LANSING - Rep. Ed Gaffney (R-Grosse Pointe Farms) plans to introduce legislation that would give prescription drug consumers recourse for faulty medications, which, if enacted, would repeal some of the drug company immunity in Michigan, where Pfizer, the world?s largest drug company, employs nearly 10,000 people. The Michigan law that was enacted in 1996 currently
LANSING ? Teri Takai, Michigan?s chief information officer, will be traveling to Washington DC on Wednesday to receive the Public Official of the Year award from ?Governing? magazine for creating a national model for silo busting IT leadership that saved the state?s taxpayers $100 million. The winners also include the governor of Arkansas, the mayor
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Thanksgiving holiday will force the West Michigan Technology Council to shift its Fourth Friday technology event to the third Friday, Nov. 18, when the program will focus on funding. The event, which runs from 7:30 ? 9 am, will be hosted by CPR. A continental breakfast will be provided. Guest speakers
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest will close registration for its Fall Cycle Business Plan competition on November 29 with submission deadline for completed business plans on January 11. GLEQ sponsors a statewide business plan competition with particular emphasis this year on Business Commercialization. The Quest is structured into two distinct maturity ?paths?:
DETROIT - In-car entertainment has come a long way since the in-dash turntables and AM radios of the 1950s. Today we have in-dash CD changers, DVD players, iPod adapters, even USB ports and flash memory that allow you to listen to your favorite music on the road. Now, satellite TV is rolling out as the
ANN ARBOR ? David Parsigian, a principal in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, will offer up a special program at the next meeting of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest ? an Entrepreneur?s Roundtable: Legal Primer for Business Start-ups. The program is scheduled for Nov. 15 from 6 ? 8 pm at
DETROIT ? The Detroit Regional Chamber will host Small Business Conference 2005 on Nov. 10 at the Ford Conference & Event Center in Dearborn. This is the only event in Southeast Michigan dedicated to helping small businesses. More than 1,000 small business owners are expected to attend the day-long event, which features sessions on no-nonsense
PLYMOUTH ? Sports technology will be the theme this year of the fourth annual joint meeting between the Ann Arbor IT Zone and Automation Alley. Alex Mills, vice president for new business development, Blue Water Technology, the audio-video providers for Super Bowl XL, Dave Wieme, director of strategic communications, Palace Sports & Entertainment, and Steve
FLINT ? Students at Kettering University have found a way to cut their fuel costs and ride the cutting edge of bio-fuels ? by burning used doughnut frying oil in their re-engineered Volkswagen diesel Rabbits. The Michigan natives, Justin Keiffer, of Carson City, Brian Kulling, of White Lake, and Jake Hirschman, of Alma, have formed
LANSING ? A $3 billion plan that provides tax relief to Michigan businesses and investments in jobs and promising new companies, including those in the life sciences industry, was announced on Friday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) and Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming). The bill is expected to be on