KALAMAZOO ? The Michigan investment climate is improving, according to a panel of private equity finance professionals who spoke Tuesday during the MichBio Expo in Kalamazoo. With such recent successful sales to much larger company ? including Ann Arbor?s HandyLab and HealthMedia ? a signal has been sent to Wall Street that Michigan indeed has
LANSING - All state departments will start the 2010-11 fiscal year with 20 percent less general fund money than they have for the current year under the budget proposals being developed by the administration of Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Granholm press secretary Liz Boyd confirmed Monday that the departments had been asked to figure on 20
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission ordered Consumers Energy to refund some $39.6 million annualized for overcharging customers since May. The commission found Monday (case No. U-15645) that Consumers could only increase its rates $139.4 million annually, less than the $215 million it had requested and the $179 million the utility increased its rates
SAN JOSE, Ca. - On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, a
LANSING - A package of bill imposing a variety of additional requirements on embryonic stem cell research in the state would violate the spirit of the constitutional amendment allowing such efforts and hurt those now underway in Michigan, the Senate Health Policy Committee was told by opponents on Wednesday. But the chair of the committee,
EAST LANSING - Michigan citizens may be ready for election reforms that relax the state's tough term limits and create an independent commission to draw new voting districts, the latest results from Michigan State University's State of the State Survey showed. About 61 percent of Michigan residents favored lifting the 14-year lifetime limit on state
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company and the University of Michigan are working together to discover the next frontier of in-car-communications. The two have joined forces to launch a project that gives students access to a Ford developmental operating system so these students can test and program new applications in search of the "what's next" for
LANSING - Michigan State University's Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service will be spared a gubernatorial veto, sources have confirmed, as Governor Jennifer Granholm will complete her action on the state's remaining 2009-10 budget bills on Friday. But worries about other programs that may be vetoed were voiced Thursday as officials waited for Ms.
LANSING - If your Michigan small business launched a new product or service in the past three years, you could win the 2009 Innovation Award - a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program. But hurry: the application deadline is Nov. 9. The winning company will be recognized April 29, 2010, in front
AUBURN HILLS - Late Monday night, Dassault Systemes, which has an automotive office and its DELMIA brand headquarters in Auburn Hills, announced its intent to purchase IBM's PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) group for $600 Million. The deal brings 700 new employees to Dassualt and 1,000 named accounts including companies such as Ford and Chrysler. The