LANSING - Studies show that young, highly educated persons gravitate towards regions that do not have just jobs, but jobs with higher average pay and where "possibilities and opportunities abound," an economist at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said. Weather and other natural features also play a role in attracting younger, educated workers, an article
TROY ? Automaton Alley on March 12 is hosting another in its series of programs on Business-To-Business Development Series, this one focused on closing qualified leads for small to medium-sized businesses. This session will discuss how to qualify your leads, the importance of presenting your product or service and how to make your presentation effective.
MIDLAND ? The BlueWater Angels investment group, in conjunction with Michigan Entrepreneurship Week, as designated by Governor Granholm, is sending out a call for applications from Michigan entrepreneurs and start-up companies interested in financial support. The deadline is March 7. The BlueWater Angels investment group has more than $1 million in capital available to invest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sprint Nextel upped the ante in the $99.99 all-you-can-eat rate plan battle Thursday by introducing a service that includes unlimited voice as well as unlimited data and slew of premium services. Called "Simply Everything," the plan will give customers unlimited voice as well as unlimited data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TV,
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK will be hosting six educational, entrepreneurial and talent networking events in March ranging in topics from marketing and social networking to talent matching and business planning for start-ups. All events except Hot Shots will be held at SPARK Central. March 5 - Spring Training for Start-Ups: Business Planning for
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund board on Thursday approved an investment of up to $3.75 million through the Michigan 21st Century Investment Fund in RPM Ventures II, a venture capital fund. RPM was formerly known as Waypoint Ventures. The official announcement was made by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Michigan Economic Development Corp. CEO
DETROIT - Compuware Corporation has entered into an agreement to work with Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft's personal health technology platform. Covisint will provide physicians with better, more efficient and secure access to patients' records by enabling patients to grant provider access to their HealthVault records through Covisint's OnDemand platform. HealthVault is a software and services health
GRAND RAPIDS ? Microsoft System Integrator NuSoft Solutions has created a new line of business, called Kinetic IG, which uses multi-service technology to create web and desktop applications. Positioning itself as a separate division of NuSoft Solutions, Kinetic IG?s goal is to ?create a moving experience? for its clients. The experienced creative team and technology
DETROIT ? Wayne State University?s TechTown is hosting its next First Friday technology and business mixer March 7. The informal networking get together starts runs from 4-6 pm at TechTown?s headquarters, located at 440 Burroughs, between Cass & Second Ave. For more information, click on TechTownWSU.Org a>>
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