LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville has introduced a bill to increase the minimum wage to $8.15 an hour by September 1, 2014, but do so in a way that could negate a ballot proposal seeking a much bigger increase. ?The majority leader is introducing it to open up the discussion about minimum
GRAND RAPIDS - Consulting can truly deliver meaningful client value. But it?s not for everyone. Here?s what I wish I knew when I started my consulting business! Okay let?s take a step off the main road for a minute. Usually I focus here on topics of business and technology. But today, we?ll tackle a different
WASHINGTON DC - It didn't take long for Gen. Keith Alexander, the recently retired director of the National Security Agency, to speak out about the government intelligence agency. The four-star general, who retired last month, touched on a wide range of subjects in an interview published Thursday by the Australian Financial Review, including the NSA's
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has published a new set of guidelines regarding how law enforcement agencies and other government entities may request information from the company about user data. The new rules, which were posted to Apple's website late Wednesday, reflect Apple's move toward notifying its customers when it receives law enforcement requests for user
LANSING ? Michigan?s world-class fishing opportunities will be in the spotlight this September when the Bassmaster Elite Series heads to the Upper Peninsula for a four-day competition in Escanaba. The tournament is part of a new partnership between Pure Michigan and Bassmaster to promote Michigan as a top destination for anglers. ?In the past few
TROY - There's still time to register for the upcoming SAE Detroit Section event featuring a presentation by Michigan Green Chemistry Roundtable members. Safer products and processes are a key value proposition for business and can drive regional economic development. For a manufacturing facility, Green Chemistry and Engineering practices can yield costs savings in reduced
LANSING - Bills designed to raise $450 million annually for the state?s crumbling roads and bridges cleared the House floor Thursday. Early last month House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) announced a plan that would raise $500 million annually by 2018 without raising taxes. While short of the $1.2 to $2 billion Governor Rick Snyder and
HOUGHTON - For the ninth year in a row, Michigan Technological University ranks as the number one university nationwide for the number of Peace Corps Master?s International students currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Michigan Tech has 32 graduate students overseas, earning the University top spot on the Peace Corps? annual ranking of PCMI and
HOUGHTON - Nucor Corp. has awarded Michigan Technological University $255,000 to create the Nucor Industrial Control and Automation Laboratory at the Upper Peninsula university. The lab will be a joint effort of the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering.
TROY - Altair announced that Germany's national meteorological service Deutscher Wetterdienst has selected Altair?s PBS Professional for workload management on its two Cray XC30 supercomputing systems. Researchers and scientists at DWD will utilize the petascale systems to produce higher resolution and more accurate global and regional weather predictions to help fulfill the organization's wide array