ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest will be hosting an open house with MichBio at their new headquarters in Ann Arbor on Aug. 21 and the public is encouraged to attend. GLEQ, which hosts the statewide business-plan competition, and MichBio, the state's life sciences trade association, share Suite 450 at 3520 Green Court. The
LANSING - While observers statewide watched the results of the congressional primary in the 13th District and in legislative seats during Tuesday's primary election, a slaughter took place among local officials in key regions around the state. In almost unprecedented numbers township supervisors and sheriffs were voted out of office in the primary and the
GRAND RAPIDS - Information technology consulting company C/D/H has named a Microsoft Unified Communications Voice Partner - meaning the company is now qualified to deploy Microsoft unified communications technologies, such as Exchange Unified Messaging and Office Communications Server, including audio, video, and Web conferencing, and VoIP. �??Unified Communications is the next big wave of technology
LANSING - Legislation providing a Michigan Business Tax credit to encourage Hemlock Semiconductor to expand its operations in the state was signed on Wednesday by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Hemlock, a subsidiary of Dow Corning, is the largest producer of hyper-pure polycrystalline silicon for the semiconductor and solar industries and in the state's poor economic status
DETROIT - Start-ups are the single most important factor driving a state's economic success, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy. The most recent studies dramatically show that the success or failure rates of small businesses have a profound impact on gross state product, state personal income levels, and total state employment.
ROCHESTER HILLS ? Sofware-based business process automation solutions provider Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb) has launched TRUfusion - a new software product that automates the exchange of product design data across a customer's business lines. TRUfusion, Trubiquity?s new data-exchange automation product, enables the secure transfer of large, complex data files stored in computer-aided design and product lifecycle
ANN ARBOR ? Entrepreneur magazine has named the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, administered by Ann Arbor SPARK, as one of 2007's Top 100 Venture Capital Firms. The designation recognizes Ann Arbor SPARK's management of the collaborative Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, and specifically, the Fund's investment in four equity deals in 2007. To date, 25 Michigan
DEXTER - ReCellular, a cell-phone recycling firm, is getting a $15 million Series A Preferred Stock investment from Investor Growth Capital. The money will be used to expand operations and accelerate revenue growth. "We see tremendous growth potential in ReCellular," said Albert Kim, Vice President of IGC. "They have revolutionized the electronics-sustainability industry by providing
DETROIT - After a rash of negative publicity, biofuels backers say that advanced technologies will reshape the industry, making ethanol from sustainably grown sources cost-effective within a few years. General Motors on Friday convened a panel of experts from cutting-edge ethanol companies that described different technologies--acid hydrolysis, specialty microbes, and genetically engineered energy crops--which they
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Reserve, on Tuesday held overnight interest rates charged its largest customers - primarily banks - at 2 percent, while indicating it had continued worries about weaker economic growth ahead. In a statement accompanying its decision, the Fed sought to straddle the line between continuing inflation concerns and the risk of