LANSING ? The deadline to nominate a company for the Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards and 50 Companies to Watch is Nov. 10. On April 26, 2012, the Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards will put the spotlight on Michigan's Rising Stars. This is Michigan's top opportunity for recognition of innovation, achievement and success. Learn more
ANN ARBOR - Charles Reinhart Company Realtors kicked-off their 16th Annual Coat Drive on November 1 with the goal of collecting more than 1,500 adult and children?s coats. Through the month of November, Charles Reinhart Company Realtors will be collecting new and gently used winter coats at all of the Charles Reinhart Sales Offices as
LANSING - Michigan developers can qualify for financial assistance for the development of eligible brownfield sites through a new low-interest loan program offered by the State of Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority. The funds are being offered through a $1 million Revolving Loan Fund award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ?This grant will
YPSILANTI ? Fifty three companies are semi-finalists at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition competing for a Grand Prize of $500,000. More than 35 venture capital investors are confirmed to attend as well. Confirmed speakers include University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman; Dave Egner, Executive Director, New Economy Initiative; Michael Finney, CEO, Michigan Economic Development
DETROIT - Michigan Emerging, a day-long conference at COBO Conference Center on Nov. 14 for movers, shakers, entrepreneurs in Michigan, with a keynote address by Gov. Rick Snyder. Other keynotes will come from Tim Bryan, CEO, Galexesystems; Miche Suboski, GLEQ Ambassador and Champion of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, LEAP, Inc.; and panel moderated by Ken Rogers,
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
SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymous is making threats to a Mexican drug cartel over the alleged kidnapping of one of its activists in Veracruz and is threatening to retaliate on Nov. 5, Guy Fawkes Day. "You made a huge mistake by taking one of us. Release him. And if anything happens to him, you (expletive) will
TROY - Credit Suisse's Customized Fund Investment Group and Beringea, co-managers of the InvestMichigan! Mezzanine Fund, Monday announced an investment in Dantom Systems in conjunction with the acquisition by Compass Investment Partners Fund. Terms were not disclosed. The InvestMichigan! Mezzanine Fund focuses exclusively on providing capital to businesses that are headquartered, have a significant presence,
LANSING - Three non-legislative options the Snyder administration could pursue to complete the New International Trade Crossing involve handing the project over to the Canadian government, federal or city of Detroit government, or any combination of those entities, sources tell Gongwer News Service. Those options were weighed, although briefly, by the administration of Governor Jennifer
LANSING - As a Senate panel this week prepares to review the most controversial portion of the 2008 energy law, business groups said Monday this is one law that does not need reinventing. That provision mandates that no more than 10 percent of a utility's sales can go to a competitor. Less than a year