LANSING ? The National Council of State Tourism Directors has named Michigan's George Zimmermann the State Tourism Director of the Year for 2011. ?During his tenure at the MEDC, George has led the team that created the award-winning Pure Michigan brand, taking the campaign to a national audience since 2009,? said Michael Finney, President and
LANSING - A program that will make $130 million available in "mezzanine financing" to small businesses in Michigan was promoted Monday by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow at a meeting of small business executives in Lansing. Stabenow praised the program, InvestMichigan, for not focusing on one particular industry sector. The InvestMichigan program, which consists of funding
LANSING - Democrats say they will push to keep tax incentives for the advanced battery industry that Republicans voted to phase out over the next four years. In a series of news conferences around the state Monday, legislative Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation continuing the incentives that has proven to create local jobs
LANSING - Details of Governor Rick Snyder's first trade mission are starting to be released as the governor will be the first Michigan chief executive to visit China since former Governor John Engler. Former Governor Jennifer Granholm made several trade trips to Japan and South Korea, but never to China. That drew criticism from some
LANSING - An environmental group is targeting U.S. Rep. Justin Amash and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for their stances on changes to the federal Clean Air Act with billboards and radio ads that launched Monday. The Environmental Defense Action Fund is running the campaign in six states against eight members of Congress including Amash (R-Kentwood)
LANSING - Officials at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will take several weeks to quantify just how successful their sponsorship of Sunday's Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway was, but all early indications are positive. "It was fabulous," said George Zimmermann, vice president for Travel Michigan, part of the MEDC. "This was
GRAND RAPIDS ? The national magazine, Security Dark Reading, has written about Cyber Styletto, a cyber crime novella written by a journalist, a writer, and a security expert. The facts are based on real vulnerabilities in the way the Internet is constructed. Recent cyber security attacks using sophisticated malware (think Stuxnet) and social engineering techniques
ANN ARBOR - Tangent Medical Technologies, a development stage medical device company focused on next generation intravenous access systems, has hired former Accuri Cytometers CEO Jeffrey S. Williams as its Chief Executive Officer. Williams also will serve as Chairman of the board of directors. While at Accuri, he oversaw revenue growth of 65 percent year-over-year,
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan entrepreneurs can register for the fall 2011 round of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a business-plan competition that pays cash prizes and helps connect start-up businesses with potential investors. As in years past, GLEQ is divided into two category: New Business Idea and Emerging Company. The top cash prize in each
GRAND RAPIDS - Christopher Payne, the president of the ISSA chapter in Grand Rapids, said he expects upwards of 500 security professionals to attend the first GrrCON information security and hacking conference on Sept. 16. ?We don?t have a conference like this in Michigan, ? Payne said. ?SecureWorld is more sponsor driven. Our is more