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
TROY - The deadline is fast approaching for members of ConnecTech, the successor organization to the GLIMA Network, to join a members-only technology mentoring program to partner with some of the state's top chief information officers. January 31 is the deadline for submitting application materials. Eligible mentees include current ConnecTech members in information technology; the
ANN ARBOR ? More than 400 people packed the ACE 2008 celebration of entrepreneurship Thursday night at Washtenaw Community College to hear the elevator pitch competition and find out which Michigan technology start ups won Phase I of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest contest. Here?s a quick list of the winners: Winner of the ACE
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Thursday said he supported President Bush?s plans for a fiscal stimulus package, saying it would complement the Fed's efforts to provide monetary-policy insurance against an economic downturn. The remarks came shortly after the White House announced an economic stimulus package is needed to help the sagging economy, The
LANSING - Compared to a year ago when Michigan was facing a deficit in excess of $1 billion, the state is looking at "good news" on the budget, Senate Appropriations Committee members were told by Senate Fiscal Agency Executive Director Gary Olson. Assisted by the balance left over from the 2006-07 budget, the state should
LANSING - A new Michigan coalition consisting largely of business, labor and healthcare organizations launched Wednesday to promote legislation reforming rules for individual health insurance in the state. Consumers for Fair and Affordable Insurance Reform argued that a package recently passed by the House (HB 5282 and HB 5283 ) ensures that those not able
DETROIT - E85 Ethanol fuel, the latest green friendly derivative, is growing in popularity although major issues, such as getting gas stations to carry it, remain. Still within a half dozen years, about half the cars and trucks on American roads will be burning this alternative energy fuel that boosts performance and cuts green house