GRAND RAPIDS - The Academy of Professional Small Business Consultants is a certification program of business skills for individuals including bankers, accountants, economic developers, and other groups that assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. The Academy offers the participants a basic understanding of the problems facing small business entrepreneurs. The purpose of the two week
DETROIT - Jonathan Browning, Volkswagen Group's international sales coordinator, has been promoted to chief executive of Volkswagen of America, the company announced on Monday at a news conference in Washington. Browning, 51, joined Volkswagen in June and was in charge of improving interaction between the sales arms of the group's 10 brands. He previously held
DETROIT - Five-time Academy Award winner, Ed Catmull, will address the 2010 International District Export Council Conference in Detroit in October. Catmull is President and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios and President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. The 2010 International District Export Council Conference seeks to stimulate the economy and create high paying jobs by
NEW YORK - Three in five economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to resume large-scale purchases of securities in the face of a deteriorating economic outlook but, by a 3-to-2 margin, most of them also think that would be a mistake. The survey showed economists continuing to cut their
DETROIT - Compuware Monday announced the release of its Workbench, a new open environment for managing mainframe application development. Through an Eclipse-based graphical user interface with a single-launch point for Compuware's mainframe products, the Workbench increases productivity and addresses the training challenge arising from the retiring mainframe workforce phenomenon. "Increased efficiencies achieved through a GUI
ANN ARBOR - So it's time for an equity investment ? congratulations. Just don't start celebrating yet, because there are landmines and a whole world of scrutiny waiting for you on the due diligence trail. Join the New Enterprise Forum Sept. 16 to find out more. Panelists: Andrew McColm - Managing Director, Early Stage Partners.
ANN ARBOR - Sakti3 Inc., a developer of lithium-ion batteries, said it received a $4.2 million investment by General Motors Ventures LLC and Itochu Technology Ventures to speed commercialization of its battery cells. The two new strategic investors join previous investors Khosla Ventures of Menlo Park, Calif. and Farmington Hills-based Beringea, Michigan?s largest venture capital
KANSAS CITY - In any given year in the U.S. economy, new and young companies make up the largest bloc of companies by age category, meaning their considerable job creation record is partly structural, according to a study from Kauffman Foundation. The study, Neutralism and Entrepreneurship: The Structural Dynamics of Startups, Young Firms and Job
DETROIT ? Leslie Smith has been on the job less than two months ? she is the new general manager at Wayne State University's TechTown ? but she already understands the magnitude of the task facing her at one of the world's largest business incubators. "Understanding all the moving pieces here," she answered when asked
SAN FRANCISCO - Cybercriminals are cranking out fake Web sites branded as eBay, banks, and other financial companies to the tune of tens of thousands every week, according to new research. During a three-month study of its global malware database, Panda Security found on average 57,000 new Web sites created each week with the aim