LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed two bonds to be included in the Michigan Strategic Fund budget, one which develops engineering talent at universities with those programs and the other to address talent needs in skilled trades through community colleges. Overall, Snyder recommended $766.6 million ($210.3 million General Fund) for the Michigan Strategic
KALAMAZOO - Vestaron Corporation announced Thursday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the active ingredient in the company?s breakthrough bioinsecticide for commercial sale. The insecticide, a naturally occurring peptide isolated from spiders, is approved for use on a wide variety of crops and has shown no toxicity to fish, birds or mammals, including
LONDON - Ready, Set, Grow, an Ersnt & Young competition created to help advise and grow small businesses entrepreneurs with young companies, announced they are now accepting applications for this year's 2014 program in Monaco. Application deadline is March 15. Created for talented and ambitious young CEO's and Presidents worldwide, finalists will get the chance
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed a 6.1 percent, or $76.9 million, increase for the state's 15 public universities on Wednesday, boasting it is the highest increase since 2001. But some Democrats and universities are saying it still doesn't go far enough to offset the cuts from three years ago. New for the 2014-15 fiscal
LANSING - Legislation curbing the personal liability of business executives if their firm fails to pay taxes has been signed by Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder's signature of SB 337 (PA 3, immediate effect), comes after he vetoed a previous bill, SB 64 , over implementation concerns for the Department of Treasury. The new law pares
SOCHI, Russia - According to an NBC News report, unprepared attendees at the Sochi Olympics are being hacked the second they fire up their electronic devices. NBC reporter Richard Engel worked with a security expert to set up two test computers in order to see just how quickly he'd be attacked when logging onto Russian
DETROIT - Mary Barra, General Motors new CEO, is not the type of boss who ever thought she'd be featured in Fortune, let alone sit atop the magazine's inaugural Most Powerful Women in global business ranking. The first woman in her family to go to college, she worked her way through General Motors Institute (now
GRAND RAPIDS - Do you have an idea that you believe is worth protecting? Do you think you shouldn?t talk about it for fear that someone will steal it? Have you ever written a non-disclosure document? What is intellectual property worth? Did you know that a trademark doesn?t have to be registered in the United
ROCHESTER - According to recent data from the American Society for Engineering Education, Oakland University is among national leaders in categories related to women faculty in engineering and the number of undergraduate computer science degrees awarded to students. The ASEE's latest "By the Numbers" survey ranked Oakland fourth out of 246 schools in the nation
SOCHI, Russia - According to an NBC News report, unprepared attendees at the Sochi Olympics are getting hacked the second they fire up their electronic devices. NBC reporter Richard Engel worked with a security expert to set up two test computers in order to see just how quickly he'd be attacked when logging onto Russian