GRAND RAPIDS - Rick DeVos said Thursday that his Start Garden fund has invested more than $2.3 million in more than 100 projects during its first year. Start Garden began last spring, investing $5,000 in two potential ideas, projects and startup businesses each week. The fund is backed by $15 million from DeVos? family, and
LANSING - ModuleMD has partnered with Great Lake Health Information Exchange to create a strategic alliance to electronically connect physician practices with health care systems. Health Information Exchange provides the capability of sharing clinical information electronically among disparate electronic health record systems. ModuleMD provides a flexible electronic health record to independent physician practices nationally. Based
ANN ARBOR ? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Phase II clinical trail of the nation's first clinical trial of stem cell injections in patients with the deadly degenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Approval paves the way for UM to become the second
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet users are seeing less spam but more targeted attacks, according to a report from security software company Symantec. Looking at last year's security landscape, Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report 2013 found that traditional spam accounted for 69 percent of all e-mail in 2012, down from 75 percent in 2011. Yet, 30
WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives Thursday passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act, which President Barack Obama has threatened to veto should it be paased by the Senate. But should CISPA earn the president?s autograph, private businesses will be encouraged to voluntarily share cyberthreat information with the US government. The
WASHINGTON DC - Security firm McAfee is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to try to shore up America's defenses against cyberthreats. McAfee announced that the company is now part of the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership and will join cybersecurity professionals from both the private and public sector to tackle the escalating
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $397,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to nearly $3.6 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?The Michigan Microloan Fund Program helps businesses across the state
YPSILANTI - A three team alliance of Bloomfield International Academy, Utica Schools and Romeo Engineering & Tech Center won the Michigan state title in FIRST Robotics April 13, earning a trip to the World Championships in St. Louis in late April. The state?s top 64 teams from 11 district tournaments around the state the prior
GRAND RAPIDS ? Internet Service Provider Iserv announced it has doubled its sales staff, extended its call center hours to accommodate customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week and implemented a new customer assurance department. ?With all of the new services offered by Iserv, such as Hosted Voice and Enterprise Wireless, the need
LANSING ? The Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program is providing more than $2 million in tax incentives to four Michigan companies that will invest $44.7 million and create up to 223 jobs. ?These four companies are demonstrating that Michigan can compete with any state in the country as a great place to grow