was chairman, president and CEO of Valassis Communications Inc. of Livonia. In his 20 years at the marketing
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company Tuesday introduced a new innovation - Curve Control - designed to help drivers maintain control of their vehicles when taking a curve too quickly. Curve Control debuts as standard equipment on the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer going into production later this year, and will be offered on 90 percent of
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Tuesday announced that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. store brand rights to sell and distribute OTC versions of Fexofenadine HCl 180 mg and 60 mg tabs, plus Fexofenadine HCl 60 mg and Pseudoephedrine 120 mg tabs, the generic versions of Sanofi-Aventis' Allegra and Allegra D-12 products. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. TEVA
LANSING - Federal lawmakers' failure to renew extended unemployment benefits and a loss of about $500 million in the federal Medicaid assistance percentage funds will combine to tax Michigan's safety net to a point where even some of the most basic services may see cuts, Department of Human Services Director Ismael Ahmed said Tuesday. "As
LANSING - A 39 percent reduction in Michigan's federal Workforce Investment Act funding means few new applicants will be accepted into the state's No Worker Left Behind program, officials said Tuesday. Some Michigan Works! Agencies will be offering limited enrollment opportunities, but the bulk of available funding will go toward helping participants complete their training.
LANSING - Michigan residents are more optimistic about the economy than they have been in several years, but also are far more pessimistic about state government, figures from the latest survey from the State of the State Survey show. The survey, conducted of some 2,000 persons in the state, also showed that the number of
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University officials Tuesday announced the first six research teams to win funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in a new joint program that teams up investigators from both schools. The first-round winners were announced at a ceremony in Shanghai. At the same event,
SAN FRANCISCO ? Microsoft, in Windows 8, will use facial recognition software to notice whether you are in front of your computer or not, and then put the machine to sleep, or wake it up, accordingly. At least that?s what sources told Forbes magazine. And the name will presumably be called Windows 8, but hasn't
DEARBORN - Jexbo.com, the site that helps self-published authors sell books online and learn about self-publishing, has added five new interviews of self-published authors to its web site. Each week, Jill Exler, jexbo Founder, interviews different, self-published authors to discover their self-publishing secrets at Jexbo.Blogspot.Com and the SmallBiz America channel, ?jexbo ? Help for Self-Published