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A Michigan insurance company is suing the FBI and Department of Justice for failing to produce records showing how an agent crashed its $750,000 Ferrari.
Michael Bettley was skiing with family and friends at Arapahoe Basin when he apparently lost control.
More than 1.5 million U.S. jobs are directly connected to the Great Lakes, generating $62 billion in wages annually, according to a new analysis by Michigan Sea Grant at the University of Michigan.
New Generation Power Michigan LLC announced Thursday that it is bidding 100 megawatts of solar renewable energy and 100 megawatts of wind energy for Detroit Edison's renewable energy request for proposals. The company said the projects are estimated to cost between $650 million and $700 million.
As fuel cell technology works its way toward viable commercial application in automobiles, researchers at Midland-based Oxazogen Inc. are doing their best to help push the science along.
Jackson-based Consumers Energy has updated its renewable energy plan to reflect the latest market conditions and proposes lowering costs for electric customers by about $55 million per year. The utility has filed its updated plan for review by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
The contract will also create jobs here in Michigan according to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
The state Senate approved a measure to boost funding for the state's Pure Michigan tourism promotion campiagn to $25 million by a 35-1 vote Thursday.
The Ann Arbor software industry consulting firm Stout Systems has added a new service for the technology industry. The "Stout Technology Assessment" is a 12-point review of code, database schema, environment, practices and processes for a small to mid-sized company or for a single team within a large company.
With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for more favorable treatment.
State budget reductions proposed last week by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder could cost Michigan Technological University more than $10 million, President Glenn Mroz told the University's Board of Control at its regular meeting in Houghton Thursday. Mroz reassured them, however, that Michigan Tech is prepared to respond without sacrificing the university's core values or strategic goals.
The recently released 2010 Dietary Guidelines identifies fiber as one of four nutrients of concern, noting most Americans fail to get enough in their daily diet. New reserach commissioned by the Kellogg Co. might help explain why. Nearly 20 percent of Americans incorrectly believe that meats, seafood and dairy foods are a good source of fiber and nearly one in 10 even thinks water provides the nutrient.