LANSING - Through June, local school districts, local governments, universities and the state have gone to the financial markets to float more than $5.25 billion in bonds, a figure well more than twice as much governing units issued in bonds in the same time in 2014. Much of that increase is driven by local school
LANSING - After more than three years of discussion and debate, the Department of Environmental Quality formally began the process Thursday of a rules change that would remove hundreds of chemicals from the list of toxics the DEQ automatically regulates in air emissions. Now at about 1,200, the number of regulated chemicals would drop to
DETROIT - Michigan Supreme Court Justice David F. Viviano is the Court's point-person for judicial training and statewide e-filing. Viviano said the expanded use of videoconferencing technology to create "virtual" courtrooms has saved the Michigan Department of Corrections nearly $5 million over the past two years. Currently, 417 courtrooms in Michigan have videoconferencing capabilities. To
DETROIT - In May, Royal Oak proposed the creation of a Smart park and put the matter to a vote of its citizens through a crowd funding site. The space will be for public gathering, free WiFi and digital information about the town's businesses.Royal Oak needed to raise $60,000 by the time the campaign ended
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan describes the new VideoMeeting platform that will launch this fall and allow anyone anywhere collaborate from the cloud in live video. To listen, click on http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VideoMeeting-Explanation-1.mp3
ANN ARBOR - In the wake of the second round of layoffs at ForeSee, Duo Security has actively begun recruiting former ForeSee employees who were part of a round of layoffs announced Wednesday by parent company Answers Corporation.To read the rest of this story, click on http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/07/duo_security_assisting_former.html
ANN ARBOR - The MichBio Job Bank has posted four jobs, one in Detroit and three in Bagdad, Iraq. Scientific Coordinator Asterand BioScience - Detroit, MI Asterand is a global supplier of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research products and solutions. From offices in Detroit, Michigan and Royston, U.K., our innovative
ANN ARBOR - Limited liability, separating owners from the debts and obligations of the company, is a cornerstone of modern capitalism. But can a corporate officer be held personally responsible for a case of patent or copyright infringement at his or her company? Research by University of Michigan business law professor Lynda Oswald finds case
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of intra-logistics systems for factories, warehouses and distribution centers, has introduced a new order fulfillment solution, called AMCAP, which automates the palletizing of mixed cases. AMCAP - Automated Mixed Case Palletizing - is a high-performance case palletizing system designed to accommodate the growing need to assemble pallets
DETROIT - More than $200,000 has been pooled to provide micro grants through Eastern Market to support food-based small businesses in metropolitan Detroit. The money comes from Citizens Bank, Eastern Market Corporation, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Citizens Bank donated $60,000 and the MEDC $150,000. The application deadline is August 21. Grants will be