MIDLAND ? If you're looking for a high paying job with great benefits that will let you work directly with Michigan entrepreneurs in Mid Michigan, than the Mid Michigan Innovation Center is looking for you. The business development position would pay from $45,000 to $60,000 a year, with full benefits. The person hired would need
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to slap Net neutrality regulations on Internet providers, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. unanimously tossed out the FCC's August 2008 cease and desist order against Comcast, which had taken measures to slow BitTorrent transfers before
WATERFORD - Oakland County Michigan's Medical Main Street life science initiative generated new investment of more than $9 million while creating almost 250 new jobs in its first full year. The initiative, which focuses on growing the life science industry in Oakland County and southeast Michigan, helped five life science companies expand their footprints. The
ROCHESTER ? If you're looking to get a booth at the Michigan Earth Day Fest April 23-25, you'd better hurry because exhibit space is very limited. Only a few exhibit areas are still open for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. "We're still looking for green living, wellness and food exhibitors," said Steve Rogge, a
BATTLE CREEK - The Generation E Institute will bring its Student Business Showcase and Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour to Battle Creek May 18. The two events are open to everyone across the state, as an educational and skill enhancement program for children. Aspiring entrepreneurs and students are invited to attend and learn how they can become
LANSING - A national trucking publication has ranked Michigan's roads the second worst in the nation. Michigan finished behind Pennsylvania for the distinction of having the roads ranked worst in the nation by Overdrive Magazine. New York state and California tied for third worst. On the other end of the rankings, the magazine ranked Florida
LANSING - Michigan was a long way out of the top 16 in its application for federal "Race to the Top" grant funds, and the dispute between the Michigan Education Association and Department of Education over the document and the plan behind it appears to have been a primary reason for that poor showing. While
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Rapids Community College created Tuesday the first American training center for a top European turbine safety program. College leaders signed a deal with companies based in the United Kingdom and Spain, creating a center training employees to work on off- and on-shore wind energy machinery, The Grand Rapids Press reported. The
CUPERTINO - Apple is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on a model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, sources told the Wall Street Journal Monday. While Apple has unveiled a new iPhone every June or July since launching the product in 2007, the new model
GRAND RAPIDS - More than 500 students interested in entrepreneurship learned from some of the country's top young entrepreneurs about what drives and motivates entrepreneurs, and how they can take their own ideas and turn them into business opportunities during a half-day, high-energy conference March 30 at Grand Valley State University. GVSU's Center for Entrepreneurship