ANN ARBOR - For the second straight year, the University of Michigan ranks first in research and development spending among the nation's public universities, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The annual rankings, released by the federal agency this week, show U-M atop the R&D expenditures list for public universities
WINDSOR, Ontario - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vented frustration at the owners of the Ambassador Bridge for opposing a new government-led bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. In Windsor on Monday, Harper said the Morouns are wrong to think they own the entire right to public crossings between Detroit and Windsor, CBC reported. "This
LANSING - The Pure Michigan Export Now pilot program will help consumer-product companies in the state sell their products directly to Chinese consumers via the world's largest Internet-based sales platform offered through a partnership between Export Now and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The program will be detailed in four informational forums taking place around
GRAND RAPIDS ? Seven teams of entrepreneurs from Grand Valley State University competed in an elevator pitch contest Thursday night, the second half of a business-plan competition that earned the winner $5,000. The winner was a West Michigan company that has developed a break-away coupling for fishing lures that?s currently getting eyed by major sporting
LANSING - Michigan has joined four other Great Lakes states and federal regulatory agencies in a compact designed to outline the requirements for and promote offshore wind energy research in the lakes, Governor Rick Snyder announced Friday. The compact, which includes Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania as well as federal agencies that have regulatory
LANSING - The University of Michigan would have to report data on its stem cell research and Michigan State University would have to end its policy of requiring students to have health insurance if they want a piece of the $36 million in performance funding in changes made Friday by the Michigan House Appropriations Higher
GRAND RAPIDS - The publisher of two popular West Michigan-entertainment magazines and regional business newspaper is branching out into the area of high school sports by launching a free monthly prep magazine to fill the hole left by the demise of daily newspapers. Revue Holding Company, which publishes MiBiz and REVUE entertainment guides, announced that
LANSING ? Last summer's Pure Michigan advertising campaign motivated 3.2 million trips to Michigan and those visitors spent $1 billion at state businesses, paying $70 million in taxes. This information comes from a new study by Longwoods International. Comparing that $70 million with the $14.2 million spent on Pure Michigan summer out-of-state advertising last year,
WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation's top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation's efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks: "We're not winning," he said. Shawn Henry, who is preparing to leave the FBI after more than two decades with the bureau, said in an interview with the
LANSING - Michigan exports to Canada increased in January, but exports to Mexico fell slightly, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation issued Tuesday. Michigan retained its spot as the top exporter to Canada among the 50 states, with $5.67 billion in trade flowing across that border. That was up from $5.59