GRAND RAPIDS Michigan has added three new Life Sciences companies so far this year, raising the total to 95 new companies since Gov. John Engler launched the Life Sciences corridor four years ago. All three companies are based in Grand Rapids. They include: Avalon Research and Development: designs and develops disposable medical devices for diverse
LANSING - Unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear its case, the Federal Communications Commission will lose its authority next week to delegate some telecommunications regulation to the Michigan Public Service Commission, but a top PSC officials said don't look for quick changes. But at least in Michigan, the change in federal regulation will
PONTIAC Regional technology alliance Automation Alley has partnered with the National Automotive Center to help Automation Alley members gain easier access to the U.S. Armys primary vehicle R&D lab. The NAC, which is a part of the United States Army's Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in Warren, works to develop dual use technologies that
LANSING Cell phones are rapidly replacing their land line counterparts as the main telephone in Michigan households, a new survey released Monday contends. The survey also shows seven of ten people in Michigan own a computer and have used it to access the Internet, a bare majority with dial-up modems. The survey by Cyber-State.Org also
MACKINAC ISLAND - Five years after shuttering most of its foreign trade offices, state officials are drawing up plans to reopen up to three of them in an effort to revitalize its global economic ties. The state, which at one point had nine foreign offices, closed most of them in 1999 as part of a
MACKINAC ISLAND - The Single Business Tax, loathed by a wide array of businesses almost from its birth in 1975, may not be doomed to the ashbin of economic history after all as part of the Granholm administration's examination of the state's tax structure. Several business leaders, in discussions with the administration on tax structure,
MACKINAC ISLAND Despite Gov. Jennifer Granholms Cool Cities initiative, young Michiganders are leaving the state in large numbers as they look for particular types of jobs, warmer weather and cities with vibrant activity, according to a poll released over the weekend during the Detroit Regional Chambers Leadership Policy Conference. Just 54 percent of college students
LANSING Saying the most that can be expected in new revenue through the end of the 2005 budget is $500 million, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming) said Wednesday that policymakers will have to come up with about $500 million in spending cuts to balance the budget. One new revenue proposal expected to be
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company on Thursday named Charlie Holleran vice president and chief communications officer, reporting to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Ford. Holleran will lead Public Affairs, which manages global communications internally and externally. His appointment is effective June 14. "We're delighted to add one of the world's best communications leaders to
DEARBORN Rose Ryntz, director for Advanced Materials Engineering at Visteon, has been named the 2004 recipient of the Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement Award. Ryntz and the Advanced Materials Engineering Group have been involved with such first-to-market innovations as Visteon's Long Life Filtration System, winner of a 2004 PACE Award, and a negative thermoformed