MANISTEE - A Nevada manufacturer will partner with a Manistee tooling maker to build more urban-friendly vertical wind-turbines in this Northern Michigan community that will generate hundreds of new jobs after the Manistee County Board approved a $400,000 grant Tuesday. Mariah Power of Reno, Nevada, approved the partnership with MasTech Manufacturing Inc. in Manistee on
TROY - Robert C. Stempel, former chairman and CEO of General Motors as well as Energy Conversion Devices, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Automation Alley Awards Gala on Sept. 12. Stempel was just one of eight winners named at this annual event. Other winners include: Kenneth Matzick, president and CEO of Beaumont
LANSING - Saying firms she intends to meet on a Japan trade trip are keenly interested in Michigan's potential as a center of alternative energy, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she expects to begin her trip Monday with an agreement in hand on an energy package that includes a renewable energy portfolio standard. Whatever agreement
LANSING - Despite worries that Hurricane Ike could drive gasoline prices to as much as $7 a gallon, Governor Jennifer Granholm said at a late Friday press conference that the state has ample supplies of gasoline, that prices should not spike and that any examples of price gouging will be prosecuted. People in the state
NEW YORK - A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous. The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the IP Traceback drafting group, named Q6/17, which
TROY - The Michigan Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association from Sept. 15-17 will give Midwest companies an opportunity to network with decision makers from the Department of Defense, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Automation Alley, the Defense Supply Center, the National Automotive Center and a wide variety of manufacturers who are currently working
ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.com will offer free marketing seminars at the Celebrate Michigan Expo Sept. 29 at the Hilton Detroit/Troy. The Celebrate Michigan Expo is a celebration of Michigan, its resources and the 10-year anniversary of the MichiganMall.com. The event is free and open to the Michigan business community. The afternoon marketing sessions include: Brandology-Ten
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralize communications and social-networking activity. "OneConnect allows everybody to keep connected to the persons they care about. It's a socially connected address book," said said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Yahoo Connected Life, in a
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute researchers have identified unique DNA changes in each of several types of renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer in adults. These findings could aid in the diagnosis of these cancers since the many types of RCC are currently identified only by their appearance. Further research
MANISTEE ? A Nevada manufacturer may soon partner with a Manistee tool maker to build more urban-friendly vertical wind-turbines that could generate hundreds of new jobs ? if some political and economic hurdles are overcome next week. Mariah Power of Reno, Nevada, is evaluating a proposal to partner with MasTech Manufacturing Inc. in Manistee to