ANN ARBOR - Peter Pchoryk, CEO of Windsight, which makes advanced wind energy solutions for the wind energy industry, was named on Jan. 22 the winner of the Elevator Pitch Competition at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship at Washtenaw Community College. Tchoryk was selected from a field of six competitors that also included Edward Shaffer
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. is in talks to acquire rival drug maker Wyeth in a deal that could be valued at more than $60 billion, said people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. A combination of these two U.S. pharmaceutical giants would redraw the boundaries of the global drug industry, which
ANN ARBOR - Six Michigan technology companies split $12,500 in cash prizes awarded by the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest in its fall 2008 business-plan writing contest. The grand prize of $5,000 went to Hygieia, a biotech start up in Ann Arbor. Hygieia was entered in the Emerging Company category; the other category is New Business
SAN FRANCISCO - Salaries of tech professionals managed to spike up an average of 4.6 percent last year to $78,035, according to survey results released Thursday by tech career site Dice.com. The survey results, ironically, come at a time when companies across corporate America are announcing layoffs, freezing wages, and even going so far as
GRAND RAPIDS - MITechNews.Com is going national with its Security podcasting channel in a new alliance with SecureWorld Expo of Portland, Oregon. The audio-interview series is called the SecureWorld Channel. SecureWorld Channel will explore cyber security issues with national experts and reach a national audience. SecureWorld Expo, which hosts in 2009 eight live two-day security
LANSING - A coalition of five business-related organizations have jointly called on Michigan to make major budget reforms in the 2009-10 fiscal year that they say could save the state's coffers as much as $1.5 billion. "Michigan needs a comprehensive, long-range plan to put the state on a fiscally responsible track. It's going to take
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SEATTLE - Move over, Atlanta. Seattle, Microsoft and Amazon.com's home base, is now the country's most wired city. No cities in Michigan made the list, but two in Ohio cracked the top 30. While these marquee names have long lent the Emerald City tech-y cachet, it was Seattle's increased use of broadband that powered it
TROY - February 13 is the deadline to apply at Walsh College for the U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students beginning in the fall 2009 semester. Individuals must be admitted to the Walsh Master of Science in Information Assurance program or
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels is sponsoring and hosting a half-day program in conjunction with the Angel Capital Association focused on learning about valuation and portfolio strategy Feb. 19 at Saginaw Valley State University. Tickets cost $75. �??By bringing together experienced and relatively new investors, along with entrepreneurs seeking private funding and professionals involved in