GRAND RAPIDS - As much as 20 percent of your heating bills can be from poorly insulated foundations. So Great Lakes Superior Walls, which uses foam and other insulating properties, can save homeowners a lot of money each year on their energy bills. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS - If you want to save hundreds of dollars each year on your heating and cooling costs, perhaps upwards of one thousand dollars, you ought to have a home energy inspection done, says home energy auditor Gary Hammerlund of www.homeenergyinspections.com. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DEARBORN ? The often stressful and frustrating task of parallel parking soon will be as easy as pressing a button for owners of the Lincoln MKS flagship sedan and all-new Lincoln MKT seven-passenger luxury crossover, thanks to an exclusive new technology from Ford Motor Company called Active Park Assist. Available in mid-2009 as an option
ALLEGAN - Perrigo Company Monday announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Abbreviated New Drug Application for over-the-counter Ibuprofen and Diphenhydramine Citrate Tablets, 200/38 mg. Perrigo is expecting to begin product shipments to retailers during the first quarter of calendar year 2009. The product will be
TRAVERSE CITY �?? Versus Technology reported a net loss of $808,000 for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, almost four times the loss posted the year before. The increase in the reported net loss for the year was primarily attributable to a 26 percent increase in research and development and sales and marketing expenses. Net
LANSING - The electric restructuring legislation passed this year in Michigan provided little for alternative electric providers and their customers to like. They predicted throughout the process that the bills as structured would mean substantially higher electric rates and little actual development of alternative energy. Legislators can expect to hear from them if those predictions
WASHINGTON - Uncle Sam - in the form of the US Treasury - will inject up to $6 billion into GMAC, GM's financing arm, as part of a plan to pump more cash into GM and aid the struggling auto industry. Under the plan, the Treasury will buy $5 billion in preferred GMAC shares, paying
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. venture capitalists are forecasting a difficult 2009 for the country's economy, the capital markets, and the venture industry as the global financial crisis takes its toll on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This bad news was contained in the third annual National Venture Capital Association Predictions Survey, which predicts the coming year will
NEW YORK - Eighty-nine entrepreneurs from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa and Uruguay reported that the current credit crunch has led to reduced sales, a rise in input costs and difficulty in accessing financing. In the coming year, 55 percent of these entrepreneurs expect that it will be much more difficult to
KANSAS CITY - Angel group leaders report in a recent survey by the Angel Capital Association that investments have decreased this year and will decline as well in 2009 compared to 2007 due to the current recession. However, some angel groups have increased their investment activity this year and believe they will make additional investments