DETROIT ? Negotiations are underway in the Michigan legislature to restore the nearly $30 million in Michigan Tri-Corridor Funding eliminated last week by the legislature, Michigan Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell) said Thursday at the MichBio Expo. Garcia, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, said he expects the funds to come
DETROIT - Nissan will take the plunge into the small but potentially dynamic U.S. minicar segment, when it launches the all-new Versa in 2006, a 1.8-liter four cylinder, 120 horsepower car that gets an estimated 38 miles per gallon. Based on the ?Flex-B Platform,? the first jointly developed by Nissan and its French partner, Renault,
LANSING - A $1 billion plan that securitizes the tobacco settlement and gives Michigan some economic punch in the high tech, life sciences, alternative energy and defense fields was given near-unanimous approval by the House on Wednesday. But the first use of the money is not anticipated until some time early next year. The plan
LANSING - Those interested in the House version of the Michigan Telecommunications Act rewrite will have three weeks to have their say before the bill moves to the House floor. Rep. Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek), chair of the House Energy and Technology Committee, announced Wednesday that he planned two hearings each for the next three
TUSTIN, CA ? As the price of gasoline in the United States approaches the highest levels seen since the last gas crisis more than two decades ago, the September 2005 Fuel Price Impact Survey conducted by AutoPacific shows that many consumers intend to shift the type of vehicle they drive from gas guzzling SUVs and
LANSING ? The State of Michigan has launched a web site aimed at encouraging young people to explore careers in manufacturing, what still remains a lynch pin in the state?s economy. The web site Michigan.Gov/MFGCareers, targets a 12- to 24-year-old audience by featuring techno music, flash animation, a virtual tour of a General Motors plant,
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Core Technology Alliance announced Wednesday that Western Michigan University?s Biological Imaging Center and Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center have become the eighth and ninth technology R&D centers to join the state life sciences alliance. An initiative of the Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor, the CTA provides Michigan universities, private research institutes and biotechnology
TROY ? The Helen eWards are the highlight of the Troy Chamber?s Business Luncheon and Expo Oct. 25 at the Troy Community Center. Keynote speaker, Barry Moltz, author of the book, You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business, will offer a revealing glimpse into the persona of
KALAMAZOO ? Only 10 seats remain for a two-day October program focused on Supervisory Development at the M-TEC at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The program, Oct. 11-12, is co sponsored by M-TEC, the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. Notre Dame faculty will present the program. Participants come from widely varying disciplines and
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest is back in business again now that the Ann and Carman Adams Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has stepped up as a platinum sponsor. Funding woes left GLEQ in limbo during the summer looking for at least $250,000 in sponsorship money to stage a