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Larger-Than-Expected Crowd For Wind Conference
More than 2,100 people spent this week at a pair of national wind energy events being held this week at Cobo Center.
The American Wind Energy Association held both its inaugural Small and Community Wind Power Conference and Exhibition and its second Wind Power Supply Chain Conference together.
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WSU E2 Challenge Winner Plans Renewable Energy Business
Six months ago, Wayne State University mathematics graduate student and Ann Arbor resident David Collins had a great business idea, but little knowledge of how to make it a reality. Now Collins, who is also earning a graduate certificate in alternative energy technology at WSU, is well on his way to launching a business that will make heating water with solar power more efficient and viable.
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Dow Corning Buys Silicon Metal Manufacturing Assets
Midland-based Dow Corning Corp. has acquired two chemical grade silicon manufacturing assets from New York City-based Globe Specialty Metals, in an acquisition valued at approximately $175 million.
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Stimulus Grant Helps MSU Develop New Drugs From Plants
Scientists at Michigan State University are receiving nearly $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to uncover how several popular plants make medicinal compounds. The funding, part of a larger $6 million award via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will provide scientists the resources to understand exactly which genes are involved in the synthesis of medicinal chemicals.
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Ring a Virtual Bell with Salvation Army Online Red Kettle
The Salvation Army is pumping up its Online Red Kettle with the introduction of a new Facebook application in an effort to engage all audiences in its annual Red Kettle Campaign. The Online Red Kettle allows people to host their own fundraiser for The Salvation Army by making donations online.
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Rofin-Sinar Sales, Profits Tumble
Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc., the industrial laser maker with dual headquarters in Plymouth and Hamburg, Germany, reported sharply lower sales and profits for the third quarter and fiscal year ended Sept. 30. For the quarter, sales were $90.5 million, down 41 percent from $154.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $5.3 million or 18 cents a share, down 74 percent.
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Green Gear Web Site Adds New Feature
The Detroit Web site Guffly.com has added a new feature -- Top Guffs, which are their top sellers. The feature joins the affrodable featured Daily Guff. The site sells a variety of green products, and since opening in August, the company says Web traffic and sales have continued to grow at a steady rate.
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Automation Alley Welcomes 22 New Members in October
Automation Alley, Southeast Michigan’s largest technology business association, announced today that 22 new members joined the organization in October. Again this month, the majority of new members are in manufacturing.
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Plante & Moran GR Office Gets LEED Gold
Plante & Moran PLLC has received LEED Gold Certification for Commercial Interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council for its new Grand Rapids office. The Grand Rapids office, 634 Front Ave. NW, Suite 400, received LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use, as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies.
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Wayne State Kicks Off Three-Year 'eCitizenship' Project
Are Twitter and Facebook the new arsenals of democracy? Wayne State University aims to find out with its national “eCitizenship” conference beginning Nov. 12-13 to explore the impact of social media on political engagement.
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Lions' Thanksgiving Game Goes Carbon Neutral
Detroit-based Carbon Credit Environmental Services, the Detroit Lions and the Greening of Detroit will kick off an effort to make the Lions' 70th annual Thanksgiving Day game carbon neutral Tuesday morning. The project will begin witha tree planting ceremony Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. with a tree planting ceremony in Lafayette Central Park, off of Larned.
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Green Bridge Technologies Subsidiary Tests Vapor Device For Boosting Diesel MPG
Linden-based Green Bridge Technologies International Inc., said Thursday that its subsidiary, Vapor Technologies, has validated the testing of its 2nd generation "Vapor Augmentation System" for diesel engines. The tests have confirmed a positive impact on fuel economy in diesels.
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Medtipster Contest Offers Free Prescription to Visitors, Every Day for 31 Days
Troy-based Medtipster, the company behind the new online healthcare search engine and price comparator Medtipster.com, Thursday announced a new promotion to help Michigan residents save on their prescription costs. Through Medtipster's "Free Everyday Prescription Giveaway," consumers can visit www.medtipster.com to register for a chance to win a free qualifying generic prescription.
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Stout Systems' Heitzeg Leads Learning Group for Programmers
Ann Arbor-based Stout Systems announced this week the creation of a new Software Development Study Group. Stout Systems business development manager and senior technical staff member Bill Heitzeg and his peers saw a need within the IT community for an organized and practical way to introduce computer programmers to new technologies and new problem solving techniques.
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MSU Wins $1.85M Grants For Healthy Video Game Experiments
Michigan State University won two of nine national grants totaling $1.85 million from the Princeton, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study how electronic games can improve players' health behaviors and outcomes. Researchers seek to discover how interactive video games can be designed to improve physical activity, prevention behaviors and self-management of chronic conditions.
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St. Louis Venture Capital Competition Deadline Coming
Entrepreneurial growth companies interested in presenting their business plans at the 2010 InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum in St. Louis, Mo. have just a few days left to submit their applications by the early application deadline of Friday, Nov. 13.
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Client Wins From November 5
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Event Notices From November 5
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Awards And Certifications From November 5
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MichBio Expo Draws More Than 500 To Kalamazoo
More than 500 people gathered this week for the MichBio Expo, the annual celebration of all things life science sponsored by MichBio, the state's life science industry association. The event moves around the state and this year landed in Kalamazoo.
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