DETROIT - Ten percent of Detroit-area technology executives recently surveyed expect to expand their IT teams in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to 11 percent in the previous quarter, a new survey shows. In addition, 64 percent plan to hire only for open IT roles in the upcoming quarter, 20 percent plan to put
WARREN - The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a dramatically negative impact on small businesses, according to a survey by the Michigan Business and Professional Association, but the majority of respondents plan to continue to offer health care insurance separate from the federal exchange regardless. "In recent years, our members have
LANSING - U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow on Wednesday announced legislation to provide a federal match for the state's current program funding community college and business partnerships to train workers for high-skilled jobs. The New Skills for New Jobs Act would double the state's current program, and help fill vacant high-skilled jobs that pay at least
LIVONIA - Technology Solutions CEO Steve Futrell has been named to Technology Assurance Group's Members' Action Team, an international organization of independently owned unified communications and business technology companies. The Members? Action Team acts as TAG's advisory board. The MAT team is a special subset of Members who have been elected based on their experience
LANSING - Adding tourism to his latest trade mission to Asia is one of several tracks Governor Rick Snyder said will be part of the mission that will go to China and Japan. Along with tourism, Snyder said the state will promote its agricultural commodities, as well as bring executives from more than 20 companies
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder formally announced the creation of the Automotive Industry Office with Nigel Francis, a longtime executive in the automotive and technology structures, serving as the administration's adviser on the industry. The position and the office are housed in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "Nigel's expertise and leadership will be instrumental in
LANSING - House Speaker Jase Bolger and House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said on Tuesday a road improvement funding proposal is unlikely to happen. "I'm not hearing much hope," Bolger (R-Marshall) told reporters after House session. "We'll leave that to play out. I know people are continuing to work on it, and I'm not going
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that Nokia's Stephen Elop is a candidate to replace him. "Stephen will go from external [candidate] to internal," Ballmer told the Seattle Times, though he also said the Microsoft board will evaluate all candidates. Elop led Microsoft's Microsoft Office division until he left to become
EAST LANSING ? Who says STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lack interest for today's college students. Michigan State University Wednesday reported its College of Engineering entering class more than doubled from 2006. Leo Kempel, acting dean of the MSU College of Engineering, greeted freshmen and transfer students during opening ceremonies of the 2013 Colloquium
ANN ARBOR - Automakers are not pleasing customers as much as they did a year ago, although pent-up demand is pushing strong sales, according to a report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Customer satisfaction with automobiles and light vehicles declines 1.2 percent to an ACSI benchmark of 83 on a 0 to 100 scale,