DETROIT - Detroit Cobo Center will host the inaugural Small and Community Wind Conference & Exhibition Nov. 3-5. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who worked with the Legislature to pass Michigan's first renewable energy portfolio standard, will speak at the general session. The Program Chairs, Jacob Susman, Chief Executive Officer, OwnEnergy and Charles Newcomb, Chief Technology
LANSING - The monthly index of manufacturing activity in the Midwest showed that it increased in September over August and was spurred in large part by a pickup of automotive related manufacturing, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said Monday. Even with the increase, the report showed that manufacturing in the states it follows was down
LANSING - A total of 72 percent of jobless workers who went through the state's No Worker Left Behind program were able to either find jobs or hold onto their jobs, a report issued by the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth said. Andy Levin, who oversees the program for the department, said the
WASHINGTON - Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy after a mild upswing of attitudes in September. But Republicans haven't been able to profit politically from the economic gloom, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The survey found a country in a decidedly negative mood, nearly a year after the election
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DETROIT - The MIT Enterprise Forum will host a seminar Oct. 30 at TechTown to teach business owners and managers how to close sales. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
AUBURN HILLS - Late Monday night, Dassault Systemes, which has an automotive office and its DELMIA brand headquarters in Auburn Hills, announced its intent to purchase IBM's PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) group for $600 Million. The deal brings 700 new employees to Dassualt and 1,000 named accounts including companies such as Ford and Chrysler. The
DETROIT - Michigan business leaders will come together on Nov. 7 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn for the Michigan Council of Women in Technology's annual signature event - a fundraiser to support the non-profit group's Foundation. The top auction prize - diner with top Michigan CIOs. The MCWT Foundation's mission is to encourage
YPSILANTI - Integrated Sensing Systems announced that the U.S. Patent Office has granted it a utility patent (US 7,581,429) for Microfluidic Device and Method of Operation. "The new patent and associated technology offers improved fluidic sensor and system designs and performance," said Nader Najafi, ISSYS President and CEO. "The basic technology is already seeing use
BATTLE CREEK - Transformation of Battle Creek's downtown was recognized as the Construction/Development Deal of the Year by a Michigan business news weekly. Battle Creek's downtown transformation was selected among five other high profile development projects, including the Harbor Shores Jack Nicklaus golf course (Benton Harbor), the new airport terminal in Kalamazoo, the new Gun