GRANDVILLE - X-Rite, which makes color measurement hardware and software, said it completed a plan Wednesday to acquire Swiss competitor Amazys Holding AG for $280 million. In a proxy filing, X-Rite said it issued 7.2 million shares of stock, or about 34 percent of its currently outstanding shares, in connection with the offer. X-Rite said
KALAMAZOO - BlueGranite is seeking a Senior Business Intelligence Developer to deliver Data Warehouse, Data Mart and OLAP solutions using the Microsoft SQL Server platform. The ideal candidate will have years of professional project experience designing, building, and optimizing databases to drive business intelligence applications, including strong multi-dimensional expression (MDX) language skills, ETL experience using
DETROIT - Compuware Corporation has been included in the new NASDAQ Global Select Market, joining one-third of the other NASDAQ companies that qualified for this elite status. Inclusion in this Market is for qualified companies, which are considered models of leadership that have met the most stringent initial financial listing standards ever set by a
ZEELAND ? Cell-phone software developer Crayon Interface has raised $1 million from an investment group led by backers from Memphis, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia. Crayon Interface develops software and network solutions that let cell phones to monitor and control home, vehicle and office environments. The Company also offers software and network service for event notification
SAN ANTONIO - AT&T is officially in the TV market. On Monday the company made its U-verse TV service commercially available to 5,000 homes in San Antonio. Until this week AT&T's TV service was available to only a handful of consumers in that city, the first of many on the list of U-verse prospects, CNET
GRAND RAPIDS ? Rapidly growing MItechnews.Com is looking for ad sales representatives and freelance reporters to join its staff. MItechnews.Com publishes six current eNewsletters, with two more ready to roll out after Labor Day, and we have a lot of advertising inventory to sell. We?re looking for one or more sales representatives to sell this
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth unveiled an updated version of its Michigan Talent Bank and Labor Market Information web sites Friday, which give employers and job seekers free listings. Once at the Talent Bank, drop down menus display information for Job Seekers or Employers. Users can search for jobs on
KALAMAZOO ? The third time is the charm for the Southwest Michigan First Life Sciences Investment Fund. After getting its first two offers turned down, the $50 million fund has invested in NanoMed Pharmaceuticals. The dollar amount was not disclosed. The Kalamazoo-based drug development company will relocated its headquarters to nearby Kalamazoo Valley Community College?s
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center has hired Brent Mulder, PhD, to provide Technology Business Consulting Services to help the state's life sciences companies find funding and commercialize their products and services. Mulder earned his PhD in 2002 at the University of Houston, Texas. His emphasis is on DNA sequencing
LANSING - The Michigan House on Wednesday signed off on a package of Senate bills aimed at boosting the state's involvement with alternative fuels, as well as finalizing the chamber's own bills on the same issue. Approved were SB 1074 , SB 1075 , SB 1078 and SB 1079 by nearly unanimous votes. While Rep.