DETROIT - AT&T Inc. says it is planning to expand its one gigabit-speed AT&T GigaPower service to homes, apartments and businesses in the Detroit area during 2016, joining a parade that includes Comcast Cable and Rocket Fiber. The exact locations and timing of the new service in the Detroit area is not yet available, the
KANSAS CITY - The first 2016 Ford F-150 with the ability to run on compressed natural gas has rolled off a Ford Motor Co. assembly line here, making Ford the only manufacturer to offer a CNG/propane-capable half-ton pickup. The 2016 Ford F-150 with 5.0-liter Ti-VCT V8 engine is available with a factory-installed, gaseous-fuel prep package
KALAMAZOO - The Apifiny blood test for prostate cancer developed by Kalamazoo-based Armune BioScience Inc. will be promoted by Quebec City, Quebec-based Aeterna Zentaris Inc. under a co-marketing agreement announced Tuesday. Apifiny is the only cancer specific, non-PSA blood test for the detection of prostate cancer. Under the co-marketing agreement, Aeterna will promote the test
SAULT STE. MARIE - The Engineering Society of Detroit returned to the Upper Peninsula Monday to launch a new student chapter at Lake Superior State University. More than a dozen students attended the event at Lake State’s Cisler Center. “We want to help you be the very best professional you can be,” said Robert Magee, ESD
LANSING - The Lansing area’s economic development agency has launched a new initiative to support product-based startups. The program, called Lansing Proto, will provide equity funding of $15,000 to each of three product-based startup companies that will be selected to participate in an eight-month-long development program to begin in February. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership,
LANSING - Calling all student entrepreneurs and innovators - the Lansing Economic Area Partnership has started its Third Annual Lansing Youth Startup Challenge. LEAP has partnered with 5 Minutes Tops, a “Shark Tank”-like student business idea competition, to offer local “prep” competitions to student entrepreneurs looking to refine their ideas in an effort to compete
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of business expansions, community improvement projects and a Request for Proposals for the redesign of the official Travel Michigan website, Michigan.org. The projects are expected to generate nearly $120.6 million in new investments and create 258 jobs in Michigan. In addition, MSF approved
TROY - Altair announced that Lund Combustion Engineering - LOGE AB - has joined the Altair Partner Alliance, adding its LOGEsoft and LOGEengine software for chemical kinetics modeling and internal combustion engine simulation. “LOGEsoft and LOGEengine are meant to bridge the gap between fundamentals in chemistry and applied engineering,” said Fabian Mauss, CEO at Lund,
DETROIT - The wireless provider T-Mobile says it has fired up its Extended Range LTE service in Detroit and most of Michigan. The 700-megahertz “low band” spectrum carries both T-Mobile’s LTE service farther from cell towers, and deeper into buildings, than previous technologies. T-Mobile has now rolled out the 700 MHz service in 204 metropolitan
WARREN - Five early-stage companies from Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties will receive $300,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb. The fund is a $2.7 million effort to stimulate economic development and job growth among promising Detroit-area entrepreneurs and next-stage companies with high growth potential. Funding is provided by Macomb Community College’s Strategic
