PORTAGE ? Government software developer Manatron has acquired International Land Systems, creating a new division: Manatron International. The acquisition was led by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Silver Spring, Md., ILS provides land management and land administration software systems and professional services to government
DETROIT - The all electric Chevrolet Volt has been named the 2011 North American Car of the Year. The Volt is on display at the North American International Auto Show. The Volt is an electric vehicle that can operate under a range of weather climates and driving conditions with little concern of being stranded by
ANN ARBOR - Participants in Current Motor Company's early adopters "Test Pilot" program will get a $2000 discount on the electric motor scooter for providing feedback to the Ann Arbor start up. "Our Test Pilot program is a completely unique, transparent way for Current Motor to receive critical feedback that will help us ramp up
LANSING - Michael Finney, president and CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. has also been named head of the new Economic Growth group, one of six executive groups created by Gov. Rick Snyder. The group also includes the Transportation and Energy, Labor and Economic Growth department, Ann Arbor.Com reported Friday. Other groups include: People:
LANSING ? Neogen has named Steven J. Quinlan as the Company's chief financial officer to replace the retiring Richard Current. Current will immediately relinquish his responsibilities as CFO, but will remain with Neogen through the end of the fiscal year, May 31. Quinlan joins Neogen following 19 years at Detrex Corporation, the last eight as
WASHINGTON DC - An e-mail sent to an unknown number of government employees and contractors two days before Christmas appeared to be a holiday greeting from the White House but instead hid malware that stole data. The innocent-looking holiday e-greeting prompted recipients to click to view the card, but when the file was opened, malware
LANSING ? Neogen has named Steven J. Quinlan as the Company's chief financial officer to replace the retiring Richard Current. Current will immediately relinquish his responsibilities as CFO, but will remain with Neogen through the end of the fiscal year, May 31. Quinlan joins Neogen following 19 years at Detrex Corporation, the last eight as
PLYMOUTH - Esperion Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company working to discover, develop and commercialize treatments for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, Thursday announced that it has initiated a Phase 2 clinical study for small molecule compound that has the potential to regulate cholesterol, triglycerides and other cardio risk factors. ETC-1002 is a novel small molecule
ANN ARBOR ? Kai Blum is the new director of Search Engine Marketing for Ingenex Digital, which develops pay-per-click management, search engine optimization and Google AdWords management tools. Blum brings his media monitoring, reputation measurement, pay-per-click management and search engine marketing experience for several Fortune 100 clients to the Ingenex Internet marketing team. Before joining
LANSING - Efforts in Washington to block a requirement that some Michigan companies pay interest on their unemployment taxes failed, and some 54,000 companies in the state will have to pay the additional tax beginning this year. Stephen Geskey, director of Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency, said in an interview he hoped the issue of eliminating