BINGHAM FARMS ? Benzinga, a media Web site that generates trading ideas, has received a $1.5 million investment from Lightbank, started by the cofounders of Chicago-based Groupon. Benzinga is a fast-growing media source that delivers streaming news, trading ideas, original commentary and analyst ratings. It will use its new resources to add personnel and fund
BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels announce that the Intellectual Property law firm of Rader, Fishman & Grauer has become a Sponsor. Terms were not announced. GLA President David Weaver said he was pleased to find Rader, Fishman & Grauer willing to be active in this entrepreneurial space and be there for the companies needing assistance
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware surged, spam fell and threats targeting the Symbian and Android environments grew significantly in Q1, according to the latest McAfee Labs Threats Report. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had
DEARBORN - Ford has announced that they're joining the ranks of automakers producing an eight-speed transmission, and they've also announced production of an electronic continuously variable transmission for hybrid vehicles. Both transmissions are Ford-designed and Ford-built, unlike some transmission offerings from Ford today. The Car Connection.Com reports Ford already has the distinction of offering more
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK recently added five to its team and also promoted two of its staff. The new hires are: Britany Affolter-Caine, Ph.D., director, talent; Lukas Bonner, vice president, business development; Donna Doleman, vice president, marketing, communications and talent; Maricatharine Eggenberger, events manager; and Erin Wiley, executive assistant. Skip Simms was promoted
DETROIT - Wayne State University is helping TechTown startup companies secure college talent with a new incentive program that rewards entrepreneurs for hiring work-study students. Companies in the TechTown community will now be eligible to receive a 50 to 100 percent reimbursement from Wayne State of the students' work-study salaries. "The goals of the program
DETROIT - Michael Wright will add the responsibilities of chief of staff to his role as Wayne State University's vice president for Marketing and Communications. He will report directly to WSU President Allan Gilmour. Wright has managed marketing, public relations, media relations, advertising, publications production and Web activities since he joined Wayne State in July
LANSING - The Michigan Saves Home Energy Loan Program will be able to offer loans up to $20,000 beginning June 1 under an order approved by the Public Service Commission on Thursday. The program, currently limited to loans between $1,000 and $12,500, provides low-interest notes through participating lenders to assist homeowners with energy efficiency upgrades.
LANSING ? Liquid Web announced it has made its Smart Servers more powerful by incorporating its proprietary technology into its Virtual Private Servers. Liquid Web Smart VPS start at $60 per month and include all of the scalability and ease of use that made its original Smart Servers an industry standard. Liquid Web Smart VPS
SAN FRANCISCO - A security researcher in Italy has discovered a flaw in Internet Explorer that he says could enable hackers to steal cookies from a PC and then log onto password-protected Web sites. Referring to the exploit as "cookiejacking," Rosario Valotta claims that a zero-day vulnerability found in every version of Microsoft's IE under