LANSING - Michigan has dramatically improved in the measure called Entrepreneurial Climate, rising to 15th in the nation in 2011 from 45th in 2010, according to the latest Entrepreneurship Score Card from the Small Business Foundation. ?We are especially pleased to see this improvement in Entrepreneurial Climate, because it?s a key measure of Michigan?s gains
GRAND RAPIDS ? Cascade Engineering Founder and CEO Fred Keller, a former oarsman, is setting the pace for the Grand Rapids Rowing Association to host the 2012 Mid American Collegiate Rowing Association Championship Regatta in Grand Rapids on April 28 expected to produce more than $350,000 for the West Michigan economy. The Regatta?s Grand River
LANSING - Two Japanese companies will expand in Southeast Michigan because of $875,000 worth of incentives approved Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund. Panasonic Automotive Systems and Teijin Advanced Composites will add 60 and 25 new jobs respectively. ?These two world-class companies, Panasonic and Teijin, are recognized for their leadership and their decisions to invest
ANN ARBOR - Michigan has seen several successful homegrown harvests in recent years, such as those of HealthMedia Solutions and HandyLab. Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Founder David J. Brophy, Director and Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, said the state is increasingly seeing emerging growth companies enter the second
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, announced that it is co-sponsoring the Rochester Adams/Stoney Creek High School Robotics Team's participation in the 2012 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Named the AdamBots, the Adams/Stoney Creek Robotics Team competes against other high schools in the Michigan district of
ANN ARBOR - Governor Rick Snyder announced the appointment of Merit Network CEO and President Donald Welch to the State 9-1-1 Committee. Welch serves as the Governor?s representative on the committee of 20 representatives from the law enforcement and public safety community, who work together to promote the successful development, implementation, and operation of 9-1-1
LANSING - The Pure Michigan $12 million national cable TV advertising campaign for spring and summer 2012 hits the airwaves across the country beginning March 19 and runs through June. This year, four private sector partners - Ann Arbor, Mackinac Island, The Henry Ford and Traverse City - are contributing a combined $2 million toward
LANSING - Businesses that are meeting state and federal environmental requirements, and helping other companies to do so as well, would see discounts on their permits and preference on state contracts under legislation approved Thursday by the Senate Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee. The bills (SB 939 , SB 940 , SB 941
LANSING - New drivers with a level one or level graduated driver's license would be barred from using mobile phones under a bill passed Thursday by the Senate. SB 756 cleared the Senate on a 28-10 vote. It would make the use of a mobile phone by such drivers a civil infraction and is designed
LANSING - Legislation that would allow Michigan to join an interstate compact to suspend the operation of the controversial federal health care act was sent to the full Senate by the Health Policy Committee on Thursday. The panel reported SB 973 on a 6-1 vote with Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) the only committee member