ANN ARBOR - Logic Solution has hired three senior technical leads, a project manager, and a marketing intern in its U.S. offices. The October hires are on the heels of the addition of technical lead Daniel Schultz in July. The tech leads and intern are based in the Ann Arbor headquarters, and the project manager
LANSING - Immediate reaction to the one televised debate between the two candidates for governor coalesced around the idea that Democrat Virg Bernero did not get enough of a bounce to challenge the lead in the polls enjoyed by Republican Rick Snyder. However, one Democratic observer said the comments Bernero made about the company Snyder
LANSING - Election Day is getting closer, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero still can't seem to dent Republican Rick Snyder's huge lead in the polls. A couple weeks ago, a Bernero campaign internal poll purportedly showed the candidate within 12 points, cutting Snyder's lead in half. However, leaked internal polling should be taken with
ANN ARBOR ? Becton, Dickinson and Co., which purchased HandyLab last year for $275 million, will close the Ann Arbor company's office and consolidate the manufacture of HandyLab's rapid detection infection device in Maryland. The fate of the company's 50 Michigan employees remains unclear, but none will remain in Michigan, a company spokesperson said. The
LANSING ? Michigan took some $100 million more into its general fund coffers last fiscal year than expected, and Gov, Jennifer Granholm said Monday she would like to see at least some of that money go to tourism advertising. Granholm announced Monday that the general fund and the School Aid Fund each took in some
LANSING - Michigan could see $792 million more in small business loans as a result of $79.2 million in federal funds awarded to the state. The funds, officially announced Friday, are from a federal program based on a state manufacturing loan assistance program. The grant allows the state to provide qualifying businesses with collateral assistance
DETROIT - Do you protect your precious IP without bankrupting your fledgling enterprise? On Oct. 12, at the TiE Detroit monthly meeting you'll learn key Strategic Intellectual Property Management Best Practices, including how to navigate through the dreaded NDA with customers and partners. Before allocating a significant portion of your product or business development budget
WASHINGTON ? Loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to small businesses and entrepreneurs continued to rebound in fiscal year 2010 as a result of the successful loan enhancements first put in place under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and extended last week in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
DEARBORN ? The two-day SecureWorld Expo conference kicks off Wednesday with a keynote at 9:30 am from William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant Information Assurance; Associate Professor - Naval Postgraduate School, focused on Essential Security Practices. The Day One Luncheon Keynote at 12:15pm features Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist, Cisco Systems who will be covering Security
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to malware infections by industry sector, education took the lead during the first half of 2010, according to the findings of the Trend Micro semi-annual 2010 threat report. Nearly 50 percent of all malware infections occurred within schools and universities where IT and security staffers face the challenge of