ANN ARBOR - The New Enterprise Forum announced Tuesday that Tom Porter and Dick Sarns, both successful Ann Arbor entrepreneurs, will receive Lifetime Achievement awards at the NEF 25th anniversary gala on February 17th. The recipients exemplify notable entrepreneurship through their ability to build Ann Arbor companies that are leading in their respective fields. Dick
DETROIT - DTE Energy's BudgetWise Billing program offers customers a great way to manage rising energy bills in the face of bitterly cold winter weather. With new and improved features to the program now available, eligible customers enrolled in the program pay the same amount for gas and/or electric service over a 12-month period. "Today's
SAN FRANCISCO - India appears unlikely to implement its threatened ban on BlackBerry services, but the government is still demanding access to the data on Research In Motion's secure enterprise network--something RIM keeps insisting it cannot provide. RIM had been ordered to give the Indian government a permanent solution on access to its BlackBerry Enterprise
REDMOND - Microsoft will address 22 vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday, three of which are critical. Three of the 12 bulletin items released by Microsoft earlier last week are classified as critical, and affect Microsoft's Windows operating system, with one affecting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser as well, CNET News.Com reported. The rest are classified
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Becton, Dickinson and Company, which paid $275 million to buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab in November 2009, on Monday said it would buy another Ann Arbor company, Accuri Cytometers. Terms were not announced other than it will be an all cash deal. The fate of Accuri?s 85 employees remains unknown. The company
GRAND RAPIDS - Technologist Keith Brophy will provide his annual forecast of what technologies will change our lives on Feb. 16 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. The event is again sponsored by aimWest. This year?s Tech Trends event will feature an American Idol-style panel of judges, who will rate Brophy?s technology predictions and
YPSILANTI - Six business plans were selected as finalists for the Eastern Michigan University Skandalaris Business Plan Competition as high school and university students will compete for cash prizes totaling $5,000. The teams will present at the Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference on February 11 at the EMU Student Center. University finalists include: Randy Wiltshire (EMU)
GRAND RAPIDS - Are you interested in learning the basics of renewable energy systems and how they work in Michigan? The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association will host three renewable energy seminars Feb. 19 at Grand Rapids Community College. The three seminars will cover Solar Heating, Solar Electricity and Wind Electricity. At these seminars you
WASHINGTON - Small business owners can participate in a discussion on the major disaster events that caused business interruptions in 2010 during a free webinar Feb. 15 hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions. In addition to looking back at the most unusual event - the BP oil spill - the
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK has launched a new talent portal on its website. Based on feedback from employers, the talent portal includes a range of new features to help businesses attract employees and manage job postings. Unlike other general job boards, the Ann Arbor SPARK talent portal is designed to help skilled professionals