Events/Announcements

Toyota Technical Center To Hire 150 Engineers, Techs, Researchers In 2012

ANN ARBOR - Toyota Technical Center announced Thursday that the company will hire approximately 150 engineers, technicians, advanced researchers and scientists by the end of 2012. Additionally, TTC will add another 100 jobs over the next five years to further advance engine and transmission development for the North American market. The majority of the new

By |2012-04-05T00:00:00-04:00April 5th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Deal Sets Stage For Overhauling Bureaucracy, Employee Compensation Cuts

DETROIT - The huge task of completing a historic consent agreement with city of Detroit officials to involve the state in city financial affairs was completed Wednesday, setting the stage for the even more monumental task of actually fixing decades of mismanagement that has helped bring the state's largest municipality to the brink of insolvency.

By |2012-04-05T00:00:00-04:00April 5th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

U-M Ranks First In R&D Spending Among Nation’s Public Universities

ANN ARBOR - For the second straight year, the University of Michigan ranks first in research and development spending among the nation's public universities, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The annual rankings, released by the federal agency this week, show U-M atop the R&D expenditures list for public universities

By |2012-04-04T00:00:00-04:00April 4th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Canadian Prime Minister Fumes At Morouns On Bridge

WINDSOR, Ontario - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vented frustration at the owners of the Ambassador Bridge for opposing a new government-led bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. In Windsor on Monday, Harper said the Morouns are wrong to think they own the entire right to public crossings between Detroit and Windsor, CBC reported. "This

By |2012-04-03T00:00:00-04:00April 3rd, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Launches China Export Initiative

LANSING - The Pure Michigan Export Now pilot program will help consumer-product companies in the state sell their products directly to Chinese consumers via the world's largest Internet-based sales platform offered through a partnership between Export Now and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The program will be detailed in four informational forums taking place around

By |2012-04-02T00:00:00-04:00April 2nd, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

West Michigan Preps Magazine To Provide High School Sports Coverage

GRAND RAPIDS - The publisher of two popular West Michigan-entertainment magazines and regional business newspaper is branching out into the area of high school sports by launching a free monthly prep magazine to fill the hole left by the demise of daily newspapers. Revue Holding Company, which publishes MiBiz and REVUE entertainment guides, announced that

By |2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00March 30th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Fishing Lure Break Away Coupling Startup Wins $5000 At GVSU Biz Plan Contest

GRAND RAPIDS ? Seven teams of entrepreneurs from Grand Valley State University competed in an elevator pitch contest Thursday night, the second half of a business-plan competition that earned the winner $5,000. The winner was a West Michigan company that has developed a break-away coupling for fishing lures that?s currently getting eyed by major sporting

By |2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00March 30th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Compact Would Outline Offshore Wind Regulations

LANSING - Michigan has joined four other Great Lakes states and federal regulatory agencies in a compact designed to outline the requirements for and promote offshore wind energy research in the lakes, Governor Rick Snyder announced Friday. The compact, which includes Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania as well as federal agencies that have regulatory

By |2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00March 30th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|