DETROIT - The journalism program at Wayne State has named former Detroit Free Press reporter Bill McGraw the 2009 Journalist of the Year. McGraw recently joined Compuware Corp. as director of media relations. Canadian reporter Laura Lowe, a videographer at CTV in Ottawa, Ontario, was named the program's Alumna of the Year. She began her
BATTLE CREEK - The road to starting your own business can have a lot of twists and turns. For Michael Miller, owner of M2 Properties LLC, this is especially true. But he was helped by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center. From working in a large corporate environment to owning his own restaurant,
ANN ARBOR - The public is invited to submit questions that will be included in a two-part tweet chat about H1N1/Swine flu from 10 am to noon Oct. 22 on Twitter. Sandro Cinti, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the University of Michigan Health System and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, will answer questions during
DETROIT - Michigan will host more than 1,200 researchers, scientists, government officials and life science company representatives next October as the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit comes to Detroit. The announcement was made Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm at a press conference at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. The conference will be held at
ANN ARBOR - When a fire or other emergency occurs, those rushing to respond want to know where their team members are at all times. ERT Systems LLC has developed a product that does exactly that, with the help of the Michigan Small Business Development Center. ERT Systems has created Onsite ERT, a portable and
KALAMAZOO - MichBio will bring its 2009 Expo to the Radisson Plaza Hotel November 3-4. The MichBio Expo is the largest single gathering of bioscience professionals in the state attracting more than 500 biosciences professionals and service providers, and more than 60 exhibitors last year. This year's two-day program offers an opportunity for new and
ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.Com is offering MITechNews.Com readers a fourth-quarter special - 20 percent off the already low price - when listing their businesses at MichiganMall.com, which garners some 60,000 unique visitors monthly. Michigan's leading search directory offers small-to-medium sized Michigan businesses the opportunity to stretch their marketing dollars. An authoritative and highly relevant site
LANSING - The current state of the Michigan Business Tax is what legislators enacted, not anything the Department of Treasury created, Treasurer Robert Kleine said in response to recent legislator comments. Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland) recently told Gongwer News Service that he would not have voted for the MBT as it is being implemented by
LANSING - A deal to give state economic development officials more tax credits to offer this year in exchange for greater transparency in how many jobs those credits create neared completion Thursday. The Senate gave final approval to three bills that would require that the Department of Treasury provide legislative leaders with information on the
DEARBORN - Retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark will the keynote address at the plug-in electric vehicle conference October 19-21. The conference will explore viable solutions to policies that will enable the commercial introduction of plug-in electric vehicles and economic models for success. The agenda includes sessions focused on infrastructure requirements, battery manufacturing, and vehicle technology