ANN ARBOR - NanoBio Corporation Wednesday announced a licensing agreement with the University of Michigan that provides NanoBio with rights to an antigen that has been shown to prevent urinary tract infections following intranasal vaccination. Through the agreement, NanoBio gains access to an antigen that University of Michigan researchers have shown can prevent recurring UTIs
WARREN - Shawne Duperon is leading what she calls a "media mastery bootcamp," a two-day session designed to make her "boots" comfortable when dealing with reporters ? or with any other occasion where they have to answer questions in public. Duperon knows her subject well because she is a six-time EMMY award-winning television veteran with
CHICAGO - Have you ever tried to win an emotional argument with logic? If you have, I am guessing you lost that one. Trying to meet someone's need for emotional understanding with logic, or someone's need for logical understanding with emotion simply doesn't work. Depending on the situation, we humans want to hear facts when
WARREN - Hoping to get the best out of their employees, many executives and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to encourage motivation and camaraderie in the workplace, offering employees more than just a paycheck in return for their hard work. The happier the employees, the more productive they tend to be. Employees thrive in a
WARREN - As we move ahead into the New Year, escalating health care costs continue to remain an issue of great concern for many organizations. Rising health care costs are inevitable as the total health benefit cost per employee has risen by approximately 6 percent annually for the past five years. And as the need
NEW YORK - Ernst & Young will work closely with the Startup America Partnership to accelerate the growth of its high-potential ?Speedup? entrepreneurial companies in a deal Ernst & Young values at $7.5 million. Startup America Partnership will tap Ernst & Young?s professionals and its network of previous Entrepreneur Of The Year award-winners as advisors
ANN ARBOR - Sakti3 announced the inclusion of its advanced solid state battery technology among MIT Technology Review's 2011 TR10, an annual list of the world's ten most important emerging technologies. Each TR10 winner is drawn from the editors? coverage of key fields, and is based on a simple question: is the technology likely to
DETROIT - Join TechTown at the May First Friday for a special celebration of women entrepreneurs. Three women will share their inspiring stories and wisdom they've gained along the way in their entrepreneurial journeys. Presenters include: Carolyn Cassin, President and CEO, Michigan Women's Foundation Debi Scroggins, President and CEO, The Bearclaw Coffee Company LaTonya Barber,
LANSING - School employee unions could be decertified if they call a strike and teachers could lose their licenses if they join the strike under legislation being considered by the Michigan House Education Committee. Though a 2008 strike in Wayne-Westland Community Schools was cited as a driving force for the changes (HB 4465 and HB
LANSING - A revised tax policy, which will include a $25 per child credit for those persons eligible for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, will help the poor in the state, Lt. Governor Brian Calley said Wednesday, as well as help remake the state to help Michigan businesses and attract new companies. In outlining