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On Your Best Day, Who Are You?

GRAND RAPIDS - Who are you? really? A business owner got real with me one day. After several years in business, he realized the company he founded had drifted off course. Somehow it had lost sight of its original business objectives. It?s purpose for being. Where were the markers that propelled them early on? The

By |2014-07-17T00:00:00-04:00July 17th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Medbio Stays In Michigan After Landing $180,000 Grant

CASCADE TOWNSHIP ? Medbio decided to stay in Michigan, after reviewing options in South Carolina and Alabama, after the Michigan Strategic Fund awarded the company a $180,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. The company will now spent $3.4 million in private capital to expand its operations and add up to 45 new jobs, the

By |2014-07-17T00:00:00-04:00July 17th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

Detroit Announces Online Registration For Absentee Ballots

DETROIT - For the first time, Detroit residents voting by absentee ballot will be able to register for the ballots online, the city clerk said Wednesday. Janice Winfrey, joined by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon Johnson, at a press conference in Detroit announced that the clerk's office would accept applications for absentee ballots online. Applications

By |2014-07-17T00:00:00-04:00July 17th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

New Horizons Computer Learning Center Offers Merit Members Discount

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network and New Horizons Computer Learning Center announced Thursday a collaboration to offer the entire catalogue of professional development course offerings to Merit Members at a 20 percent discount. Through this unique agreement, Merit is now aligned with one of the largest independent IT training providers. New Horizons Computer Learning has

By |2014-07-17T00:00:00-04:00July 17th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Ilitch Donates $8.5 Million To Develop Innovative Surgical Tech At WSU

DETROIT - Wayne State University?s department of surgery at the School of Medicine has received an $8.5 million grant from Mike and Marian Ilitch to develop innovative surgery technologies, the university announced Wednesday. The grant will create the Ilitch Chair for Surgical Innovation and establish a fund to support research. The school has renamed the

By |2014-07-16T00:00:00-04:00July 16th, 2014|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|