SOUTHFIELD - The inaugural Design Catalyst Award will be presented to Bob Lutz, former General Motors and Chrysler vice chairman, on Jan. 15 during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Design Catalyst Award honors an individual who recognizes and enables great design in the global automotive industry. Lacks Enterprises Inc. is the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday that he will offer a refined proposal on how to fill an estimated annual gap in the state's road funding needs of $1.6 billion during his State of the State address January 16. In the fall of 2011, Snyder unveiled a series of proposals designed to boost road
LANSING - As of 11:22 a.m. Saturday, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has restored food assistance benefits to all Bridge Cards that were not loaded with money by a human error on Thursday. A spokesman said there we no errors in the restoration process. On Friday, the DTMB announced that 85,000 food
LANSING - Food and animal safety products developer Neogen Corp. announced Thursday that it has acquired the assets of Scidera Genomics, LLC, an animal genomics business based in Davis, California. The company, formerly operated as MetaMorphix, Inc., or MMI Genomics, was a pioneer in the development of cattle, poultry, swine, and canine genetic testing. Scidera?s
DETROIT- The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index remained stable in December, dipping only one-tenth of a point to 51.8 from 51.9 in November. PMI index values above 50 generally suggest an expanding economy. ?The Southeast Michigan PMI has maintained a value over 50 for 33 of the past 34 months, indicating a steady strengthening of
GRAND RAPIDS ? Grand Rapids area native Nick Sarnicola, who has built a fortune through his direct sales weight loss company ViSalus, has pledged $1 million to his Sarnicola Foundation to support other young entrepreneurs. Sarnicola, 33, grew up in a blue collar family in Wyoming, a Grand Rapids suburb, and was exposed to entrepreneurship
DETROIT - Title Source Inc., a national title and closing services agency that relocated its headquarters to Detroit from Troy last summer, announced plans Thursday to hire 375 employees for its Detroit office by March. Last year, the company moved 1,100 employees to the First National Building, as part of an overall plan to have
PLYMOUTH - Tim Mayleben, the CFO of the original drug developer Esperion, has rejoined Esperion Therapeutics as president and CEO. Mayleben was a partner in Esperion when it was purchased in February 2004 by Pfizer for $1.3 billion. Roger Newton, who is the founder of Esperion, bought the company back from Pfizer several years ago.
RESTON, Va. - Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.9 percent of the U.S. mobile market share, while Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 53.7 percent of smartphone subscribers. Apple was second with 35 percent. The survey was done by comScore during the three-month period ending November 2012. Samsung
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget is currently working to resolve an error that is impacting 85,000 food assistance recipients and their families. As a result of human error, benefits to the Bridge Cards providing food assistance for clients with account numbers ending in 0 were not loaded to the cards