BIRMINGHAM ? Private equity finance company, The MGroup, is making a $17.5 million investment in Las Vegas real estate and plans to build 500 high-rise condos along the Strip south of the airport. The early stage venture capital company will buy 10-acres on the Strip and build up to four 15-stories high-rise structures with 100
TROY ? ArvinMeritor?s Senior Director of Government Affairs, Jerry Rush, has a new title ? he?s now the president of Automation Alley, the Southeast Michigan technology marketing group. In this role he will be responsible for overseeing the board of directors, as well as serving as Automation Alley?s official representative at community and Alley events.
GRAND RAPIDS ? Carol Lopucki, State Director of the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, sat down with Mitechnews.Com Editor Mike Brennan to explain how her program can help Michigan businesses grow. The SBA-funded program is based at Grand Valley State University?s downtown Grand Rapids campus, but has divided the state into 12 regions
TROY ? Nanette Poulios, an adjunct faculty member at Walsh College, takes on a new title Tuesday. She replaces Jeff Recor as director of the Walsh Information Assurance Center, a Security training curriculum. Recor will continue teaching as an adjunct instructor and will serve as an adviser to the Master of Science in Information Assurance
KALAMAZOO ? More than 70 candidates have submitted resumes to become the new CEO of Southwest Michigan First. The candidates have been screened by executive recruiting firm Jorgenson Consulting. Jorgenson Consulting specializes in the field of economic development and was retained for the project shortly after former CEO Barry Broome announced that he would be
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming) and House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi) met Wednesday in what was described as a "pleasant" meeting to discuss an agreement to fix an estimated $375 million problem with the 2004-05 budget. How to handle funding for higher education remains a point of difference, DeRoche
TROY ? Global IT consultant Syntel posted a half percent gain in its net income for fiscal 2004 on a 4 percent increase in revenues. But fourth quarter net income fell 1 cent a share from the same three months a year ago. Syntel's global headcount grew 17 percent in 2004 to 4,527, compared to
FLINT ? GLIMAEast elected new officers and a new board at its February annual meeting. Continuing on a chairman is Dave Holland, CIO of the Genesys Health System, elected for a three year term. Other officers include Royce Mashburn Jr., Vice Chairman, Sales Manager at Schmald Tool & Die; John Foster, Treasurer, President of Convergent;
LANSING ? In releasing an analysis of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposal to overhaul the Single Business Tax, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said it can support parts of the plan, but is "unalterably opposed to tax increases on other job providers." But one of the hallmark corporations of American manufacturing, United States Steel, announced its
KALAMAZOO ? Rep. Fred Upton will keynote the Fourth Annual Western Michigan University HCoB IT Forum on March 25. This year?s theme is Facilitating Information Security, Reliability and Compliance. The Anderson-Enron lesson was a painful reminder of the need for information reliability and corporate accountability. Information security and privacy remains a major concern of Internet