DETROIT ? Leslie Smith has been on the job less than two months ? she is the new general manager at Wayne State University's TechTown ? but she already understands the magnitude of the task facing her at one of the world's largest business incubators. "Understanding all the moving pieces here," she answered when asked
DETROIT - Jonathan Browning, Volkswagen Group's international sales coordinator, has been promoted to chief executive of Volkswagen of America, the company announced on Monday at a news conference in Washington. Browning, 51, joined Volkswagen in June and was in charge of improving interaction between the sales arms of the group's 10 brands. He previously held
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE also known as Talent, Ideas, Enterprise presents annual TiE Midwest 20 Startup Awards 2010 at TiECon Midwest annual conference to be held at The Henry Dearborn, October 28 and 29. Nomination deadline is Sept. 23. TiECon Midwest 2010 is an entrepreneurial conference, attracting hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture
ANN ARBOR ? Entrepreneurs who want to be matched to a coach in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest need to apply by Oct. 15. GLEQ Executive Director Diane Durance said any entrepreneur applying after that date will be on their own to develop a six-page executive summary, which is due no later
SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm Trend Micro has found malicious files in the wild related to a zero-day exploit in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. The file that Trend Micro spotted on the Web called TROJ_PIDIEF.WM includes two "downloaders" called TROJ_DLOADR.WM and TROJ_CHIFRAX.BU. According to Adobe Systems, which first mentioned the exploit Wednesday, the malicious
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm Thursday announced an upcoming conference with Japanese officials to discuss the importance of economic development, and also to share mutual efforts to promote more investment and job creation both in Michigan and Japan. The 42nd Annual Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference will be held September 12 -14 at the Renaissance Center
LANSING - An agreement in principle to resolve the 2009-10 and 2010-11 fiscal year budgets, including legislation designed to encourage the retirement of state employees as a way to save money, was reached Tuesday. The framework remained tentative with legislative leaders wanting to run the plan, as agreed to with Governor Jennifer Granholm, by their
NEW YORK ? Michigan posted 139 companies among the 2010 Inc. magazine 5000 fastest growing companies in America. California leads the list with 684. Illinois at 222 and Ohio with 186 ranked among the top 10 states. Here?s the complete list of Michigan companies ranked by percentage increase in year to year revenue. 147 Alliant
HOLLAND - NOVO 1, a Texas-based company has opened a $2 million, 37,000 square foot call center in Holland, which could create up to 300 new jobs over the next several years. "There is no better way to celebrate Labor Day than by creating new jobs in America," said Mary Murcott, CEO of NOVO 1.
GRAND RAPIDS ? If you've always wanted to write a screenplay, then you're going to want to attend the Michigan Film Reel networking event Sunday Sept. 5 at McFadden's Bar in downtown Grand Rapids. The Michigan film industry trade web site is inviting writers, actors, producers and wanna-be's to work collaboratively to write a screen