ANN ARBOR - GiftZip.Com, a vitural gift card kiosk developed by a Michigan State University student, was named the second place winner in the New Business Category of the fall 2008 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - A decision by President Barack Obama to order fast action on new rules requiring the automotive industry to meet tighter pollution and mileage standards, and to potentially allow individual states to set higher standards than the federal government, was more respectfully greeted by Michigan Democrats than Republicans, but the message was the same
ANN ARBOR - Diane Durance, the executive director of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest, provides an overview of the huge expansion of the contest, and a list of all the winners just announced in January at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. hailed its planned $68 billion takeover of rival Wyeth as an ideal combination, but analysts say the deal will only partially solve some of the New York drug giant's long-term problems. The revenues generated by Wyeth's most attractive products, such as pediatric vaccine Prevnar, won't be sufficient to make up
LANSING - Michigan has a high potential for wind and other alternative energy program and a substantial number of brownfield sites on which these projects could be located, according to a report released Tuesday by the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute. The report, Potential Application of Renewable Energy on Brownfield Sites: A Case Study
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance announced Tuesday the appointment of Erik Gordon as Associate Director. He will report to Executive Director Tom Kinnear. In this new role, Gordon will work directly with students in the classroom to hone
LANSING - Legislation to prohibit the Granholm administration from promulgating rules creating mandatory ergonomics standards and training requirements could come up before the full Senate as early as this week after the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee reported the bill Tuesday. As reported, the legislation (SB 93 ) would allow the Department of
HOUSTON - Dan Lohrmann, acting Chief Technology Officer for the State of Michigan, and a frequent speaker at SecureWorld Expo conferences, will keynote the second day of the Houston SecureWorld Expo on Feb. 12. His topic will be "E Reputation: Virtual Decisions in a Web 2.0 World." To get a quick overview of what Lohrmann
GRAND HAVEN - eTool Developers has acquired the former gNetworks design/development team and offices following the re-structuring of gNetworks in October 2008. The new team members have worked closely with eTool Developers over the past seven years and possess skills in web site development, web-based business applications, and eLearning solutions including the revolutionary PWA University
SAN JOSE - Finjan, which provides secure web gateway solutions, recently conducted an online survey of 200 IT and security professionals that revealed that while the total IT budgets for 2009 are likely to be reduced compared to 2008, the IT security budget outlook was more optimistic as organizations intend to dedicate a larger part