GRAND RAPIDS - Midwest supercenter chain Meijer said it expects its online sales to double this holiday season beginning with "Cyber Monday." The company's e-commerce division predicts that a combination of an expanded selection of items, improved site navigation, attractive "mouse-buster" deals, and free shipping on thousands of items will help it shatter last year's
DETROIT - The first mass-market electric vehicles are about to go on sale in selected cities, kicking off the beginning of a wave of new green vehicles hitting showrooms over the coming year. The Chevrolet Volt, from General Motors and the Leaf, from Nissan, both launching in December, are just the beginning of the electrification
TROY - A digital forensics workshop for students is among 26 student projects that will be showcased on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Walsh College Business Information Technology and Information Assurance Capstone Fair. The fair, which is free to the public, will be held from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Troy campus in
TROY - A digital forensics workshop for students is among 26 student projects that will be showcased on Saturday, Dec. 11, at the Walsh College Business Information Technology and Information Assurance Capstone Fair. The fair, which is free to the public, will be held from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Troy campus in
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is hosting Ask-the-Investors Roundtables on Nov. 30 and Dec. 2 to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn what investors look for in winning executive summaries and business plans. You have two opportunities coming up to meet and ask questions of GLEQ's business plan competition judges and investors. The
ANN ARBOR - Ingenex Digital Marketing is expanding once again and is looking for a true leader to fill a recent opening for Digital Operations Manager. Ingenex Digital Marketing is an Ann Arbor based Internet marketing company with a growing national reach. The Digital Operations Manager will play a critical role in taking Ingenex to
DETROIT - Wayne State University physiology assistant professor Patrick J. Mueller has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how alterations in the brain caused by inactivity may contribute to an individual's risk of cardiovascular disease. Physical inactivity is considered a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease, the
LANSING - Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth have launched a social networking site aimed at the clean, green and sustainable market in Michigan. The Michigan Energy Efficiency Network (MichEEN) plants the seeds for a grassroots, online community to help local government, schools, businesses and other groups save
CALEDONIA, Mich. - MarketLab Inc., which is a catalog supplier of specialty products and services for healthcare professionals, announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Petulama, Calif.-based Newmatic Medical. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Newmatic Medical is a direct marketer of MRI products
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless announced Monday that it is near completion of a major capacity improvement project for its high-speed 3G network in Michigan this year that will ensure the company continues to stay ahead of its customers' growing data usage on their smart phones, wireless modems and handsets. The project has entailed adding 3G