FARMINGTON HILLS - A new study says the Brazil, Russia, India and China nations have increased their lending to businesses by double digits since the collapse in 2008 of Lehman Brothers while the United States and many European economies have seen lending fall by double digits, threatening their economic recovery. Research from UHY, the international
ANN ARBOR ? A team from the University of Michigan, has helped deliver stem cells into the spines of patients with Lou Gehirg's disease, opening the door to a new treatment. In a paper published online ahead of print publication in the peer-reviewed journal Stem Cells, a team from the U-M, Emory University and study
STAMFORD - Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 1.9 percent increase from the first quarter of 2011, when shipments reached 87.3 million units, according to preliminary results by Gartner. These results exceed Gartner's earlier projections of a 1.2 percent decline for the quarter. "The results were mixed
PLYMOUTH - Esperion Therapeutics announced the appointment of Noah Rosenberg, MD, as its chief medical officer. Dr. Rosenberg will lead the Esperion clinical advisory board and will develop and manage the company's clinical programs. He will also manage the regulatory review process for the company's innovative investigational therapies to prevent, treat and reverse cardiovascular and
SOUTHFIELD - While the selection of hybrid models in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2007, only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. If repurchase behavior among the high volume audience of Toyota Prius owners isn't
ANN ARBOR ? University of Michigan economists issued a mid-year report that said the Michigan economy is beginning its third year of recovery after exiting a debilitating recession at the end of 2009. But revised data shows the recovery has been a little stronger than initially thought - a gain of 121,600 jobs over the
ANN ARBOR - Dean Baker, the former GM Body-in-White Chief Manufacturing Engineer, is a new principal at Fulcrum Edge. Baker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from General Motors Institute (Kettering University), a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and is certified as a Project Management Professional by
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has introduced a new Risk Management and Insurance specialty within its Bachelor of Business Administration in Management program beginning in the fall of 2012. Farmers Insurance, which worked with Davenport to develop the curriculum, has also made a generous commitment to provide $10,000 for the next three years toward student
WASHINGTON D.C. - The nation's major wireless providers have agreed to a deal with the U.S. government to build a central database of stolen cellphones, what the Wall Street Journal called part of a broad effort to tame an explosion of thefts nationwide. The database, which the wireless companies will build and maintain, will be
MIAMI - American Express OPEN will spotlight small business achievements in government contracting with the third annual Victory in Procurement Awards. Interested business owners will need to fill out the application and email it to [email protected] by May 1, 2012. The VIP Awards are part of American Express OPEN?s Victory in Procurement (VIP) for Small