GRAND RAPIDS - Meijer announced Tuesday its free prescription drug program designed to benefit at least one-half million Meijer customers at all 176 Meijer pharmacies throughout the Midwest, with a special focus on prescriptions most often filled for children. The program includes at least one antibiotic from each of the major antibiotic classifications and more
LANSING - Michigan will continue its efforts to expand the number of ethanol pumps in the state despite action from Underwriters Laboratories decertifying those pumps earlier this month. The issue came to light Thursday with news articles about E-85 pumps being closed in Ohio, but Michigan officials said that was likely unrelated to the UL
LANSING ? The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium is hosting a symposium to bring together nationwide capital sources interested in funding Michigan's high-tech companies involved in Homeland Security, defense and critical infrastructure. The event, called the Michigan Homeland Security Venture & Angel Capital Symposium, takes place November 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Oakland
LANSING ? Second time is the charm for 24 Michigan technology networking groups and companies that received word this week they will share in the $35 million just released from the 21st Century Jobs Fund. High profile Michigan technology networking groups unexpectedly left out of the first round included: Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest, Automation Alley,
LANSING ? The Michigan Department of Information Technology has created what it calls the Michigan Information Sharing and Analysis Center to more quickly relay security threats to local governments. The center also will provide a process for gathering and disseminating information related to those threats Ensure security incident information is shared between state and local
LANSING - Michigan small business owners who developed a new, innovative product or service that earned revenue for the first time during 2006 can earn statewide recognition by entering the Innovation Awards contest, but they must submit their entries by Nov. 15. The Innovation Awards are part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program.
SEATTLE - Microsoft is expected to announce on Tuesday that it is making its virtualization file format available for free and without a license. At an interoperability conference in Brussels, the software giant said that its Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Image Format specification can be used by third parties without the need for them to
LANSING ? Michigan college students would get help with their tuition bills if a parent is laid off, and those parents would get state tax credits for their child's college savings plan under an educational plan announced Monday by House Republicans. Rep. Neal Nitz (R-Baroda), along with Republican candidates Ken Horn and Don Vickers, unveiled
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Nanomaterials will result in stunning product breakthroughs and even keep Moore's Law alive for another 30 years, but the "nano" term will fade away within a decade, an analyst predicted Monday. Matthew Nordan, president of nano-market researcher Lux Research, noted that nanotechnology is entering the mainstream and is already embedded in products ranging from
SOUTHFIELD- Tier 1 auto supplier Lear Corporation on Tuesday announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to issue $200 million of common stock in a private placement to affiliates of and funds managed by Carl C. Icahn, giving the financier a seat on Lear's board and a 16 percent equity stake. The offering