LANSING - Fifty-four small and midsize companies from around Michigan have been selected to receive business development support through the Pure Michigan Business Connect Economic Gardening Pilot Program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. ?The goal of this program is to help these second-stage companies grow and in turn, generate new private investment and
DETROIT - ardentCause L3C has been selected as a recipient of Invest Detroit's First Step Fund financing. Terms were not announced. Additionally, ardentCause has added Norm Keane to its Board of Advisors. ?Both of these steps are significant,? said Rosemary Bayer, ardentCause?s CEO. ?Invest Detroit?s First Step Fund has shown faith in our ability to
ANN ARBOR - Seven businesses in the region are winners of this year's annual FastTrack awards that recognize companies that have demonstrated consistent growth. Several of the 2011 FastTrack award recipients were multiple year winners, demonstrating long-term business growth. Recipients of 2011 FastTrack awards were required to have revenue of at least $100,000 in 2007,
SAN FRANCISCO - In a first-of-its-kind cloud security study, 67 percent of IT professionals say their organization is very vulnerable or vulnerable because cloud ports and firewalls are not adequately secured. The study was done by Dome9 Security, a provider of cloud security management for public and private clouds, as well as for dedicated and
LANSING - Detroit International Bridge Company owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun could see jail time after his company was found in contempt Thursday for its failure to complete required work on the new approach ramps to the Ambassador Bridge. Wayne Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards found the company not only had not completed the changes to the
LANSING - If the state had, in 1997, implemented a fuel tax based on a percentage of the wholesale price, it could have substantially more transportation revenue than it does now, the Citizens Research Council said in a report released Thursday. To replace the 19-cent per gallon gas tax in 1997 would have required a
GRAND RAPIDS ? Bioscience trade association MichBio on Thursday presented its "Legislator of the Year" award to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan's 8th District, for providing leadership on legislative issues important to the biosciences industry. The award was presented on the second day of the MichBio Expo. Stephen Rapundalo, Ph.D., President and
DETROIT - If you are a hacker, developer, coder or software engineer or front end designer that wants to join a new startup, you need to come to Bizdom Detroit's Hacker & Entrepreneur Match Up Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Centaur Bar in Detroit. Event organizers promise to introduce attendees to Detroit's coolest new startups
WASHINGTION DC - It's like the Cold War never ended: U.S. intelligence agencies see Russia and China as the most significant threats to the nation's interests. The difference this time is that the field of engagement isn't proxy states in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, but in the vast digital reaches of cyberspace. In a
WASHINGTON DC - Controversy over a new copyright bill continues to grow in Washington, D.C., with both proponents and detractors signing up new allies and sharpening their rhetoric. Even pop icon Justin Bieber has made an appearance. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, introduced last week in the House of Representatives to the applause