EAST LANSING ? Nine Michigan start-up companies split $30,000 in cash awards as the Fall Cycle winners of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan contest. Also at the ceremony, 13 teams became eligible to compete in the Spring Cycle where the top prize is $50,000. The top three Fall Cycle teams from the more advanced
KALAMAZOO ? Departing Southwest Michigan First CEO Barry Broome said he expects his replacement to be more of a consensus builder than he was. In February, Broome will become President of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. In an interview, Broome also said he has left a legacy at Southwest Michigan First that will help Kalamazoo
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Great Lakes Angels has an added reason for accredited investors to attend its January networking meeting ? a tour of the Detroit Red Wings Locker Room. The January 19 event at the posh Olympia Club beneath Joe Louis Arena also features a presentation by PMC Environmental Technologies, but the dessert course will
DETROIT ? General Motors hopes the third time around for its fuel-cell technology will be the charm. On Sunday, GM rolled out its Sequel fuel-cell powered vehicle, which GM officials hope will be mass produced by the year 2010. The Sequel marks version 3.0 of GM?s fuel cell efforts. Three years ago GM introduced its
DETROIT - Larry Burns, GM vice president of research and development, provides perspective on GM's new Sequel fuel-cell-powered vehicle and on GM's vision for a hydrogen future. This 10-minute video is provided courtesy of content partner, Hydrogen Forecast Magazine. You?ll need a flash plug in to view this video. To watch, click on HydrogenForecast.Com
DETROIT ? For the second year in a row, a hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle was named one of the North American vehicles of the year. This year it was the Ford Escape SUV, named Truck of the Year. Last year it was the Toyota Prius hybrid, named the car of the year. Ford?s North American product
GRAND RAPIDS ? A group of experts will present the annual economic forecast for West Michigan this Friday at Grand Valley State University. Dr. Hari Singh, chair of Seidman College of Business' economics department, will present his annual economic forecast for West Michigan. Other forecasts offered will include the office, retail, industrial and Lakeshore markets.
DETROIT ? Mary Ann Wright, who heads up Ford Motor Company?s hybrid and fuel cell efforts, said with the Ford Escape hybrid winning the North American Truck of the Year award vindicates all the effort Ford has put into developing alternative fuel vehicles. Wright, Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs for Ford,
LANSING ? More than $30,000 in cash and services will be awarded Jan. 11 to promising Michigan technology start ups by the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan writing contest. GLEQ, a nonprofit, educational program designed to accelerate the formation of high-growth companies throughout Michigan, will present checks of $5,000, $3000, and $2,000 in the Emerging
LANSING - State budget officials are working on a proposed fix to the 2004-05 budget deficit that could be unveiled next week at the revenue estimating conference and the formal presentation of the 2005-06 proposed budget. And what the form the fix will take is also not decided, although it could include an executive order