PORT HURON ? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will serve as the keynote speaker at an Alternative Energy symposium in April hosted by St. Clair County Community College. The symposium - Alternative Energy - Renewable, Sustainable and Beyond - will educate business and industry representatives, farmers, government leaders, planners, educators and the general public on emerging
NEW YORK ? Cookies, not the kind that mom bakes, but the kind used by online eTailers to track web site habits, are increasingly getting deleted or blocked by Internet users to protect their privacy and security, a new study by JupiterResearch reports. The study shows nearly 58 percent of online users deleted cookies. As
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan writing contest will reach out to entrepreneurs in the entire state through a new video conferencing partnership with Michigan Information Technology Center (MITC) in Ann Arbor, the first of seven statewide broadcasts planned. The new video conferencing package will be launched on March 30 with broadcasts
KALAMAZOO ? PharmOptima and Kalexsyn have formed a joint service alliance to offer a broad range of services for the drug discovery and research markets. Kalexsyn CEO David Zimmermann said the two companies will provide an integrated drug discovery service platform. ?This platform will provide an expedited drug discovery timeline for our client partners. Our
FLINT - Plante & Moran is buying accounting firm BKR Dupuis & Ryden effective July 1, adding 60 staff members, seven partners and $7.5 million in annual revenues to one of the Midwest?s largest professional services companies. PM Managing Partner Bill Hermann said the addition of BKR Dupuis & Ryden's Flint office closes the gap
JACKSON - Consumers Energy is seeking competitive bids for the development of renewable energy projects in Michigan to support the utility?s Renewable Resource Program. About five percent of the utility's electric supply currently comes from existing alternate energy sources, such as hydro, landfill gas and biomass. Under a separate MPSC order, Consumers Energy created a
KALAMAZOO - Manatron, which creates software products and services for local governments, posted lower net income for the three-month period ended Jan. 31, despite posting sharply higher revenues. Manatron reported Monday that its net income fell to $511,890, or 12 cents per diluted share, compared to $800,873, or 18 cents per diluted share, for the
PONTIAC ? Michiganmall.com, Michigan?s largest online directory, is partnering with AMS Developers to sell its Everywhereworkplace.com intranet applications to Michiganmall.com clients. The Everywhereworkplace applications include document sharing, shared calendars, secure file storage and other communication tools as well as 150MB of shared file storage and task management tools. Clients will also be able to sync
ANN ARBOR ? The Ann Arbor IT Zone, which turns five years old this year, will mark its birthday with a bash March 22 at the brand new MI Tech Building, the new home to Internet2 and Merit. The festivities include the first Z Awards: A Celebration of InnovaTion in Washtenaw County. ?It?s real exciting,??
AUBURN HILLS ? CSR plc, a leading provider of Bluetooth technology worldwide, announced Monday night that it has purchased Clarity Technologies of Auburn Hills for $17.1 million in cash. Sloan Ventures of Birmingham was an early investor in Clarity's audio enhancing technology. Eric Janson, CSR Vice President of the Americas, said Clarity?s management team, except