ANN ARBOR—The Michigan economy, with nine years of uninterrupted job growth from the third quarter of 2009 to the third quarter of 2018, sits on the brink of the longest period of job growth since the World War II era, University of Michigan economic forecasters say. The current job-winning streak ties with the period ranging
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. economy should continue to grow over the next two years, but the pace of growth will slow as fiscal stimulus in the form of the effects of the 2017 tax changes and increased federal spending fade, economists at the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics as the University of Michigan forecast
LANSING - Original Stormy Kromer Cap, a four-panel handmade cap created in 1903, was given the inaugural “Coolest Thing Made in Michigan” award, part of the Michigan Manufacturers Association’s MFG Excellence Awards. The judges voted through social media gathered through a collaboration with MLive. It was sponsored by The Luminous Group. “We believe that manufacturing
SOUTHFIELD - The VRARA Detroit has partnered with AIA Detroit Technology in Architectural Practice and the Detroit Area BIM User Group on Nov. 27 for an evening of AR, VR, MR Future in AEC WSG Ghafari. Join the group in the LTU University Technology and Learning Center Gallery for an evening of exploration and demos with architects,
DETROIT - VerteCore, a startup that has developed affordable, mobile decompression for instant spine relief, won Tuesday night the $500,000 grand prize at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, while GreenMark Biomedical Inc. and Shoptelligence took second and third prizes, respectively. GreenMark BioMedical is a biodelivers health solutions precisely where they are needed in the human
ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast Monday Nov. 12, Cybernoor CEO Ahmed Alomari will discuss what he learned at the OpenWorld Conference. Invest Detroit’s Tember Shea will discuss one of the group’s portfolio companies. 123Net will bring everyone up to speed on their latest news. M2 Techcast is heard live Monday's from 2 to 3
LANSING - A pair of bills were introduced in the Senate Thursday that would radically change the initiative petitions adopted in September by the Legislature requiring employers to provide paid sick time to their workers and raise the state's minimum wage, making them more business-friendly according to Republicans and likely to spark a major lame-duck
DETROIT - More than half of waste released in a given year contains plastic materials. About 10,000 metric tons of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year, and another 8 million goes into the ocean. While plastic never decomposes, it does break down into much smaller — but no less environmentally hazardous — components called
LANSING - Michigan voters approved Proposal 1 enacting the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act. Michigan is the first state in the Midwest to legalize recreational marijuana. Marijuana will be legal for broader use in Michigan under Michigan law; however, marijuana is still an illegal narcotic under federal law. Below are answers to important
SOUTHFIELD - BullsEye Telecom will be supporting radiothons for two Metro Detroit nonprofits organizations providing temporary cloud-based, VoIP contact centers to help with the fundraising effort - part of the BullsEye Cares program. Teams of BullsEye engineers and experts will be deployed to each of the locations one day prior to the events to install
