LANSING - A bipartisan group of U.S. House members, led by Michigan members, has called for $300 million to be added to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in the 2014 federal budget. A total of 35 U.S. House members from other Great Lakes states, and even Florida, signed a letter to the chamber's Appropriations Subcommittee
DETROIT - Gamification and CRM solutions company LevelEleven, one of the dozens of properties houses in the Madison Building owned by Detroit Venture Partners, has landed another $500,000 in seed financing that includes an undisclosed amount from long-time Michigan technology entrepreneur Rick Inatome. Inatome, a long time mentor to LevelEleven CEO Bob Marsh, was joined
WASHINGTON D.C. - Philip Lieberman, author and CEO of security firm Lieberman Software, believes United States is on the brink of suffering a major cyber attack from another nation state that will severely damage the country's national infrastructure. The security expert has spoken out as the U.S. falls into its latest bout of international confrontation,
LANSING - The Michigan House Appropriations Committee approved Thursday the omnibus budget, making no changes from what subcommittees approved for all state departments and agencies, and maintaining penalties for universities, colleges, local governments and school districts entering into contracts before the implementation of the right-to-work law. HB 4328 , the budget bill that includes all
ANN ARBOR - Blaze Medical Devices has added two new members to its advisory board, CPA Paul Glantz and finance professional Terry Cross. Blaze is a medical device company focusing on increasing the efficacy and safety of transfusions while reducing transfusion-related costs and reducing the use of blood. Blood units differ in properties based on
LANSING - A plan to raise $1.2 billion for roads through directing all taxes levied on gasoline purchases to transportation and then raising the sales tax from 6 to 7 percent to make whole schools, local governments and the General Fund still has life, one of the top lawmakers on road funding said Thursday. Sen.
LANSING ? Michigan was among the top 10 states for wind power capacity additions and growth rate in 2012, according to the American Wind Energy Association's annual market study reported Friday. The study, reported by MLive.Com, said Michigan added 611 megawatts of wind energy capacity in 2012 for a cumulative total of 988 megawatts, ranking
ANN ARBOR ? Kelly Williams of Credit Suisse will keynote the 32nd Michigan Growth Capital Symposium in May. MGCS also will feature five panel discussions, as well as a showcase of 36 of the most promising early to later stage Midwest, high-growth companies seeking institutional investment within the next 12 months. Presented by the University
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. State Department Friday announced it has issued a presidential permit to the state of Michigan for the New International Trade Crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. When ground will be broken, however, is anybody's guess. ?This is all about jobs for today and tomorrow,? Gov. Rick Snyder said in a
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