ANN ARBOR ? Becton, Dickinson and Co., which purchased HandyLab last year for $275 million, will close the Ann Arbor company's office and consolidate the manufacture of HandyLab's rapid detection infection device in Maryland. The fate of the company's 50 Michigan employees remains unclear, but none will remain in Michigan, a company spokesperson said. The
MIDLAND ? Northwood University's Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management is coming to Grand Rapids with classes starting January 2011. The DeVos Evening MBA program will be sharing space with Northwood's Adult Degree Program which has been in Grand Rapids for several years. "I am pleased to announce that we have responded to the many
ANN ARBOR ? Bank of Ann Arbor's Technology Banking Group will provide working capital to the best and brightest start ups nurtured at Wayne State University's TechTown. "Detroit's TechTown is one of the nation's leading business incubators and an important catalyst for Detroit's new economy," said Michael Cole, Group President of Bank of Ann Arbor's
WASHINGTON ? Loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to small businesses and entrepreneurs continued to rebound in fiscal year 2010 as a result of the successful loan enhancements first put in place under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and extended last week in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
WASHINGTON D.C. ? Ninety-two nonprofit organizations from around the country received $8 million in grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help low-income and very low-income entrepreneurs with training and technical assistance to start, operate and grow their businesses. The grants, delivered under the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs, also will provide capacity-building services
MIDLAND ? The MidMichigan Innovation Center is working with businesses in Cadillac in a virtual way through the new Regional Business Incubation Network. The program, designed to provide education and support for business and innovation in Michigan, offers customized business incubation support. Key community leaders from the Cadillac area, in conjunction with the Cadillac Area
KALAMAZOO - InterCom, a Kalamazoo-based association of professional communicators, continues its 22nd season with a luncheon presentation on October 8 that will explore outdoor advertising. The presentation ? "Outdoor (Billboards) 101," with Adams Outdoor Sales Manager Wendy Hickey ? will take place from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce Building at
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
ANN ARBOR - Applications are open for the 2010 FastTrack business awards presented to companies with consistent records of growth. For the 2010 FastTrack awards, companies are required to have revenue of at least $100,000 in 2006, and average growth of 20 percent for the following three years. To qualify, companies must report 2009 revenues
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