FLINT - Julianne Princinsky, president of Baker College of Flint, has won the 2010 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Leadership Michigan program created by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. She will be honored at the program?s Annual Leadership Dinner on October 21 at The Henry in Dearborn. "Dr. Princinsky, President of Baker College of Flint,
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a decade-long business-plan competition in Michigan, could get a big boost from the $1 million international business-plan competition announced Tuesday by the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan. Winners of the GLEQ competition, in future years, will automatically become semi finalists for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, said
LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is expected to announce his choice for lieutenant governor Wednesday, and sources said Tuesday night that he had chosen Rep. Brian Calley of Portland. Calley did not return messages and the Snyder campaign would only say that Snyder had a town hall planned for Wednesday in Grand Rapids.
LANSING - A new coalition of businesses announced on Tuesday it was starting a new effort to expand electric utility choice in the state. Currently the state has 10 percent of its electric utility capacity open for utility choice which was set by a 2008 law that critics said subjected the state to monopoly control
LANSING - The Senate's adjournment Tuesday until September 7 assured yet another budget would go into the last days of the fiscal year and now puts the government at risk of a third shutdown in four years unless Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Legislature can strike a deal before midnight October 1. There had been
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ANN ARBOR - The Women's Exchange of Washtenaw is offering an exciting exchange session ? Mentors, The Business Makers ? on Sept. 16 at the Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti. The event is geared for both mentors and mentees. Women business leaders are mentored or provide mentoring at different points during their career journey.
TROY - Automation Alley and the office of Senator Debbie Stabenow will host U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke September 1 who will discuss the ways in which the government is partnering to promote trade and export opportunities. Locke will cover the federal resources and trade opportunities available for Michigan businesses. Agenda: 2:00 p.m. Registration
EAST LANSING - The passage of a recent four-year millage in Benzie County meant the difference between the life and death of the Benzie Conservation District, which can continue to deliver conservation programs critical to private landowners in their community. At 0.1 mill, it should generate about $108,000 in the first year. "We would have
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Bank of America announced Monday they will work together to advance inner city small business growth by supporting the Inner City Capital Connections program. ICIC, which educates investment-ready inner city companies about equity and other sources of growth capital and