LANSING - A top senator said Tuesday after Governor Jennifer Granholm vetoed a bill that would have made wide-ranging changes to liquor laws, including legalizing Sunday liquor sales before noon, that the Senate "most likely will not revisit the issue." Granholm's veto of HB 6007 , first reported by Gongwer News Service, came as a
ANN ARBOR - The $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Business Competition deadline is Oct. 13. The Student Competition deadline is Oct. 22. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business and student idea competition designed to bring attention to Michigan's top early-stage companies and brightest college students. Take advantage of the opportunity for visibility,
DEARBORN - The Detroit Chapter of TiE will hold its annual $50,000 Business Plan Competition during the TiECon Midwest 2010 Event on Oct. 28- 29 at The Henry in Dearborn. The deadline to enter is Oct. 18. In keeping with its mission of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, TiE offers the BPC as
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) announced Monday that Kanwal Rekhi, managing director at Inventus Capital Partners, will deliver a keynote speech at TiECon Midwest 2010 Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. "Kanwal Rekhi is a celebrated entrepreneur, a well known angel investor in Silicon Valley and a founding
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, provider of the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software, Plex Online, today announced that it was named the winner of the Info Security Products Guide's 2010 Tomorrow's Technology Today award in the Enterprise Management category. The award is presented by the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide. The
ANN ARBOR - Hong Deng has joined Fulcrum Edge as part of the company's ongoing focus to help businesses in emerging markets and growth industries. Her specialty is business modeling, strategic planning, and project management; strengths particularly well-suited for companies contemplating growth, mergers or acquisitions. She has a strong background in Chinese business and both
GREENVILLE - The City of Greenville, the Greenville Public Schools and Energy Works Michigan welcomed Governor Jennifer Granholm to this western Michigan community Monday to view the city's ambitious $28 million GreenERville Project, to install made-in-Michigan solar panels on all municipal and school district facilities. Some $2.5 million has already been raised to pay for
MIDLAND - MidMichigan Innovation Center has added veteran alternative energy entrepreneur Rodney Boulanger of Midland to the Board of Directors. "With our new strategic, educational and networking programs such as the Speaker Series, and TED Talk Thursdays, and our just-announced statewide outreach program, the Regional Business Incubation Network, we have added new opportunities for entrepreneursm,"
ANN ARBOR - Logic Solution has hired three senior technical leads, a project manager, and a marketing intern in its U.S. offices. The October hires are on the heels of the addition of technical lead Daniel Schultz in July. The tech leads and intern are based in the Ann Arbor headquarters, and the project manager
LANSING - Immediate reaction to the one televised debate between the two candidates for governor coalesced around the idea that Democrat Virg Bernero did not get enough of a bounce to challenge the lead in the polls enjoyed by Republican Rick Snyder. However, one Democratic observer said the comments Bernero made about the company Snyder