NEW YORK - Amid a drop in solar company stocks and concerns over a green-tech investment bubble, Sanford Bernstein analysts issued a report Tuesday that takes the long view on alternative energy, arguing that the sector is a relatively safe bet. Persistently high fossil fuel prices and environmental regulations mean that alternative energy technology companies
TRAVERSE CITY ? Traverse Angels is moving from concept to reality on Feb. 27 when it hosts its first membership meeting. The group is only open for qualified investors, meaning you have to make $250,000 a year or have a net worth of $1 million. The state wants to make sure you have risk capital
BERLIN - Microsoft is making a new bid to get governments to go with its technology, rather than open-source alternatives such as Linux and OpenOffice. At its Government Leaders Forum in Berlin, which kicks off on Tuesday, the company plans to announce what it is calling the Citizen Service Platform. It's not a whole new
LANSING - Acting deliberately on the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that allowed women the right to abortion, the Senate on Tuesday passed SB 776 that would mimic the federal law banning the so-called partial-birth abortion process. Later in the day, an effort by House Republicans to tie-bar the Senate bill to
CUPERTINO, Ca. While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at Macworld, the iconic device still made waves. Apple has sold more than 4 million iPhones since launch, according to leader Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote, as reported by CNET News.Com. But what's more interesting is what the people who bought it are doing with
DETROIT - Ford Motor Company's hybrid fuel-powered fleet is increasing rapidly, riding a wave of consumer demand for GreenTech and environmentally friendly cars and trucks. Nancy Gioia, Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility and Hybrid Programs, talks about Ford's future alternative energy plans in this special edition of News Maker interview from the North American International
FLINT - Russell J. Ebeid, president of the Guardian Glass Group, has donated $500,000 to seed a $1 Million endowment to provide scholarships for students of Arab-American descents attending Kettering University. The fund, a partnership with the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services in Detroit, will total more than $1 million within 25
ROYAL OAK ? Intelligent Connections will host four lunch and learn presentations in February ? three in Michigan and one in Ohio ? that will show attendees how they can discover, monitor and protect sensitive web data using Websense Content Protection Suite. Websense Intelligent Content Protection is based on best-in-class products and hosted solutions that
LANSING - Proponents of changing Michigan law to permit all types of stem cell research are now attempting to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Mark Burton, who was legislative counsel for the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association (now Michigan Association for Justice) before opening up his own consulting firm this year, is heading
LANSING - Rules that would require Michigan businesses to train their employees on the hazards of improper body position are one step closer to reality, but they appear to still have a ways to go. The Ergonomics Standard Rule Advisory Committee referred a consensus draft of the rules to the two standards commissions that created