TROY ? The Helen eWards are the highlight of the Troy Chamber?s Business Luncheon and Expo Oct. 25 at the Troy Community Center. Keynote speaker, Barry Moltz, author of the book, You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business, will offer a revealing glimpse into the persona of
KALAMAZOO ? Only 10 seats remain for a two-day October program focused on Supervisory Development at the M-TEC at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The program, Oct. 11-12, is co sponsored by M-TEC, the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business. Notre Dame faculty will present the program. Participants come from widely varying disciplines and
DETROIT ? The OJ.X applications development conference scheduled for Oct. 6 at Compuware?s world headquarters continues to book acts. Now Michigan native Uncle Kracker, who helped Detroit?s Kid Rock launch his career, will perform during the evening, as will Hard Lessons, a Detroit-based band. Last week Compuware announced comedian Dennis Miller of Saturday Night Live
LANSING ? House Republicans are holding up job creation in Michigan as part of a political game to get former Alticor CEO Dick DeVos elected governor, an angry Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters on Friday, when she threw down the gauntlet challenging the House to pass a major portion of her jobs program this week.
DETROIT ? When we make a mistake, we own up to it. And we made a big one Monday in our Weekly eNewsletter. We said in our editor?s remarks that admission to the second day of the MichBio Expo, on Sept. 29, was free. It isn?t. Admission at the door for non members is $200,
DETROIT ? The Detroit Regional Chamber sent on Monday a recreational vehicle, outfitted as a mobile office with 15 workstations, to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce to help businesses that were victims of Hurricane Katrina get back on their feet. Jim Watry, founder and president of Oxford, Michigan-based Nucleus, along with Hans Erickson,
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest is back in business again now that the Ann and Carman Adams Fund of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has stepped up as a platinum sponsor. Funding woes left GLEQ in limbo during the summer looking for at least $250,000 in sponsorship money to stage a
SEATTLE - Tech industry billionaires dominated Forbes' latest list of the United States' wealthiest people, with Bill Gates and his $51 billion fortune again topping the list. Nine Michigan residents were included in Fortune?s list of 400. The Microsoft chairman has now reigned the ranks a dozen times. Co-founder Paul Allen, worth $22.5 billion, again
DETROIT ? Human tissue bank Asterand has done a reverse takeover of Pharmagene, a human tissue-based drug discovery company located in the United Kingdom. The combined company will remain in Detroit, but expand to 70 sites in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe. Pharmagene is to be renamed Asterand plc. The company will be
DETROIT ? Software developer Catuity regained its NASDAQ Listing after it increased stockholder equity to more than $8 million, well above the exchange?s $2.5 million minimum, in part through a $2 million private placement. Catuity shares rose $1, or 7.3 percent, to $14.62 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq, before closing Thursday at $13.28, down