LANSING - Carrie Jones, the new director of the Film Office, said this week that sharp criticism about the state's film credits hasn't dampened her excitement about using the film industry to diversify and improve Michigan's economy. Jones said she plans to keep the momentum in the growing industry going by working with the foundation
WARREN - Ecology Coatings, which develops advanced coatings that cure in ultraviolet light, said Thursday that its board has accepted conditional term sheets from a number of individual investors for an investment totaling $2.4 million. But to do so, existing shareholders must give up eight million shares. The investment is to be made through the
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Shawne Duperon, CEO of ShawneTV, will deliver a keynote speech at TiECon Midwest 2010 to be held Oct. 28-29 at the Henry in Dearborn. Duperon has been in the television business for nearly 20 years. She has taught thousands across the globe how to powerfully network, use word of mouth, and work
LANSING ? Under the state worker retirement incentive passed by the Michigan Legislature on Thursday, state employees who are currently eligible to retire, have a combined age and years of service of 80, or have 30 years of service can apply for the pension multiplier once the governor signs the bill into law. Workers who
ANN ARBOR ? Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $110,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount invested through the Fund to over $1.69 million. GreenSand Corporation, iQ-Telematics and MyBandStock Corporation received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. GreenSand, located in Lake Linden, Mich., plans to
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announces that for the first time Merit Members will have two options to attend the fall meeting of the Merit Joint Technical Staff. The meeting, to be held on September 29, will feature an interactive video connection between two locations, East Lansing and Gaylord. The interactive video connection will enable
LAS VEGAS - GuidePoint Systems Tuesday announced a new service for the buy-here pay-here market that will transform a GPS payment assurance device into a potential profit center for auto dealerships. The Madison Heights, Mich.-based telematics company said it has launched Recover It, a new GPS-based solution that provides payment assurance technology, but also allows
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has selected ADVA Optical Networking as Vendor of Choice for Merit's Broadband Stimulus Project, REACH-3MC. ADVA Optical Networking was selected from a number of qualified vendors that responded to a Request for Proposal Merit issued in late March. While there were several strong proposals, the Merit team's thorough review of
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present financial tools workshops in metro Detroit this fall. 5 Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness, a workshop to help the non-financial manager business owner achieve Fiscal Fitness is a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access
TROY ? Event management company ARZIKA has launched a Speakers Bureau to provide high caliber speakers from across the nation to speak on variety of topics. ARZIKA also provides executive event, experiential marketing and event management services designed to build and maintain brand recognition and audience engagement. "Choosing the correct speaker for your event is