DETROIT – At the 2021 annual Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism, travel industry leaders recognized top hospitality individuals and entities for their contributions to Michigan’s tourism industry. Also announced was the latest Pure Michigan Trail Town designation. “The best in tourism awards honor those individuals and entities that go above and beyond in making
KALAMAZOO - Michigan’s Great Southwest Sustainable Business Forum will meet for the 10th Southwest Michigan Sustainability Issues Legislative Forum, a discussion of how sustainability improvements can be used to leverage social, economic and environmental benefits for local communities on Friday, November 12 at Wightman in Benton Township. Featured speaker Regina Strong, the Environmental Justice Public
DETROIT - A new survey shows 79 percent of companies have increased their adoption of advanced security technologies to combat the increase in cyber attacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of the cyberthreat landscape by Atlas VPN reveals that in the first half of 2021 revealed that both the volume of cyber attacks
SOUTHFIELD – 123NET said it has completed high-speed fiber connections to 2,500 commercial buildings in the state, after achieving 2000 fiber lit buildings just six months ago. 123NET continues to invest heavily in its network infrastructure to help achieve its goal of making Michigan “the best-connected state.” The company has been aggressively connecting buildings with
SAN FRANCISCO – A new survey shows 69 percent of remote employees have another full or part-time job. Thirty-seven percent of respondents with multiple jobs have a second full-time job, 45 percent of whom say they work remotely. Additionally, most people with two full-time jobs work fewer hours than the standard for full-time employment. Forty-seven
LANSING — Michigan Virtual, an online education provider, was named a winner of the 2021 Impact Awards by Innovation Leader, an unbiased, independent media and events company focused on helping change-makers in large organizations deliver real impact. “Being named a 2021 Impact Award winner alongside the prestigious ranks of this year’s and past winners is
DETROIT - Arnold Schwarzenegger said any world leaders warning that fighting the climate crisis would damage the economy were "liars" or "stupid." "All of these countries that come and give speeches, 'We are not going to go and lose jobs because of going green,' and all this other stuff, they're liars or they're just stupid
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has reported a record number of license and option agreements over the past fiscal year, as well as patents issued, further solidifying its position as a leading university for commercializing research and technology. The university signed 287 license and option agreements with companies seeking to commercialize U-M research discoveries during
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a luncheon program discussing closed loop manufacturing opportunities and sustainable packaging production on Monday, November 8 at the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. The featured speaker is Paul England, Senior Vice President and Head of National Accounts for Pratt Industries. Pratt is
SHANGHAI, China - The world will need to shut down nearly 3,000 coal-fired power plants before 2030 if it is to have a chance of keeping temperature rises within 1.5 Celsius, according to research by climate think tank TransitionZero. In a report published days before the U.N. COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, TransitionZero said there are
