ANN ARBOR - Investors Richard and Susan Roge have stepped up their already extraordinary commitment to the University of Michigan with a $50 million gift that will be used to fund scholarships and other programs. The gift - $30 million for scholarships at the U-M Medical School and $10 million in support for faculty, students
TROY - Altair, the Troy engineering services and software provider, announced the opening of two new offices, Altair Hellenic in Thessaloniki, Greece, and Altair Israel in Tel Aviv, Israel. The offices target manufacturers that can benefit from Altair?s HyperWorks suite of computer-aided engineering tools, in-house product design services, and cutting-edge business analytics technology. These locations
SAN FRANCISCO - Cisco launched its Application Centric Infrastructure this week, prompting a whirlwind of competitor announcements and keeping industry watchers perched on the edges of their seats. Does the platform, built on Cisco subsidiary Insieme's architecture, live up to all the anticipation and revolutionize SDN? Well, the ACI strategy has strengths and weaknesses. Let's
LIVONIA - The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs will be held January 30, 2014, at Burton Manor and anticipates more entrepreneurs and exhibits than ever before, and more new companies introduced via the popular ACE Elevator Pitch Competition. ACE?14 is an afternoon and evening event and is expected to be the best-attended ACE event in the
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation today announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of a $300,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant for Fontijne Formitt to expand its operations and establish a new production line in Milton Township, a project that will generate approximately $2.6 million in capital investment and add up to 31 new
LANSING - Sen. Bruce Caswell said Wednesday that the health care industry is complicated, but he's hoping his bill allowing pharmacists to receive up to three national drug codes from pharmaceutical benefits managers could bring some clarity to the industry's drug pricing. "The core issue here was to create, for pharmacies across the state, the
Cyber Styletto Chapter Two Noon Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2013, Key West, Florida Yvonne banked her corporate jet east, towards the Key West runway. A line of dark clouds, heavy with moisture, loomed to the southeast. Radar had it moving towards the islands, due in an hour or so. It would be a race to pick
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe Digital Index unveiled its crystal ball prophecies for this year's online shopping season, and it looks like it's going to be a doozy. Not only does Adobe Systems predict this year will see the highest-ever online spending during the US holiday season, but Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday will break
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Works! and Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop are teaming up for a second time to host a live MiVirtualCareerFair event on Nov. 13 from 10 am ? 4 pm online and at participating restaurants around Michigan. ?The June career fair we held in partnership with Tim
COSTA MESA, CA. ? In a report from Experian, a rise in credit balances and a decrease in delinquency rates has significantly improved small-business credit quality in the third quarter. According to the most recent Experian/Moody?s Analytics report, the Small Business Credit Index rose 2.3 points to 118.5, up from 116.2 the previous quarter. This