Ann Arbor SPARK will be hosting and supporting six educational, entrepreneurial and talent networking events in June ranging in topics from a 21st Century Jobs Fund update to marketing ROI and talent matching. All events except Startup Weekend and Hot Shots will be held at SPARK Central, 330 East Liberty Street, Lower Level in downtown [.. more ..]

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A new online “Mealbox” widget from grocery and consumer products retail chain Meijer Inc., which lets customers create shopping lists of grocery items on their computer desktop or personal web page, is driving up use of online coupons redeemed in stores, says Corbin de Rubertis, a retail strategy expert who developed the widget at e-commerce [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (5/29/2008) - NanoBio® Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, today announced the appointment of David M. Stout to its Board of Directors. Mr. Stout most recently served as President of Pharmaceutical Operations for GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - AARP and Borders® announced today a long-term agreement that will provide unique benefits and discounts to AARP’s more than 39 million members. The nation’s largest membership organization for people age 50 and over and Borders will combine forces to expand access to information on health, financial security, travel, and other issues important [.. more ..]

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HealthMedia, Inc. today announced it has been selected by RedBrick Health to deliver scalable, web-based behavior change interventions as part of RedBrick Health’s Consumer-Owned Health solutions. RedBrick Health will offer HealthMedia’s full suite of online behavior change interventions including health and wellness, disease management, and behavioral health programs such as depression and insomnia. RedBrick Health’s [.. more ..]

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Detroit - May 20, 2008 - Airfoil Public Relations, specializing in high tech public relations and marketing communications for both leading and emerging companies, has been named “Technology Agency of the Year” for 2007 by leading industry resource, The Holmes Report.
The Holmes Report, published by industry veteran Paul Holmes, is a monthly newsletter, with a [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 29, 2008 — ProQuest introduces two new major enhancements for ProQuest® Obituaries, indexed expanded Name Search and enhanced Search Results Display. Both features allow for greater content discovery, as users can more easily search through indexed names and locations as well as the text of the obituary itself.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 27, 2008-Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today reported results for the first fiscal quarter, ended May 3, 2008.  Total consolidated sales, at $784.7 million, were down 1.0% over a year ago.  At Borders domestic superstores, comparable store sales for the period decreased by 4.1%. Without the impact of music, same-store sales [.. more ..]

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Detroit - May 20, 2008 - Airfoil Public Relations, specializing in high tech public relations and marketing communications for both leading and emerging companies, has been named “Technology Agency of the Year” for 2007 by leading industry resource, The Holmes Report.
The Holmes Report, published by industry veteran Paul Holmes, is a monthly newsletter, with a [.. more ..]

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May 14, 2008 - Arotech Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARTX) announced today that its Armor Division’s Armour of America unit has received over $1 million in orders from DoD for armor solutions.
The order consists of various types of personnel armor solutions from AoA’s state-of-the-art line of ballistics products and fragmentation kits, including ArmorFloat TM (a ballistic floatation [.. more ..]

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