WASHINGTON - What are the biggest and most common mistakes business owners make when dealing with a disaster? On Dec. 10, the SBA will partner with Agility to offer business continuity strategies through its PrepareMyBusiness website. The webinar starts at 2 p.m. Get tips on how to avoid the costly mistakes that could put the
SOUTHFIELD - For the third consecutive year, ImageSoft has been chosen by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2103 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. The winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm, which reviewed a number of key measures relative to other nationally recognized winners. They
SOUTHFIELD - TST Tooling Software Technology of Clarkston and Vero Software of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom have made an in-kind grant of Edgecam software with a retail value of $750,000 to Lawrence Technological University. Edgecam is a Vero product distributed by TST. It is a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software package that interfaces with almost all computer-aided
LANSING - ATT on Monday defended a bill that would end landline service to customers under certain conditions, saying the bill is merely to authorize a transition process and the company has no intention to come through towns and "snip wires" as some perceive, according to Matt Resch, spokesperson for the company. SB 636 currently
LANSING - A new committee unveiled itself, at least in social media, over the weekend to promote a change to a part-time legislature. The Committee to Restore Michigan's Part-Time Legislature was officially formed November 15, but launched its Internet presence over the weekend with a website, Facebook page and Twitter feed. The website indicates the
LANSING - Despite some concerns raised by legislators when the idea was first revealed, the Lottery Bureau announced Monday it had selected Pollard Banknote and NeoGames to develop its new iLottery system to allow residents to play lottery games online. The bureau was expecting about a year for development of the system, with the games
BATTLE CREEK - The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee and Michigan Wheat Program are collaborating on a new event for crop farmers in the Great Lakes Region, called the Great Lakes Crop Summit, scheduled for Jan. 22-24, 2014, at FireKeepers Hotel and Casino. The inaugural summit for crop farmers will feature
PETOSKEY - Verizon Wireless' Petoskey store is one of 100 in the nation and the second Smart Store in Michigan to open this year. The company unveiled its first ?Destination Store? Tuesday at The Mall of America in Minnesota. The initiative, combined with the redesign of 1,700 company-owned retail stores during the next few years
WASHINGTON DC ? Of the 60,000 new jobs create in the tech industry in the United States this year, some 60 percent of the positions went to women, reported job site Dice.Com. "Companies have been focusing on getting more women into technology for a long time," Shravan Goli, said president of Dice. "This year those
TROY - Association for Corporate Growth Detroit Chapter will host its eighth annual Mingle Bells fund raiser Dec. 3 at the Troy Marriott Hotel. This holiday event that has raised more than $23,000 for non profits in Metro Detroit. The recipient of this year's Mingle Bells fund raising will be Common Ground (www. commongroundhelps.org), an