DETROIT - Changes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to U.S. Small Business Administration loan programs has led to a rebound in SBA-backed loans for small businesses and greater access to much needed capital. The SBA Michigan District Office statistics for October show a significant increase in both dollar amounts and the number of
LANSING ? AT&T Michigan has been ordered by an Ingham County Circuit Court judge to pay ACD Telecom $7,994.590 for breach of contract. From January 2003 to December 2003 AT&T offered to enter into a "Mutual Waiver Agreement," or MWA, with Michigan CLECs. Under the MWA, the parties agreed that they would not charge termination
DETROIT - Eastern Michigan University's Center for Regional and National Security hosted a day-long security seminar in October that matched security students with business that need security services. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT - Clean Emissions Fluids, a Wayne State University on TechTown Tenant, has come up with a revolutionary way to deliver biofuels of many kinds to gasoline service stations. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT - B.A. Maze, which makes devices to more easily remove caps from such products as medicine bottles, has landed a major new distributor, Bed, Bath & Beyond. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT - Wayne State University's TechTown will soon open its Stem Cell Commercialization Center to help find cures for some of the world's killer diseases, including cancer. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - In a move to stave off some of the budget cuts hitting K-12 schools, the Michigan House approved a supplemental Thursday that would tap federal stimulus funds and yet-to-be-approved state revenues in order to reduce the governor's $127 per-student proration and restore funding for higher-funded schools and early education programs. Gov. Jennifer Granholm
LANSING - About $6.9 million in funding for horse racing programs vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm would be restored under a bill that passed the Senate on Thursday. The bill (HB 4311 ) replaces all but $1.7 million of the funding Granholm vetoed in the 2009-10 fiscal year budget for those programs. It uses money
DETROIT - Wayne State University aims to reach out to young men and women an overview of science and engineering careers Nov. 18 through a special program funded by the National Science Foundation. Unlimited Horizons: Exploring Science and Engineering Careers for Women and Minority Students, an ESCALATE (Engineering & Science Careers in Academia: Learning from
BIRMINGHAM - At first glance the idea of a US Smart Grid is appealing: Update the power grid so that it is more dynamic, granular, and controllable. In practical terms it means replacing the meters on every house, apartment, restaurant, gym, plant, and business in the country with digital meters that provide a control point