GRAND RAPIDS - When Mark Sellers bought Grand Rapids Brewing Co. last year, he thought he bought all of its assets. But it turns out he had a cybersquatter parked on his website who refused to relinquish the domain name until the squatter, a Grand Rapids Internet promotions company, was paid $2,000. Now Sellers owns
GRAND RAPIDS ? Rick DeVos, like his grandfather Richard DeVos, co-founder of Amway, is writing a new page in the entrepreneur rule book with the announcement Thursday of Start Garden, a $15 million investment fund ? the money is put up by the DeVos family ? that will invest $5,000 in two ideas each week,
LANSING - March sales were positive, and retailers are expecting that trend to continue the next three months, the Michigan Retailers Association said in releasing its latest Michigan Retail Index on Wednesday. The March performance index, created in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, was 57.8, a result of 49 percent of retailers
DETROIT - Mean total cash compensation for U.S. mobility professionals climbed from $105,800 in 2010 to $115,200 - an 8.9 percent increase ? the second biannual salary survey by SAE International reported Tuesday. The good news for engineers and related technical professionals is that employment prospects and salaries have improved for the majority in the
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling more than $2 million. So far in the program, 72 companies have received seed funding totaling more than $16 milion. ?The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund is helping businesses across the state bring their innovative products to market,? said Skip
CUPERTINO, Ca. - After a brief hiatus, the long-standing rumor that Apple will employ more metal in the iPhone, has made a return - and even taken a new twist. Citing unnamed industry sources, Korean news site ETnews says Apple will use Liquidmetal technology for the next iPhone, which the outlet boldly claims will be
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems, a software solutions provider to international franchise systems, has landed another major contract ? to integrate and implement Domino?s Pizza Pulse Franchise Office and Pulse Polling systems for 25 Domino?s stores in the United Kingdom. Servant Systems has implemented the Domino?s software for other multi-unit franchisees in Britain, in other
TRAVERSE CITY ? Two teenage brothers came up with an idea when they were snowboarding: ?Wouldn?t it be cool to light up your board and stand out from the crowd?? A business was born. Now the boys are trying to woo investors on an Internet crowd funding platform to help take their LED light kits
WASHINGTON ? A new report says clean energy employers announced plans involving at least 137 projects in 42 states during the first quarter of this year ? Michigan?s clean energy jobs growth was significant, with upwards of 1,200 new clean energy jobs announced in the first three months of 2012. Environmental Entrepreneurs said Dow Chemical?s
ANN ARBOR - Seven hospitals in Michigan won recognition from Thomson Reuters ranked among the nation's top 100 hospitals. In the major teaching hospital category, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor was listed along with Beaumont Hospital in Troy in the teaching hospital category. Joining Beaumont in that category was Munson Medical Center in