BENTON HARBOR ? Whirlpool said Tuesday it will create up to 400 new jobs in Southwest Michigan in part through the consolidation of Maytag administrative offices from Newton, Iowa, and Schaumburg, Ill. Some positions will be filled by relocating employees from former Maytag locations and others will be filled through external hiring. The positions will
GRAND RAPIDS ? Economist George Erickcek will provide the economic Provide a more in depth analysis of the West Michigan economy outlook for small business in West Michigan May 26 during The Right Place program?s Fourth Friday breakfast briefing. Erickcek is the Senior Regional Analyst for the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Kalamazoo.
DETROIT - Compuware announced that the company's Board of Directors at its May 5 meeting unanimously voted to amend the company?s shareholder rights plan to make a hostile takeover less likely. Shareholders will vote on the amended plan at the company's 2006 Annual Meeting August 22. Compuware, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange
AUBURN HILLS ? DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund and New Detroit Science Center last week announced the winners of the Closing the Technology Gap in Education Awards, which recognizes Michigan public school educators who have taken extra steps to stimulate students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. With this new program, the auto maker
ANN ARBOR ? Clinical diagnostic testing company HandyLab Inc. on Friday announced the completion of a $5.6 million private equity round of financing, giving the company $11.6 million in two rounds over the past five months. Major investors included Pfizer Strategic Investments (New York, NY), Ardesta, LLC, EDF Ventures, and Arboretum Ventures (all of Ann
LANSING - An expanded Michigan health care plan to cover 1.1 million uninsured state residents, supported with $600 million in new federal funds, was announced Thursday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. She said the plan, first outlined in this year's State of the State address, should improve health for low-income persons, lower costs for the insured
DETROIT ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation provided six deserving women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships at its annual gala held May 3 at the Birmingham Country Club, part of the $104,000 in scholarships and grants awarded by the group in the last
YPSILANTI ? Online registration closes today for the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, which will be held May 16-17 at the Marriott/Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti. The symposium will host an impressive lineup of 38 national guest panelists, two outstanding keynote speakers, and 45 presenting companies, and is on track to exceed the attendance of
LANSING - The budget for Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Growth and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will wait another two weeks as the Senate Appropriations subcommittee works to soften the blow of coming cuts. Sen. Valde Garcia (R-Howell), chair of the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Subcommittee, said the budget would
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