DETROIT - Toyota has donated $1.44 million to the Michigan Science Center, the latest of many efforts by Toyota to promote and expand STEM education initiatives. “It’s critical to foster innovative thinking at a young age,” said Toyota Technical Center Senior Vice President Jeff Makarewicz. “Developing that interest early on can create great opportunities not
BRIGHTON - FlexDex Surgical has completed a $5 million Series B financing round that will be used to commercialize the company’s first product, fund development of a second-generation device and a create a catalogue of instruments for laparoscopic surgery. Financing was led by current investors and included the co-founders, board members, individual investors and distributors.
BENTON HARBOR - Samsung and LG, two South Korean manufacturers of clothes washers, have been found guilty of dumping their products in the United States at prices below production costs to steal business from Whirlpool Corp. A preliminary antidumping ruling was issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce confirming Whirlpool's allegations against Samsung and
DETROIT - The DTX Launch Detroit teams have been working hard for the past 10 weeks, and now is their time to shine! Come see these entrepreneurs Aug. 4 at TechTown pitch their business ideas to a panel of experts—and to the public. The teams will go public with their concepts and the public will
DETROIT - Comcast Thursday announced Michigan will be one of five states where it offers pay-as-you-go plans for Xfinity TV and Internet services, as well as prepaid wireless plans. Both will let people who do not have checking or savings accounts to pay for these digital services as needed. The offers are only available for
SOUTHFIELD – Connected vehicles must be designed and manufactured with security in mind, warns a report released Thursday that offers ways in which the auto industry can protect itself from hackers. The report, researched over five months by more than 50 auto cybersecurity experts, was released by the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center based
DETROIT - Melih Oztalay of Birmingham was an eye witness to the attempted military coup in Turkey Friday night, July 15. He has been with us as the CEO of SmartFinds but joins Internet Advisor as a freelance reporter to give a first-hand account of the attempt to take over the Turkish government by certain military commanders.
DETROIT - Dr. Dean Krauskopf has been dispensing gardening tips for 25 years as one of the weekend experts on WJR Radio in Detroit. In all that time his basket of tools has increased exponentially with the help of Internet sites that can do everything from pest management to plant selection. On our show
LUDINGTON - Mason County is offering entrepreneurs with viable business ideas or those who run a start-up with less than $100,000 in annual sales to compete for $50,000 in prize money that is on the table until July 31. The fine print is if your company or idea wins, you must either start the business
BOULDER, Co. - A new reports says nearly 34 percent of U.S. workers now freelance, and among millennials that figure rises to 38 percent. With interest in freelancing growing among professionals, and employers hiring for more freelance workers, FlexJobs has identified companies recently hiring freelancers in five in-demand career fields for freelance job listings. “The
