GLITR Tech Tour Day Six: Midland's Magnificent

The Mid-Michigan Innovation Center is dead! Long live the Mid-Michigan Innovation Center! The business incubator at the eastern Midland city limits on Ashman Road, all 112,000 square feet of it, lies mostly empty and quiet. Dow Chemical Co., its owner, plans to tear it down after the last tenants move out at the end of the month. But there will still be a Mid-Michigan Innovation Center, I learned on Tuesday, Day Six of the Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report's 2012 Spring Tech Tour.

• May 15, 2012

Aggregate Customer Satisfaction Rises, But Economy Needs More Help To Flourish

Much like employment numbers, the ACSI continues on a path of steady but mediocre growth, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

• May 15, 2012

Compuware Unveils a New Generation of APM for Mobile, Cloud, Enterprise and Streaming

Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) Tuesday announced a new release of its integrated application performance management system, the Compuware APM platform.

• May 15, 2012

Advanced Photonix Gets Contract for THz Paint Thickness Measuring System

Advanced Photonix Inc. (NYSE Amex: API) announced that it has received a contract from Concurrent Technologies Corp. for delivery of a terahertz system to support the United States Air Force's need for accurate coating removal on aircraft.

• May 15, 2012

TC Firm Announces Lightweight Brake Drums For U.S. Army's Stryker

Century Inc. announced the completion of castings for an Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite Brake Drum for the U.S. Army Stryker vehicle.

• May 15, 2012

Local Stew Tells You What's Going On In Your Town

On any given day, there are hundreds of events going on in the metro Detroit area. And Stuart Carlin is a man who likes to know what is going on. So the West Bloomfield entrepreneur, founder of the successful worldwide metalworking machinery listing, MachineTools.com, and an international sports fishing site called AnglerWeb.com, began to do what he does best -- aggregate.

• May 15, 2012

Woman Speeds Away Dragging Cop Accidently Hooked On Car

A Detroit police officer is in the hospital after he was dragged by a car on the city's west side.

• May 15, 2012

'Fertilizing' Bone Marrow Helps Explain Why Some Cancer Spreads To Bones

Researchers found that administering a common chemotherapy drug before bone tumors took root actually fertilized the bone marrow, enabling cancer cells, once introduced, to seed and grow more easily.

• May 15, 2012

MSU Prof Seeks Alternatives To Shrinking Rubber Supplies

The world's rubber supplies are in peril, and automobile tire producers are scrambling to seek alternative solutions.

• May 15, 2012

Warren Buffett Buys Into GM In A Big Way

Berkshire Hathaway also boosted its stake in Wal-Mart and DirecTV, while reducing holdings in Kraft Foods, Intel and Proctor and Gamble.

• May 15, 2012

Synthetic Biologics Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Synthetic Biologics Inc. (NYSE Amex: SYN), a developer of synthetic DNA-based therapeutics and innovative disease-modifying medicines for serious illnesses, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, and summarized operational highlights.

• May 15, 2012

Plex Systems Announces Business Intelligence Tool

Plex Systems Inc., provider of the Plex Online cloud management system for manufacturers, announced that more than 575 guests are attending the PowerPlex 2012 user conference in Indianapolis, Ind.

• May 15, 2012

Gale, Wolper To Enhance Distribution of Electronic, Print Resources to Libraries

Gale, a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Wolper Information Services, announced a partnership to distribute Gale subscription products and major reference works in print and electronic form into the special library market.

• May 15, 2012

General Motors Drops Advertising On Facebook

General Motors is unfriending Facebook - to an extent.

• May 15, 2012

Traverse City Tops The List For Summer Fun In 2012

National Geographic says Traverse City is one of the best summer trips for 2012.

• May 15, 2012

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