DETROIT ? The North American International Auto Show has created a photo contest for public days, which begin Saturday Jan. 19. It?s called snap?and?win. Bring your camera, smartphone or tablet to the auto show, take a photo and submit it at naias.com, and you could win $200. NAIAS will award a $200 cash prize for
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. telecommunications industry has lost its ability to manufacture advanced telecommunications products needed by the U.S. military, according to a government committee comprised of the senior-most members of the President's cabinet. The U.S. position in the global telecommunications equipment market is "diminishing," according to the Defense Production Act Committee's Telecommunications Industrial
DETROIT - Smartphones from the top two manufacturers made up 68 percent of the US market, according to a recent study from NPD Group. Apple's iPhone franchise made the larger gain, rising to 42 percent in the fourth quarter, or seven percentage points higher than the year-earlier period. Samsung's share rose to 26 percent in
ANN ARBOR - Merit President and CEO, Don Welch, will serve as Chair of The Quilt Board of Directors for 2014. The Quilt is a national coalition of advanced regional networks for research and education, representing 32 networks across the country. Welch began a four-year term on The Quilt Executive Committee in 2012. He assumes
PLYMOUTH - ProNAi Therapeutics Inc. Monday announced it has closed a Series C preferred financing round of more than $12 million with existing and new investors, the first of several planned financing activities for 2014. The company, in a press release, said the financing reflects ?the impressive clinical progress of the company over the past
MARSHALL - Power management company Eaton announced that its engine boosting, fuel- and emissions-saving technologies are on six of the 10 engines chosen by WardsAuto for its 20th annual 10 Best Engines competition. ?We are very pleased to see our valued customers receiving this prestigious award,? said Staci Kroon, president, Automotive North America. ?The continuing
PONTIAC - RazorThreat has appointed Deane Tierney, Vice President Strategic Accounts. He reports to Greg Guidice, president and CEO. Tierney brings to RazorThreat extensive information technology industry experience in Channel Management and Development, Sales and Sales Management. He also brings with him more than ten years network security experience. Most recently he was a Channel
LANSING - A poll of 600 likely voters across the state has found great preference for elected officials and candidates who support the use of clean, renewable energy such as wind or solar power, rather than traditional energy sources like coal. More than 75 percent of those surveyed in a poll commissioned by a group
LANSING - The next Legislature will come into office with some new ideas on how the state should structure and fund schools. The State Board of Education laid out a schedule to develop the policy proposals at its meeting Tuesday, with the goal of having a report completed in November 2014. While the board wants
EAST LANSING - Rob Fowler, the chair of the Health Endowment Fund Board created with the conversion of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan into a nonprofit mutual company, said Tuesday the board would likely spend the first half of 2014 working to understand its role and would be ready to start allocating funds in