LANSING - Their unexpected bipartisan alliance on the budget spawned nicknames like "Billon" and "Dishop," but Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and House Speaker Andy Dillon went back to the drawing board after they were unable to get their plan through the Legislature. Bishop (R-Rochester) and Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) must now await Gov. Jennifer
DETROIT - Rick Inatome, Michigan native, life-long entrepreneur and co-founder of two multi-billion-dollar companies - Michigan-based Inacomp and Computer City - will talk about the tremendous opportunities available to businesses during times of economic downturn as one of the keynote speakers at the fifth annual E2 Detroit conference October 15. Inatome, who today is managing
LANSING - The sixth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business, the state's premier recognition program for entrepreneurs and supporters of small business, is now accepting nominations for the 2010 awards. The submission deadline is Nov. 2. Michigan Celebrates Small Business is a cooperative effort of the U.S. Small Business Administration - Michigan, the Small Business Association
DEARORN ? The Internet has become the platform of choice for extremist activities and in most cases these jihadi groups have use Web 2.0 technology more effectively than Western governments, Jeff Bardin, a Middle Eastern security expert told hundreds of attendees during the first day of the SecureWorld Expo Detroit 2009 conference at the Ford
LANSING - Two major, controversial budgets, those for the Department of Human Services and the general government budget that contains revenue sharing aid to local governments, passed the Senate late this afternoon. But the technology friendly 21st Century Jobs Fund Would be slashed by $46.5 million. Under the general government budget, SB 245, passed on
DETROIT - Wayne State University officials announced today an expansion of a research grant of nearly $2.7 million, bringing the total award to over $6.1 million. This project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health, is the first combined imaging and genetics research study on obsessive-compulsive disorder. The
LANSING - The University Research Corridor - Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University - is still not tops in the nation in developing and commercializing new technology, but it is gaining, according to a report issued Monday. The three schools generated $14.5 billion for the state's economy during the schools'
LANSING - While 53 percent of retailers across the state saw a decline in sales for the month of August, overall attitudes about the upcoming months are improving, according to the Michigan Retail Index. The index, which is a joint venture between the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Michigan Retailers Association, found that
ANN ARBOR - Do you need to develop an entire suite of products for one market or a unique product offering for a targeted group of customers whose satisfaction will lead to invaluable references? In this unit, of Entrepreneur Education 1.0: Product Innovation, you will focus on defining your customers, their needs and their personas
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute researchers are one step closer to finding new ways to treat Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a bone marrow disease that strikes up to 15,000 people each year in the United States, and that sometimes results in acute myeloid leukemia. Researchers found that the gene RhoB is important to the disease?s