GRAND RAPIDS ? Rick DeVos, like his grandfather Richard DeVos, co-founder of Amway, is writing a new page in the entrepreneur rule book with the announcement Thursday of Start Garden, a $15 million investment fund ? the money is put up by the DeVos family ? that will invest $5,000 in two ideas each week,
LANSING - It is not the complete removal of the cap the Senate wanted, nor is it the incredibly large cap a House committee approved, but what passed the House unexpectedly Thursday was just enough of an expansion of cyberschools to win support on a 56-54 vote. "House Republicans today approved pro-student, pro-parent education reforms
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a controversial Internet surveillance bill, rejecting increasingly vocal arguments from critics that it would do more to endanger Americans' privacy than aid cybersecurity. By a vote of 248 to 168, a bipartisan majority approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, which would
LANSING ? Michigan had two more signs Thursday the economy is improving with the release of Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index and the Michigan Housing Index. Both indexes saw improvement in the state's economy, with the housing index, by the Michigan Association of Home Builders, showing builders saw improvements in the first quarter and
GRAND RAPIDS - When Mark Sellers bought Grand Rapids Brewing Co. last year, he thought he bought all of its assets. But it turns out he had a cybersquatter parked on his website who refused to relinquish the domain name until the squatter, a Grand Rapids Internet promotions company, was paid $2,000. Now Sellers owns
LANSING - March sales were positive, and retailers are expecting that trend to continue the next three months, the Michigan Retailers Association said in releasing its latest Michigan Retail Index on Wednesday. The March performance index, created in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, was 57.8, a result of 49 percent of retailers
DETROIT - Mean total cash compensation for U.S. mobility professionals climbed from $105,800 in 2010 to $115,200 - an 8.9 percent increase ? the second biannual salary survey by SAE International reported Tuesday. The good news for engineers and related technical professionals is that employment prospects and salaries have improved for the majority in the
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling more than $2 million. So far in the program, 72 companies have received seed funding totaling more than $16 milion. ?The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund is helping businesses across the state bring their innovative products to market,? said Skip
CUPERTINO, Ca. - After a brief hiatus, the long-standing rumor that Apple will employ more metal in the iPhone, has made a return - and even taken a new twist. Citing unnamed industry sources, Korean news site ETnews says Apple will use Liquidmetal technology for the next iPhone, which the outlet boldly claims will be
ANN ARBOR ? Servant Systems, a software solutions provider to international franchise systems, has landed another major contract ? to integrate and implement Domino?s Pizza Pulse Franchise Office and Pulse Polling systems for 25 Domino?s stores in the United Kingdom. Servant Systems has implemented the Domino?s software for other multi-unit franchisees in Britain, in other