DETROIT - A conference at the speed of App - Future Midwest took a healthy sized, energized crowd of social and new media entrepreneurs on an ADHD speed tour of techniques and strategies that are defining this new space. The two-day conference, spanning Thursday and Friday, kicked off with a social gathering Wednesday night, ran
LANSING ? Michigan Celebrates Small Business on April 28 honored a host of Michigan businesses, and business owners, including the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch that collectively posted revenues of nearly $500 million and employ more than 2,100 people in the state. Other award winners include: Main Street USA Award, Biker Garage 101, Chad Faszczewski,
ANN ARBOR ? There's a couple new wrinkles this spring with the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest contest. All SmartZone Award or Emerging Company participants that score above 70 points in the business-plan competition will be able to offer their investors the Angel Tax Credit. What's more, the top six competitors will also be reviewed by
LANSING -- The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday issued two Requests for Proposals for programs to aid Michigan entrepreneurs in commercializing competitive edge technologies in fields that now include agricultural processing and information technology. Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed legislation authorizing the broadened emphasis to the prior focus on four sectors: alternative energy, life
ANN ARBOR - New Jersey medical devices maker Becton, Dickinson and Co. revealed Wednesday during an investor's call that it paid $205 million for Ann Arbor-area based Accuri Cytometers, making it one of the largest exits in Michigan history. It's the first time BD has publicly discussed the deal's price, which makes Accuri's acquisition one
LANSING - News of more money than expected coming into state coffers isn't necessarily good news for Michigan schools facing massive budget cuts. Revenues coming in are $314 million above the amount anticipated at the revenue estimate conference in January, due in part to a reduction in income tax refunds, and that number could soar
LANSING - The Department of State Police isn't using devices that extract information from individuals' cell phones in an illegal manner, department officials told the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee following a dust-up over whether the department is overreaching privacy laws and Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure. Greg Zarotney, a State
ROCHESTER HILLS - Three Detroit area organizations - Wright & Filippis, ROUSH CleanTech, and Clean Energy Coalition - are growing a greener future through the use of domestically produced, clean-burning propane autogas technology. Thanks to a U.S. Department of Energy Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant secured by the Clean Energy Coalition, Wright & Filippis, a
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder Wednesday proposed sweeping education reforms aimed at transforming Michigan's educational system from one still rooted in the days of a mostly farm-based society to one that prepares students for the technological age of today and jobs of tomorrow. To bring greater accountability to Michigan?s educational system, the governor is implementing
GRAND RAPIDS - Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer is introducing a program where shoppers can place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped ? at no cost ? directly to their local Meijer store for pick-up. The online program, called "Order-to-Store," will include thousands of items found on OrderToStore.Meijer.Com including furniture and