DETROIT- Reflecting a sustained economic upswing, the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index surpassed November?s PMI of 56.8 to record a strong year-end finish of 64.2 for December. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. ?Contributing factors that lead to December?s increase include a number of indices,? said Timothy Butler, associate professor of supply
LANSING - Though the Michigan Economic Development Corporation has seen some big successes in job creation, exports and tourism, the state could still stand to grow foreign direct development and talent, MEDC President and CEO Michael Finney said in a recent interview with Gongwer News Service. Finney said Michigan is targeting eight countries and regions,
LANSING - Both food growing and processing is expanding in the state, and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will be working in the next year to ensure that trend continues, Director Jamie Clover Adams told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. The agency will also be working to ensure the food is
LANSING - The state buys a lot of things, and it is working to think differently about how it makes those purchases, Technology, Management and Budget Director David Behen told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. The department is revising its overall purchasing system to ensure it gets the best price on the goods
DETROIT ? ITInTheD posts its last podcast of 2014 and announces its first casual networking event of 2015 January 15 at the back room of the Blackfinn in Royal Oak. 5pm start time, no cover charge to get in, no sales pitches, no agendas, no nonsense. Just good, solid opportunities to get to know some
DETROIT ? Internet Advisor on WJR hosted Teri Takai, a U of M grad, former CIO of Michigan, CTO of the State of California and until recently as CIO for the US Defense Department. Teri has returned home to take the CTO job at Meridian Health Care. Kendall Perez from Gift Card Granny joins us
ANN ARBOR - MichBio is preparing to lobby Congress and the Michigan Delegation in 2015 for repeal of the medical device excise tax. It is critical that all Michigan medical device companies join MichBio and its partners at the Medical Device Manufacturers Association as signatories on a letter to Congressional leadership requesting support for repeal
DETROIT - Michigan is for makers, makers who aren?t afraid of pushing the boundaries while they create. At Michipreneur, we uncover many of these makers and their new products developed. Last year we covered hundreds of businesses, events large and small, and watched over 143 startups populate our growing Michigan Startup Directory. All of this
LANSING - The next four years will be more about fitting programs to people than is current practice, Governor Rick Snyder said after being sworn in for his second term Thursday. He said the state would become a leader in encouraging students into career and technical education programs. Snyder said he would release more details
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. ? Within the next five years, more than 90% of all IoT data will be hosted on service provider platforms as cloud computing reduces the complexity of supporting IoT Data Blending. "The Internet of Things will give IT managers a lot to think about," said Vernon Turner, Senior Vice President of Research. "Enterprises