ANN ARBOR - Online Technologies Corporation has appointed Mike Klein President and Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created position, Klein will be responsible for strategic partnerships, commercial activities and managing day-to-day operations. Klein was also appointed to the company�??s board of directors. Klein, a serial entrepreneur, began his career at Motorola and Rockwell, before
KALAMAZOO - Stryker Corporation said Tuesday that its Biotech division has received a warning letter from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration related to quality systems and compliance issues at its Hopkinton, Massachusetts location. The warning letter concerns observations made during an inspection that was initiated in September 2007. The letter primarily cites issues
LIVONIA - By 2010, women are expected to control 60 percent of the wealth in the United States, due to demographics and the success of professional women. Often, however, women don't have high confidence when it comes to personal financial management for themselves, their families and their businesses. Join a panel discussion May 8 for
TROY �?? Automation Alley has finally rolled out its newly redesigned web site with enhanced navigation. The new Web site offers users quick links to popular Alley benefits and services, an updated search function, and a more convenient member login. Designed by Plante & Moran, the new site also allows members to make changes to
TROY - Join Automation Alley for the first Ideas for Impact roundtable event on May 22 to have your voice heard about the business issues that matter most to you. At this event, you will get a chance to ask experts pressing business questions about starting, capitalizing, running and growing small and medium businesses, including
LANSING - The package of bills recently passed the Michigan House to increase investment in electric generation in the state, and particularly in renewable power, will not meet that goal, the American Wind Energy Association said in a letter to Governor Jennifer Granholm and Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton), whose committee is now considering the legislation.
LANSING - The Michigan Department of State is close to an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that would make Michigan the fifth state authorized to issue enhanced driver's licenses that can be used for crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders. Poll results released Wednesday show Michigan residents are ready to accept the
KALAMAZOO - Because an overwhelming majority of the 23 participants called a one-week summer camp in manufacturing in 2007 "awesome" and "pretty cool," Kalamazoo Valley Community College is planning a second edition. Once again, designing a radio-controlled, scale-model car, fabricating its components, and assembling them into a finished product to be test-driven and raced will
DETROIT ? Wayne State University undergraduate students Melissa and Jennifer Hui last week won first place in the digital arts segment of the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition. Imagine Cup is one of the world?s premier student technology competitions, and Microsoft Corporation feels it is a way to encourage the young to apply their imagination, creativity
LANSING - Through Monday, Michigan businesses have paid an estimated $470 million so far in quarterly payments under the Michigan Business Tax, which one fiscal official said appears to be on target with revenue estimates. Meanwhile, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce issued results of a poll done of its members that showed most of those