ANN ARBOR ? Despite a small improvement this year, Facebook (+3% to 66) is the lowest-scoring site, not only in the social media category, but of all measured companies in the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business Report done last month before the roll out of Google+. The survey was conducted last month by ForeSee
DETROIT - The Wayne State University College of Nursing received a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Nursing Corps to enhance its simulation technology for teaching clinical nursing skills. The college's simulation laboratories use life-sized manikins programmed to exhibit a wide range of biological responses and medical conditions. This technology allows nursing students to learn and
WASHNIGTON DC - The FBI searched homes of alleged Anonymous members in New York and California Tuesday morning, CBS News has reported. A law enforcement source confirmed for CBS News that FBI agents with search warrants conducted raids at four New York residences this morning in connection with an ongoing investigation into the hacking group,
PLYMOUTH ? Bank of Ann Arbor announced the expansion of its Plymouth Office by 25 full time employees. The bank will be relocating its Wholesale Mortgage Lending Division from its current offices in Madison Heights to Plymouth Township. The Bank of Ann Arbor Wholesale Mortgage Division provides access to competitively priced mortgages for lenders across
DETROIT - Backed by several grants from the National Institutes of Health, James Granneman, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences and pathology in Wayne State University's School of Medicine, is examining the nature of how fatty acids link obesity and diabetes. As people become obese, their adipose tissue, which stores energy from food, loses its
LANSING - After months of wondering whether their party would be able to mount a credible challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2012, Republicans exulted Tuesday with the news that former U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra has changed his mind and will run. No official word came from Hoekstra or anyone on his behalf,
TROY - FISHER/UNITECH is now offering the new Fortus 250mc Production 3D Printer from Stratasys, the company's first cross-over system, combining the ease-of-use and affordability of a Dimension with the control of Insight Software. Insight Software drives the Fortus line of 3D Production Systems, and empowers users with added control of build speed, part accuracy
LANSING - A study released by the Union of Concerned Scientists said Midwestern states can create renewable energy more easily than other places in the world, revitalizing the economy and create a healthier environment. The report, "A Bright Future for the Heartland: Powering the Midwest Economy" shows that if Michigan tapped its potential to produce
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tuesday approved four brownfield redevelopment projects, a High Technology MEGA tax credit for a company choosing to locate in Michigan and amended several prior agreements that could generate $198.2 million in new investment and create 1,142 job. ?Today?s actions will help transform blighted, contaminated or functionally obsolete properties
LANSING - The Department of Treasury issued a requirement Tuesday that gasoline retailers prepay sales tax on gas at 21.3 cents a gallon, the highest level in history, a day after Treasury officials met with oil industry representatives urging a change in the prepayment law so that the state gets more revenue and station owners