MT. PLEASANT - Business Incubator Central Michigan University-Research Corporation has launched a new service to help entrepreneurs, start-up companies and others who need a little help getting the word out on their product or service, and actually making the sale. "The basic concept is, you have the idea and the product or service, and we
ANN ARBOR ? A new study says the "greening" of corporate vehicle fleets presents an opportunity to move a substantial number of highly efficient, clean fuel vehicles onto the road in a relatively short timeframe, results that are both environmentally and economically positive. A newly released report by the Sustainable Transportation and Communities group at
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm Tuesday announced Georgia-based Suniva will invest $250 million in a new solar manufacturing facility in Saginaw County's Thomas Township, creating some 500 new jobs over the next five years �?? if they get an Energy Department loan guarantee recently applied for. "Today we welcome Suniva to our growing list of
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Butzel Long attorney and shareholder D. Stewart Green has been elected President of the Board of Directors of Lighthouse Community Development, a non-profit low income housing organization. It is a subsidiary of Lighthouse of Oakland County. Other subsidiaries include Lighthouse PATH and Lighthouse Emergency Services. Green has been a member of the
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - In a quest to woo customers from rivals, Google's Eric Schmidt and Verizon Wireless' Lowell McAdam announced Tuesday a strategic partnership to create devices based on Google's mobile platform, Android. But analysts are already questioning the competitive impact of the alliance since it is not exclusive. The agreement will produce a
DETROIT - A $250 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, could easily resolve the late breaking issues that prompted the unexpected, last minute collapse of the proposed Penske Automotive Group purchase of Saturn, according to Todd Ingersoll, Saturn's Retailer Council member. "This is well within the parameters of grants already made through
SOUTHFIELD - The outlook for U.S. light vehicle sales is beginning to improve, according to a recent R. L. Polk & Co. analysis. Polk estimates new light vehicle sales in 2010 will be up 9.6 percent over 2009, to 11.2 million units, with third quarter 2010 sales estimated to be the strongest, at an anticipated
DETROIT - Ford Social Media Expert Scott Monty Will speak on Oct. 22 at the IABC Detroit Meeting about how to put social media to work for your company. The event will be held at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus. Monty, global digital and multimedia communications manager at Ford Motor Company, will talk about
LANSING - Despite taking the step of voting on revenue increases Tuesday, legislative Democrats and the governor said House proposals do not go far enough to restore funding for critical programs including local police and fire, college scholarships and health care for senior citizens and low-income residents. "Now is the time to stand up for
LANSING - If the state ends up adopting a 2009-10 budget on the lines of that adopted last week by the Legislature, it would go into the 2010-11 budget with a potential general fund deficit of $782.9 million, a memo from the Senate Fiscal Agency said. And to keep the state at that general fund