LANSING - If your Michigan small business launched a new product or service in the past three years, you could win the 2009 Innovation Award - a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program. But hurry: the application deadline is Nov. 9. The winning company will be recognized April 29, 2010, in front
SAN JOSE, Ca. - McAfee has released research finding from a global study that midsize organizations are cutting their security budgets at the same time that cyberthreats are escalating. The study found that more than half of midsize companies surveyed globally have seen more security incidents in the past year, and a single midsized company
ANN ARBOR ? If you want to enter the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Business Plan Competition and be eligible for cash prizes in January, you need to get your application in by noon Wednesday Oct. 28. But the real heavy lifting, completion of the Executive Summary that gets you into the judging, isn't due until
CLEVELAND - What does the Detroit-Ann Arbor area have over Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Columbus and Pittsburgh? The ability to attract venture capital for health-care companies, at least during the first nine months of 2009. This exciting news came from Cleveland-based BioEnterprise, a nonprofit that promotes the growth of biotech companies. The study shows the Detroit-Ann
LANSING - The State of Michigan was again honored with multiple awards for excellence in information technology at the annual awards ceremony for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers in Austin, Texas. Thirty finalists from across the country were selected by NASCIO, with four of those programs coming from Michigan. The four Michigan
DETROIT - Detroit Cobo Center will host the inaugural Small and Community Wind Conference & Exhibition Nov. 3-5. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who worked with the Legislature to pass Michigan's first renewable energy portfolio standard, will speak at the general session. The Program Chairs, Jacob Susman, Chief Executive Officer, OwnEnergy and Charles Newcomb, Chief Technology
LANSING - The monthly index of manufacturing activity in the Midwest showed that it increased in September over August and was spurred in large part by a pickup of automotive related manufacturing, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said Monday. Even with the increase, the report showed that manufacturing in the states it follows was down
LANSING - A total of 72 percent of jobless workers who went through the state's No Worker Left Behind program were able to either find jobs or hold onto their jobs, a report issued by the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth said. Andy Levin, who oversees the program for the department, said the
WASHINGTON - Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy after a mild upswing of attitudes in September. But Republicans haven't been able to profit politically from the economic gloom, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The survey found a country in a decidedly negative mood, nearly a year after the election
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