TROY - Automation Alley, Southeast Michigan's largest technology business association, announced that the initial results from its recent trade mission to Israel have exceeded expectations. "We received a warm reception from the firms with which we met, and are building a network with those interested in facilitating business between Michigan and Israel," said Steven Cole
NEW YORK - IBM researchers have cooked up a quick medical diagnostic testing system based on a silicon chip that can get by on a small sample and test for multiple diseases. The breakthrough to be announced Tuesday means that physicians can test a patient immediately following a heart attack to improve survival rates, CNET
STAMFORD, Conn. - Global semiconductor sales are now expected to fall this year by 11 percent - an improvement over the previous estimate of a 17 percent drop, according to research released Monday by Gartner. And the outlook for 2010 is sunny. Revenue is projected to drop this year to $226 billion, an 11.4 percent
LANSING - Committee action, mostly on the Michigan House side, will be the name of the game this week, including a discussion by two panels on the future of the state's film credits. The quiet legislative week is attributable to the start of the deer hunting season, which is a traditional time off for lawmakers.
WASHINGTON - Words like "scam," "fraud," and "arrest" filled the air during a Senate hearing on Tuesday that focused on the controversial marketing companies that allegedly dupe consumers into paying monthly fees to join online loyalty programs. Vertrue, Webloyalty, and Affinion generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers, said members of the U.S.
LANSING - In advance of her tour of several Michigan campuses this week, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is stepping up efforts to generate public support for the Legislature to restore some of the cuts made to the 2009-10 budget, especially restoration of the Michigan Promise Scholarship. On Monday, Granholm released a YouTube video about the Promise
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Tuesday the next step in her efforts to consolidate state government with the merger of the departments of Management and Budget and Information Technology. Granholm said the executive order to detail the change would not be issued for a couple Of weeks, but she said DIT Director Ken Theis
DEARBORN ? Jane Sydlowski, president of AMI Strategies, also serves as liaison between the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and its Advisory Board. She seeks to get IT executives, both men and women, to commitment not only their financial resources, but also emotional. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - With a total of eight auto-related projects out of the 12 new economic development projects announced for the state on Tuesday, the head of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation said there was strong evidence of the resurgence of the automotive sector. The projects dealt not only with advanced battery manufacturing, but with suppliers
DEARBORN ? Andi Karaboutis, whose day job is working for General Motor's IS&S Organization, talks about how the Michigan Council of Women in Technology are looking to reach out past Southeast Michigan and link up with other women in IT around the state. Karaboutis is MCWT President. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com http://mitechnews.jenesysgroup.com/entrepreneurs-corner/mcwt-looks-to-expand-statewide/ a>>