http://www.mitechnews.com Mitech News Automation Alley http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=12112 TROY - Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, announced the finalists for its 10th Annual Awards Gala, taking place October 1 at the Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=12067 TROY - Automation Alley and the office of Senator Debbie Stabenow will host U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke September 1 who will discuss the ways in which the government is partnering to promote trade and export opportunities. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=12040 TROY - Automation Alley's summer mixer on Aug. 17, the BBQ blast, is sold out. But not to worry if you're an Automation Alley member company. Another is scheduled for next Tuesday. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11946 TROY - If entrepreneurship is the primary driver of economic recovery, diversification and development, how does Michigan compare with other states on measures that relate to the creation, retention and expansion of entrepreneurs? http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11918 TROY - Automation Alley has invested $500,000 in two Southeast Michigan technology companies - one in software and the other in alternative energy - to help them develop new and innovative technologies and spur company growth. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11855 TROY - Automation Alley is one of four business incubators that have created the Business Accelerator Network. In this interview, Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers talks about how this network will help Southeast Michigan help even more entrepreneurs. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11828 TROY - Automation Alley is currently accepting applications for an upcoming trade mission to Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The mission is scheduled for September 27 - October 1. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11719 LANSING - A bill, several years in the making, creating a regional transportation authority in Southeast Michigan was approved on a mostly party-line vote Tuesday by a House committee. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11709 TROY - Technology marketing group Automation Alley has opened a defense office at the Macomb-Oakland University INCubator, in Sterling Heights. http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?id=11501 TROY - Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers participated in a follow-up teleconference to President Obama's "Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth" in February.