SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP ? Hyundai Automotive Group hosted the grand opening last week of its new 200,000 square foot research and development center just outside Ann Arbor, where some 400 high tech workers will be employed by 2007. Sang-Kwon Kim, vice chairman of research and development with Hyundai Automotive Group, was joined by Gov. Jennifer Granholm
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm emphasized to the Delphi Corporation's top executive on Thursday that the state will do anything to preserve the company's jobs in Michigan. That action came as state officials try to assess the impact the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing will have on the state. Long-term, officials don't know yet what
LANSING - Teenage cell-phone users will have to hang-up the phone before driving, under legislation reported by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The bill (HB 5133) would prohibit any driver under the age of 18 from talking on a cell phone while driving. Minors that are caught talking and driving could receive a $50
SAN FRANCISCO - Demand for portable MP3 players is booming and expected to hit record levels in the next four years, according to an IDC report published on Thursday. Led by devices such as the Apple iPod, the analyst firm predicts, shipments of MP3 music players will surge to nearly 124 million units in 2009.
TROY ? Five companies have been selected to participate in the Automation Alley trade mission to Central and Eastern Europe from Oct. 16-26. Previous trade missions have generated $23 million in new business for Southeast Michigan. Participating companies include: Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority (Detroit); freight transportation and distribution hub for U.S. Midwest and Southwest Ontario
DETROIT ? An exhibit of 2005 da Vinci award winners will be on display at The New Detroit Science Center Oct. 22-28. The awards recognize the most innovative developments and research in adaptive and assistive technology that embrace the Universal Design Principle. Each year, nominations are sought worldwide and subsequently judged. The winners and their
LANSING - The Senate unanimously passed a major rewrite of Michigan's telecommunications law on Tuesday, effectively eliminating state regulation on most phone rate decisions but also creating new controls on cellular phones.But the 38-0 approval of SB 754 doesn't mean there isn't some interference on the line. The bill passed with some parliamentary maneuvering to
LANSING - Bills that would allow the state to securitize $1 billion of its tobacco settlement monies to encourage investment in Michigan technology start ups cleared the Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday, after the panel stripped $60 million the House had earmarked for one company's wireless technology. The package likely will be acted on
ANN ARBOR - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been awarded the University of Michigan College of Engineering's prestigious Goff Smith Prize, and he will deliver the annual lecture of the same name at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Rackham Auditorium. Gates, who will kick off a three-day national college tour with his appearance at U-M, will
ANN ARBOR ? Michael Finney, former manager of the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, has been named president and CEO of SPARK and the Washtenaw Development Council. Finney is currently president and chief executive officer of Greater Rochester Enterprise, a public/private economic development arm of the greater Rochester area in New York. Prior to accepting the