ANN ARBOR - HandyLab announced Tuesday that it has expanded its collaborative partnership with Manchester, UK-based DxS by signing a broader licensing agreement for the DxS Scorpions amplification technology enhancing the company's focus in the in-vitro diagnostics marketplace.>
DETROIT - Wayne State University's TechTown developed the E2 Challenge grant entrepreneurial program that pays the student teams up to $45,000 this summer to help fund salaries and patent application costs. One of the winners is Cool Schools Technologies, which has developed a secure social networking interface to allow 9th grade students to make connections
DETROIT - Soft Landings, an innovative program developed by Wayne State University's TechTown, helps foreign companies land in Michigan, specifically Southeast Michigan. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - AXIS Music Academy, already with three studios in Southeast Michigan, is now looking closely at bringing its music training to Ann Arbor. AXIS was one of the companies featured in the July unusual entrepreneurs�?? segment by the New Enterprise Forum. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - GradeCheck.Net, a web site that helps student-athletes prepare for the tougher academics at college, and perhaps help them win scholarships, is gaining traction among students, high schools and colleges. The TechTown tenant pitched investors for money at the July New Enterprise Forum event. a>>
HOLLAND - Momentum, the new West Michigan technology start-up incubator developed by Rick DeVos, grandson of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, graduated its first three projects on Tuesday night at a coming out party in Holland, this Lake Michigan shoreline community. Public Collections, Revetto, and Downstream all made pitches to potential investors for money. To listen,
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show will likely stay in Detroit's Cobo Center because the Detroit City Council refused to reject a state proposal to expand and renovate the center. The council has until midnight Friday to reject the proposal that the state approved last month, but on Tuesday - the last scheduled
LANSING - In another budget cutting move yet this year, Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday issued an executive directive to reduce state contract spending by 5 percent to 10 percent. Executive Directive 2009-3 also establishes a moratorium on new or expanded personal services contracts and limits the use of temporary employees. Granholm's directive also orders
LANSING - Saying some businesses have indicated they would come to Michigan if only the state had a higher renewable portfolio standard, House Democrats on Monday announced they will introduce legislation upping the current 10 percent by 2015 threshold to 30 percent by 2025. In a series of press conferences held across the state, Democrats
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm joined with other Midwest governors meeting in Chicago Monday to sign an agreement pledging to help bring high speed rail to the region. Granholm signed a memorandum of understanding that will have Michigan and seven other Midwest states work to help finance the Midwest Corridor. The group is hoping the