DETROIT - The Detroit-based sales motivation company currently taking the marketing world by storm is continuing its success streak with two exciting new announcements. First, the company has received $2 million from financial advisers, thanks in part to a 300% annual growth rate and the addition of several high-profile clients including Comcast and eBay. CEO
DETROIT - Chesapeake Energy Corporation has been ordered to stand trial on racketeering and false pretenses charges, Attorney General Bill Schuette said on Tuesday. Cheboygan County District Judge Maria Barton cleared the way for the Oklahoma-based firm to face trial for allegedly defrauding private landowners across the state by basically tricking them to commit to
LANSING - Although it would still cost the state $6 million, a fix prompted by the Supreme Court's decision on IBM v. Treasury passed the House on Tuesday that could save the state another $1 billion. SB 156 , introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R-Harrison Township), already addressed the Michigan Business Tax, so the House
ESCANABA ? Next week, bass fishing takes center stage as the world?s best anglers battle it out in Escanaba during the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship. The championship tournament is being held on Bays de Noc as part of a partnership between Pure Michigan and Bassmaster to promote the state as a top
DETROIT - On September 15th, Charles Adler Co-Founder of the popular crowdfunding company Kickstarter will be in Detroit to speak to local entrepreneurs and community members. The event is a part of a ?Starter Talk? series hosted at Campbell Ewald in Downtown Detroit. Kickstarter as a company has an interesting story. The company first launched
ANN ARBOR - The use of non-compete agreements in employment contracts from the chief executive to the middle manager is on the rise, but is that good or bad for competition and innovation? That depends on who's signing them and why, according to research by Norman Bishara, associate professor of business law. "We're seeing companies
CANTON - Three students from Canton will compete to represent the United States in the World Robot Olympiad after winning the open category at the statewide competition held at Cranbrook Schools on Sept. 4. Christopher Geng, Charles Liu and James Xue of Canton competed as the Robocruisers S team and took first place in this
DETROIT - With 39 percet of drivers in a recent survey indicating that in-car technology is important when deciding which car to purchase, and the ?connected car? services sector expected to see growth nearly 21 times that of traditional mobile voice and data services thru 2018, the use of mobile/wireless technologies in all sectors of
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. ? For the second year Lawrence Technological University will host two conferences on the use of digital technology in the humanities, Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice, on Sept. 26, and THATCamp on Sept. 27. Digital technology has revolutionized scholarship and research in the humanities, and now mobile devices are changing the
CUPERTINO, CA. - In an ambitious blitz of new products, Apple Inc. unveiled a pair of larger-screen iPhones, a sleekly designed smartwatch and a new payment system allowing users to make store purchases with a smartphone. Apple said the new products would go on sale Sept. 19. The new iPhones will have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch