TROY - Are you worried about today's credit crunch? If so, join Automation Alley to hear from leading finance experts who will discuss your finance options and what programs are still available. The event will begin with a brief panel discussion on today's top financing options, followed by one-on-one consulting to discuss your company's needs,
GRAND RAPIDS - Senior Scientific Investigator Bart Williams, Ph.D., head of Van Andel Institute's Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis, was named in September to a post on the National Institute of Heath Study section. Williams will serve as a member of the Skeletal Biology Development and Disease Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, for
MUSKEGON - WellCentive Registry has been selected for use by Wexford-Mercy PHO, a Cadillac.-based physician hospital organization affiliated with Mercy Hospital in Cadillac. The organization plans to use the system to improve clinical quality outcomes and streamline the care delivery process. Wexford-Mercy PHO physicians will use the WellCentive Registry at the point of care as
LANSING - The Prima Civitas Foundation has received a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation in the amount of $200,000 to create an environment that encourages entrepreneurship and commercialization within the region's universities. This grant is a renewal of last year?s $250,000 grant funded by the Mott Foundation that introduced the Moving Ideas to Market
WASHINGTON - California Rep. Henry Waxman has ousted Rep. John Dingell of Michigan from the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, prompting energy and bioscience groups to issue dire warnings for what changes the more liberal, anti-business Waxman may precipitate. Dingell, a 53-year House veteran who represents a district in the working-class
WASHINGTON - In 2009, we are certain to see an effort to pass comprehensive reform legislation, and all of the players in the health care system (companies, universities, suppliers, economic developers, venture funders and the general public) will be affected. White House Will Lead the Way Health care reform is a top priority for Barack
ANN ARBOR - Economists at the University of Michigan confirmed Thursday what many Americans already believe - that the nation is in the throes of a bad recession, a recession that will not bottom out until mid 2009, and will continue to be felt into 2010. "The decline in employment that began at the turn
LANSING - Michigan's business tax structure changed radically on January 1, 2008. The new tax created a business income tax of 4.95 percent, a modified gross receipts tax of 0.8 percent, and tax credits for payroll, property, research and development, and other factors. It was intended to increase revenue, while decreasing the tax burden on
LANSING - Though no agreements or business investments were announced, Governor Jennifer Granholm met Wednesday with Jordanian King Abdullah II to discuss how his nation and Michigan could work together on alternative energy and water reuse. The audience was part of Granholm's trade mission to Israel and Jordan to attract alternative energy and water conservation
NOVI - Don't look for the Obama Administration to be as friendly to big Pharma and the life sciences industry as has been outgoing President George W. Bush, a legislative update panel at the fourth annual MichBio Expo contended Wednesday. Obama will try to get more people involved in preventive medicine, which doesn?t emphasize pharmaceuticals