ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will be home to a $19.5-million Energy Frontier Research Center that will explore new materials to better convert solar energy to electricity, the White House announced. It is one of 46 centers announced across the nation and one of two in Michigan. The other is Michigan State University's
LANSING - While General Motor's warning that it would file for bankruptcy before June 1 if the U.S. government does not find its restructuring plan sufficient was one more reminder of the deadly serious stakes the state is playing for, officials have been working on a potential forecast on what the state's fiscal situation would
ANN ARBOR - Companies from Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, and Canada will comprise the 32 emerging and growth business ventures slated to present over two days in May at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium to an audience of more than 450 investors from across the country. The Symposium highlights innovation in growth sectors
TROY - Are you looking for new markets to sell your products and services? If so, join Automation Alley for its next trade mission to Toronto and Montreal from July 13-17. Targeted industries on the mission include: Aerospace and defense Automotive components and service equipment Biotechnology/life sciences (including medical devices and equipment) Computer software and
DETROIT - Anil Gupta, a trade expert, author and professor, will talk about strategies for leveraging the world's fastest growing economies - India and China -? at the May 28 meeting of The Indus Entrepreneurs. The TiE Community will join him to hear ideas from his new book, Getting China and India Right Strategies for
DEARBORN - Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia comprise once of the world's fastest growing economic regions and the focus of a US Commerce Department briefing May 13 at The Fairland Club. Their booming economies provide Michigan companies with many business opportunities. This workshop provides information and strategies from experts with experience in
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Oscar H. Feldman, Counsel to Butzel Long, will be honored by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit with its Lifetime Achievement Award on May 20. Based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office, Feldman's practice has been principally in the areas of Federal taxation, estate planning and commercial business and finance. He has
LANSING - Oakland County's strategy to deal with the rapid downsizing of the auto industry is a diversify and survive approach, county leaders told a Senate committee on Tuesday. County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and economic development chief Dennis Toffolo said key areas are medical facilities, emerging sectors, the film industry, alternative energy and communications.
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday that she will issue an executive order to cut the state's 2008-09 budget on May 5, but an agreement on what would be cut and by how much has still yet been reached. Granholm met into the early evening at her Capitol office with legislative leaders and Budget
ANN ARBOR - What is it that investors look for in a potential deal? What can an entrepreneur do to make sure her or she has positioned their company to raise money? Long time investor and entrepreneur Tom Porter, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, talks about this vital