LANSING - A new service launched Wednesday by the Small Business Association of Michigan will help small employers comply with important Health Insurance Exchange notification requirements. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that by Oct. 1 every employer provides all of their part-time and full-time employees with a notice regarding the Health Insurance Exchange. To
GRAND RAPIDS - Celebrate summer and kick off the new aimWest season at the technology networking group's August 5:01 at Rockford Construction. The event gives attendees the chance to check out Rockford Construction's new headquarters and hear about their work to re-purpose a vacant factory on Grand Rapid's West Side. The evening includes time for
EGJAM, UK ? Smartphones sales worldwide in the second quarter leaped 46.5 percent, while mobile phone sales only increased 3.6 percent, according to think tank Gartner. At the same time, sales of feature phones declined 21 percent year-over-year. ?Smartphones accounted for 51.8 percent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter of 2013, resulting in
LANSING ? A Chicago logistics and transportation company has been given a $1 million incentive from the state to establish a new location in Ann Arbor, a project that the state says will generate about $1.2 million in new private investment and up to 125 new jobs. Coyote Logistics provides shippers with full-scale, third party
LANSING - Michigan schools need to provide incentives for students to take computer science courses, representatives from Microsoft said separately to a joint House Appropriations Education and School Aid Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations K-12, School Aid and Education Subcommittee on Tuesday. Allyson Knox, academic program manager at Microsoft, said currently Microsoft has 6,000 job
NOVI ? Billionaire Indian entrepreneur Bharat Desai, chairman of Syntel, is the featured speaker Aug. 23 hosted by TiE Detroit. Desai will discuss his experiences about entrepreneurship at different stages and get a golden opportunity to chat with him. Also showcased will be students of TYE class of 2012 and 2013. Because there is a
BEIJING - A Chinese hacking group accused this February of being tied to the Chinese army was caught last December infiltrating a decoy water control system for a U.S. municipality, a researcher revealed. The group, known as APT1, was caught by a research project that provides the most significant proof yet that the Chinese are
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has introduced FlexSort SL2, a high capacity package sorting system - the next generation sliding shoe sorter that incorporates many new design features. The Dematic FlexSort SL2 is applied throughout the warehouse or distribution center in areas, such as
ANN ARBOR - BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting was awarded a $95,000 U.S. Small Business Administration grant to provide support to growing Michigan technology companies. The amount was matched by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to help BBC continue its FASTconnect Program. FASTConnect is aimed at stimulating economic development among small, high-technology businesses through federally-funded
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Business Improvement Team, a consortium of independent consultant, has created a speakers bureau to provide presentations on a variety of leadership and business topics for events, conferences, and trade shows. The bureau professionals offer topics that include leadership, sales and marketing, information technology and other key presentations. They are available to provide