GRAND RAPIDS - Lambert, Edwards and Associates announced its purchase of Sterling Corporation on Wednesday, a move LEA said makes it the largest public relations firm in Lansing and the largest public affairs firm in the state. Sterling Corporation has been a Republican firm for two decades, and will keep it will remain its own
DETROIT - A survey by Business Leaders for Michigan projects the state's and the country's economies will continue to grow during the next six to 18 months, but the state's economy will continue to outperform the national one. A statement said 54 percent of the 80 executives surveyed in the state believe the state's economy
TROY - After 12 years with Automation Alley, Thomas Anderson announced he will retire and be replaced by Kelly Kozlowski, Director of Public Affairs. In addition to his role as senior director, Anderson also led the association?s entrepreneurship programs. Under his leadership, Automation Alley has invested more than $8.59 million in 38 technology-driven startup companies
PLYMOUTH - ProNAi Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $59.5 million Series D financing, led by Vivo Capital of Palo Alto, CA and included other new investors Frazier Healthcare Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Adams Street Partners, RA Capital Management, Caxton Alternative Management, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Sectoral Asset Management, and Janus Capital Management LLC. Existing investors including
DETROIT - Facebook COO and best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg will speak to the Adcraft Club of Detroit at a breakfast May 2. The event will take place from 8:30 ? 10 a.m. at the San Marino Club at 1685 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy. Sandberg will speak on the new opportunity for marketing and
NEW YORK - Streaming video company Netflix said Monday that it planned to increase subscription prices for new customers by one or two dollars a month within the next few months. Existing subscribers will be able to continue at their current rate "for a generous time period," Netflix said. U.S. streaming subscribers currently pay $7.99
LANSING - The reported Michigan House budget bill for the state's various departments for the 2014-15 fiscal year fills the Health Insurance Claims Assessment hole and provides General Fund monies for a road funding plan introduced by House Speaker Jase Bolger two weeks ago. HB 5313 was reported on a 19-0 vote on Thursday with
LANSING - Job seekers looking to participate in the state?s largest-ever job matchmaking summit face a fast-approaching deadline to apply online for the 1,200 jobs at Pure Michigan DREAMJOB being held in June at Ford Field. More than 110 of the state?s leading businesses will interview qualified job candidates for high-skill, high-pay positions using an
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has received a three-year $697,000 grant from the Wisconsin-based Kern Family Foundation to support further expansion of entrepreneurial-minded learning in the curricula for undergraduate engineering students. This is the final phase of a series of grants adding up to over $2.4 million from the Kern Family Foundation that began in
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. Tuesday announced its new five-year capital investment plan that calls for the nation's largest independent electric transmission company to spend about $4.5 billion through 2018. ITC expects to investment of about $2.2 billion in base operating companies, approximately $1.2 billion in regional infrastructure projects, and approximately $1.1 billion in additional