LANSING - Michigan is gaining the high-skill, high-education jobs state officials have been hoping to attract, according to a study released Thursday by Public Policy Associates Incorporated. Doug Drake, a consultant with the Lansing-based public policy firm and former director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis in the Department of Management and Budget,
SEATTLE - After fixing some initial glitches, Microsoft said the patches released on Tuesday will now be delivered to users of its automated services. When the software maker released the 10 patches on Tuesday, the only way people could get them was to manually download them, CNET News.Com reported. The company said that was due
GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Institute and Michigan State University on Wednesday signed a medical education and research collaboration agreement that will help bring a four-year medical school to Grand Rapids and commercialize biomedical discoveries and treatments. The agreement was signed by VAI Chairman and CEO David Van Andel and MSU President Lou Anna Simon
ANN ARBOR - Biotechnology Business Consultants and the eleven Michigan Smart Zones are partnering to educate Michigan small technology businesses about the $2 billion plus awarded annually by the federal government through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The Smart Zone Road Show is an intense one-week tour to many
KALAMAZOO ? Government software specialist Manatron Monday that its Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to $1 million of the Company's stock during the next 12 months, or about 3 percent of the current market value of Manatron's 5.1 million share outstanding. The new plan replaces the previous repurchase plan announced September 13,
LANSING - Adding flame to an already heated issue, Gov. Jennifer Granholm used her weekly radio address Friday to call on the Legislature to repeal the state's bans on stem cell research. Noting recent support from boxing legend and southwest Michigan resident Muhammad Ali, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, Granholm urged residents to sign her
ANN ARBOR ? Some 131 pieces of equipment worth more than $655,000 have been awarded to 18 companies in Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Mt. Pleasant ad Oakland County from the Michigan Innovation Equipment Depot, a surplus equipment depot created last month through a million-dollar donation by Pfizer. The winners were selected from 25 applicants by Ann
SEATTLE - Microsoft on Friday issued what it hopes will be the last public test version of Windows Vista, as it works to put the final program in the hands of some businesses by next month. The company said that Release Candidate 2 of the new operating system is being made available to its usual
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels, one of four angel investing groups in Michigan, has had its first portfolio company exit. RF Identics was acquired recently by label giant Avery Dennison for an undisclosed amount. The other good news for Grand Angels is the exit came within 18 months after they pumped cash into RF Identics,
Microsoft plans to issue nearly a dozen security patches on Tuesday, including critical fixes for Windows and Office. The company will release six updates for the operating system and four for the office suite, according an advance notice sent out Thursday by the software giant and reported by CNET News.Com. Some of the patches will