TROY - The Michigan Israel Business Bridge will be holding its monthly networking event Feb. 8 in conjunction with the American Technion Society-Detroit Chapter. The event is hosted by Automation Alley. Benjamin Soffer will present The Triumph of Innovation. ?The Triumph of Innovation? is one of the series of monthly networking events sponsored by the
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association has moved into the new year with a newly-refreshed web site to better serve the information needs of its more than 20,000 members, Michigan news media, educators, legislators, and interested individuals. ?For example, in our ?business knowledge? section, we?ve included more content to help our members and
ANN ARBOR - Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, will be in Michigan on January 31st for the launch of Startup Michigan at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs. ACE'12ACE is a yearly event that celebrates entrepreneurism in the state with education and networking with peers, funding sources and support resources. Attendance at ACE
DETROIT - Wayne State University announced the appointment of Harl R. Tolbert of Pittsford, N.Y., as associate vice president of technology commercialization in the Division of Research. Tolbert began his new job Jan. 18. Tolbert joins Wayne State from his most recent post as associate director for biological sciences in the University of Rochester (N.Y.)
FLINT - Kettering University is looking for smart, creative high school girls who want to be college students for a weekend and hang out with others who think science, math, engineering and college life experiences are pretty cool. Kettering will host the Society of Women Engineers Expo on Feb. 11-12 in Flint. ?If you?re a
SAN FRANCISCO - If you clicked a link distributed by Anonymous a few days ago, you may have unwittingly helped the online activists in their attacks against U.S. government and entertainment industry sites that were organized to protest proposed antipiracy legislation. Anonymous has launched distributed denial-of-service attacks, designed to shut down Web sites, against government
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made clear Thursday that he will not rush a still under development plan to eliminate the industrial portion of the personal property tax, declining to insist it even be passed this year. Separately, Snyder, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said his top policy initiative for 2012 is winning
LANSING - A report surfaced Thursday that a film production facility in Pontiac may fall short of making its bond payment on which the state pension fund is the guarantor, but Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville says if lawmakers and the governor committed $100 million or more to the film industry incentives, it could come
LANSING - The contentious debate in 2009 over the federal health care law was revisited Thursday morning at the Capitol as residents from around the state argued over the constitutionality of "Obamacare" and the implications of creating a mandated health exchange in Michigan. The House Health Policy Committee took three hours of testimony on creation
ANN ARBOR - The umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association, AIA, and the Motion Control Association has changed its name from the Automation Technologies Council to the Association for Advancing Automation. ?The new name more accurately reflects our mission, which is to be the global advocate for the benefits of automation,? said Jeff