DETROIT - A $250 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, could easily resolve the late breaking issues that prompted the unexpected, last minute collapse of the proposed Penske Automotive Group purchase of Saturn, according to Todd Ingersoll, Saturn's Retailer Council member. "This is well within the parameters of grants already made through
SOUTHFIELD - The outlook for U.S. light vehicle sales is beginning to improve, according to a recent R. L. Polk & Co. analysis. Polk estimates new light vehicle sales in 2010 will be up 9.6 percent over 2009, to 11.2 million units, with third quarter 2010 sales estimated to be the strongest, at an anticipated
DETROIT - Ford Social Media Expert Scott Monty Will speak on Oct. 22 at the IABC Detroit Meeting about how to put social media to work for your company. The event will be held at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus. Monty, global digital and multimedia communications manager at Ford Motor Company, will talk about
LANSING - Despite taking the step of voting on revenue increases Tuesday, legislative Democrats and the governor said House proposals do not go far enough to restore funding for critical programs including local police and fire, college scholarships and health care for senior citizens and low-income residents. "Now is the time to stand up for
LANSING - Unions, businesses and legislators from both parties, including Democratic leaders from both chambers, called on Gov. Jennifer Granholm to step back from her decision requiring new coal-fired electric power plants to show not only that they meet emissions requirements, but that the power they produce will be required. House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford
LANSING - The headline projects of the state's push to build its renewable energy economic platform came close to realization Tuesday, when the Michigan Economic Growth Authority approved grants to convert the former Wixom automotive plant into the largest renewable energy corporate complex in the country. MEGA also approved grants for the development of a
DETROIT ARSENAL, WARREN - A U.S. Army project to develop lightweight, mine-resistant fuel carriers was recognized Oct. 4 by military leaders as an unparalleled example of the technology development and collaboration needed to protect and promote warfighters. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive, Research, Development and Engineering Center's and Army Research Laboratory's Lightweight Vehicle Underbody Protection
ANN ARBOR - eePulse has introduced its real-time employee engagement benchmarking survey that uses the Valour Pulse and Energy Pulse metrics to provide research on what drives company and individual performance. "Using only 20 online questions, participants receive a unique report classifying the percentage of their population that is engaged, disengaged, entitled or resisting change,
MT. PLEASANT - Business Incubator Central Michigan University-Research Corporation has launched a new service to help entrepreneurs, start-up companies and others who need a little help getting the word out on their product or service, and actually making the sale. "The basic concept is, you have the idea and the product or service, and we
KALAMAZOO - Fifteen students are heading for Michigan's Thumb this week to gain a "thumbs-up" acceptance into Kalamazoo Valley Community College's first-of-its-kind-in-the-nation training academy for technicians who will work on utility-sized turbines clustered on wind farms around the world. It's part of a win-win agreement between the KVCC Wind Energy Center and the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port