ROCHESTER HILLS - Business process software developer Trubiquity, formerly Autoweb, last week acquired the assets and business operations of German-based Mosaic Software AG, a provider of commercial electronic data interchange (EDI) software products for customers in the retail, manufacturing and finance markets. Terms were not disclosed. Offering an EDI-trade portal (web and classic EDI) for
ANN ARBOR - U.S. companies that offshore customer service may save money on labor costs, but they also pay the price in terms of unhappy customers, University of Michigan researchers contend. "Firms are increasingly offshoring front-office functions such as customer service call centers and back-office functions such as information technology to manage their operations and
ANN ARBOR - ProQuest has closed on its agreement to acquire the Dialog business from ThomsonReuters and named industry veteran Suzanne BeDell as Dialog General Manager. BeDell will report to ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn. Financial terms were not disclosed. "I am thrilled about what this means both to ProQuest and Dialog and to the customers
LANSING - A group hoping to amend the Michigan Constitution to allow embryonic stem cell research in the state provided itself a substantial buffer in filing 570,016 signatures toward a spot on the November ballot. That filing launched the voter campaigns for both sides, as opponents did not expect to be able to disqualify enough
LANSING - Reform Michigan Government Now! filed just shy of 500,000 signatures Monday with the Department of State, and already some of the state's top constitutional and elections lawyers are looking for holes that could keep the issue off the ballot. Though no committee has been formed to oppose the measure that would make a
TROY - Automation Alley announced Tuesday that is has signed its 900th members, Auto-Craft Tool and Die in Algonac. "The 900 member-company mark is a remarkable accomplishment for Automation Alley," said Ken Rogers, executive director. "The extraordinary growth of Automation Alley over the past nine years reinforces Automation Alley's status as Michigan's largest technology business
LANSING - Five years ago, Michigan began to approach the problem of underage drinking in a different way - vertically rather than horizontally. A law went into effect on July 1, 2003, requiring the issuance of vertical (portrait) style driver?s licenses or personal identification cards to individuals under the age of 21. As a result
ANN ARBOR - Biopharmaceutical company NanoBio Corp has appointed announced Daniel B. Dubin, M.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Dubin currently serves as Vice Chairman and a Director at Leerink Swann, a leading healthcare and biotechnology investment banking firm. "Dr. Dan�'s keen understanding of the life sciences investment banking field and his clinical experience
LANSING - Mark Clevey, MPA, Executive Director, Small Business Foundation of Michigan and Vice President for Entrepreneurship, Small Business Association of Michigan has received a prestigious two year appointment to the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Advisory Committee. NSF is the nation's premier funding source for advanced scientific
YPSILANTI - Ensure Technologies has been selected for the 2008 Best of Ypsilanti Award in the Computer Equipment category by the U.S. Local Business Association. The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their