BENTON HARBOR - Verizon Wireless has activated four new cell sites that expand network coverage and capacity in Berrien County, and two new cell sites that expand network coverage in Kalamazoo. In Benton Harbor, the new cell sites improve Verizon Wireless�?? voice and data network coverage around the Four Winds Casino and along the following
DETROIT- Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Maureen Taylor will be a moderator and featured speaker during an ICLE Partnership Seminar on January 13 in Ann Arbor. Taylor talk is called "E-Discovery Update 2009" and will be webcast as well. Other featured speakers include Hon. Steven D. Pepe, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
LANSING - As the self-described toughest year of her administration comes to an end, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Monday that the state had to be "relentless" and "obsessive" in its efforts to restructure the economy, and that despite all the struggles Michigan will be all right in time. "We're a tough state, a tough people,
ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Education and Human Services is accepting applications for its distance learning Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership. The 36-credit post-master's degree prepares individuals as principals and central office administrators. Classes begin on January 6. Approved by the Michigan Department of Education as a principal preparation program, the distance
LANSING - Michigan lost enough people in to lose another congressional seat following the 2010 census - the biggest population loss in the nation. Michigan lost an estimated 46,368 people, or 0.5 percent of its total population, in the last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its annual estimates Monday. That means
TROY - In the heart of a down dirty challenge normally stews opportunity. NETPODS has experienced many challenges over the past two years and now has built a blog site to provide these "lessons-learned" to help other entrepreneurs. NETPODS is the flagship company that has launched one resource blog CapitalBUG.Com focused on obtaining investment capital
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest will be announcing the winners of its Phase I Fall Cycle business-plan competition on Jan. 22 at the 2009 Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurship. The rub is if you're competing in the GLEQ contest, you have to attend ACE to win. Cash prizes for those winners include $5000 for
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association has awarded Kalamazoo-based Metabolic Solutions Development Co. and its venture investors, Kalamazoo's Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund and Grand Rapids' Hopen Therapeutics, a $200,000 MVCA CEO Placement loan award. The award, along with MSDC's match component, will be used to fund CEO recruiting activities, as well
ANN ARBOR - EDF Ventures, a member of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, knew it would be challenging to find the right CEO for its portfolio company Lycera, an Ann Arbor-based pre-clinical stage pharmaceutical company formed to license technology pioneered at the University of Michigan. And it had nothing to do with the demanding job
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday he wants Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package, setting up what is expected to be a bruising dialogue with lawmakers from both parties who have expressed frustration with the way he has navigated the financial crisis. Paulson said the $17.4