LANSING - After what one GOP official called the moral equivalent of a landslide victory in the South Carolina primary by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the February 28 primary in Michigan has taken on a renewed importance in the scheme of presidential politics. Before Gingrich won the primary with 40 percent of the
KALAMAZOO - Ben Angelo grew up listening to music from his folks' giant collection of vinyl records. But when CDs took over the music scene in the 1990s, he left analog recordings behind. Now Angelo, 31, has joined millions of people who again are buying albums and hybrid turntables that let them download their records
TROY - The Michigan Israel Business Bridge will be holding its monthly networking event Feb. 8 in conjunction with the American Technion Society-Detroit Chapter. The event is hosted by Automation Alley. Benjamin Soffer will present The Triumph of Innovation. ?The Triumph of Innovation? is one of the series of monthly networking events sponsored by the
ANN ARBOR ? February's Michigan Energy Forum event, Financing Your Commercial Energy Project, will focus on highlighting an array of financial mechanisms that exist to help commercial building owners make their energy efficiency and/or renewable energy project a reality. Event Details: SPARK Central, 330 East Liberty, Ann Arbor Date: 2/2/2012 Time: 5 - 7 PM
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association has moved into the new year with a newly-refreshed web site to better serve the information needs of its more than 20,000 members, Michigan news media, educators, legislators, and interested individuals. ?For example, in our ?business knowledge? section, we?ve included more content to help our members and
DETROIT - Wayne State University announced the appointment of Harl R. Tolbert of Pittsford, N.Y., as associate vice president of technology commercialization in the Division of Research. Tolbert began his new job Jan. 18. Tolbert joins Wayne State from his most recent post as associate director for biological sciences in the University of Rochester (N.Y.)
ANN ARBOR - Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, will be in Michigan on January 31st for the launch of Startup Michigan at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs. ACE'12ACE is a yearly event that celebrates entrepreneurism in the state with education and networking with peers, funding sources and support resources. Attendance at ACE
FLINT - Kettering University is looking for smart, creative high school girls who want to be college students for a weekend and hang out with others who think science, math, engineering and college life experiences are pretty cool. Kettering will host the Society of Women Engineers Expo on Feb. 11-12 in Flint. ?If you?re a
SAN FRANCISCO - If you clicked a link distributed by Anonymous a few days ago, you may have unwittingly helped the online activists in their attacks against U.S. government and entertainment industry sites that were organized to protest proposed antipiracy legislation. Anonymous has launched distributed denial-of-service attacks, designed to shut down Web sites, against government
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made clear Thursday that he will not rush a still under development plan to eliminate the industrial portion of the personal property tax, declining to insist it even be passed this year. Separately, Snyder, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said his top policy initiative for 2012 is winning