GRAND RAPIDS - Despite signs that several local industries are topping out, the index for employment and new orders in West Michigan are at a two-year high, according to a Grand Valley State University economist. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business, surveyed local business leaders and his findings
LANSING - The Michigan and U.S. economies should continue growing over the next two years, but that growth will be slower as the economy tries to deal with near full-employment situation and demographic changes as more Baby Boomers retire and more millennials go into the jobs market, economists said Wednesday at the May Revenue Estimating
ALLENDALE - Grand Valley State University has again received gold status after completing a sustainability assessment developed by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) gauges the progress of colleges and universities toward sustainability in all sectors, including education and research, operations, innovation and planning,
WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are reintroducing the bipartisan Vehicle Innovation Act to encourage investments in research and development of clean vehicle and advanced safety technologies to increase fuel efficiency and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. In the 114th Congress, Senators Peters, Alexander and
DETROIT - TechTown Detroit announced the launch of Ask an Expert: free consultations for startups and small businesses with members of TechTown’s Professional Services Network. TechTown’s PSN is an extensive network of professionals from the metro Detroit business community who offer their expertise to help Detroit businesses develop, launch, stabilize and grow. Areas of expertise
ANN ARBOR - Jonathan Massey, dean of architecture and professor at California College of the Arts, will serve as the next dean of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. His appointment, approved Thursday by the U-M Board of Regents, is effective Aug. 1 and runs through June 30, 2022. Massey
NORTHVILLE – DataFactZ, a business analytics company, continued to expand, adding new clients, announcing new partnerships and hiring 15 new employees in the first quarter of 2017. In February, DataFactZ announced a partnership with Neo4j, a leading graph database solutions provider, to provide enhanced big data analytics services using graph technology. The partnership allows DataFactZ
NEW YORK - A judge asked federal prosecutors to investigate Uber Technologies Inc. and one of its engineers for potential theft of trade secrets from Google, heightening the stakes of a legal battle between Uber and Google parent Alphabet Inc. over driverless-car technology. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco referred the case to
SOUTHFIELD - The Michigan State Court Administrative Office has chosen ImageSoft’s eFiling and electronic document management system for the 242 trail courts statewide. The selected solution will feature TrueFiling, ImageSoft’s eFiling platform which has been successfully deployed for courts nationwide, including several Michigan installations. ImageSoft will also implement OnBase by Hyland, a market-leading, enterprise information
WASHINGTON DC - TechConnect invites entrepreneurs to submit innovative technology ideas and proposals to address the new energy challenges for funding and partnership through its GameChanger program. Shell will be meeting with prospective entrepreneurs at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, May 14-17 in Washington, D.C. Shell GameChanger is soliciting early-stage innovative technology solutions and proposals
