ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science is once again seeking 16 academically talented students to take advantage of National Science Foundation scholarships in industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. As part of a $598,980 grant the SECS received last year to fund its OU's Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship Program, 16
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's proposal to increase the gasoline tax and vehicle registration fees is not likely to see any traction the Senate, but the idea of an increase in those areas in a different form is still open for debate. Snyder has proposed increasing the fuel tax to 33 cents per gallon from
DETROIT ? Compuware Corp. has developed a poison pill defense against takeover by New York hedge fund, Elliott Management that would pay senior executives big bonuses if the computer software and services company changes hands and they lose their jobs as a result. In a filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commisssion, Compuware
OXFORD ? Light-emitting diode products maker Relume Technologies has announced that two of its outdoor LED products ? the OXFORD fixture and parkVUE fixture ? were recognized by the Next Generation Luminaires Solid State Lighting Design Competition. The company's OXFORD lighting fixture was also named one of four Best in Class. ?Recognition by such a
LANSING - Speakers and attendees of the first public forum on energy policy Thursday largely agreed on the need to move toward more renewable power and energy efficiency, but were split on whether the state's current energy law was the way to get there. The goal of the seven forums planned between Thursday and April
DETROIT - Wayne State University's contract to conduct federally funded research into problem pregnancies was extended another decade through a $165.9 million deal announced Thursday. Wayne State said the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Wayne State a second 10-year contract to
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems has developed a dashboard system for key performance indicators for two franchise in The Dwyer Group of Waco, Texas. The Dwyer Group is an international enterprise and parent company for seven service-based franchise companies that provide a broad range of residential and commercial maintenance and repair services. Each franchisee can
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Friday released its report on the implementation of the state's renewable energy standard and its cost effectiveness, showing the estimated renewable energy percentage is expected to reach 4.7 percent in 2012. The state's renewable energy standard is currently set at 10 percent by 2015, and the PSC has
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has not issued any credit certificates for either the cell manufacturing tax credit nor the MEGA tax credit awarded to LG Chem Michigan in 2009, though technically LG Chem has not yet filed for them. "LG Chem Michigan was awarded cell manufacturing and MEGA tax credits for its
LANSING - Michigan's election systems and performance scored well in a study by Pew Charitable Trusts, which placed the state sixth in the nation when measuring categories like ease of voting, accuracy of systems and completeness of data. The study reviewed the election performance of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin scored