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Michigan PSC Revises Surcharges For Electric, Natural Gas Utilities

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Monday approved five settlement agreements reconciling 2012 energy optimization costs and revenues and revising those surcharges for five separate electric and natural gas utilities. Northern States Power Company customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month will see an increase of 27 cents on their monthly bill,

By |2013-07-30T00:00:00-04:00July 30th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

TiE Detroit Young Entrepreneurs Program Taking Applications. Deadline Aug. 15.

DETROIT - TiE Detroit ? Talent, Ideas, Enterprise - invites high school students to enroll in a life changing unique program TiE Young Entrepreneurs. Seats are limited. Application deadline is Aug. 15. TYE will accomplish this objective by offering training and mentoring program to selected high school students who learn about the challenges and rewards

By |2013-07-30T00:00:00-04:00July 30th, 2013|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

MITechNews.Com, WJR Internet Advisor Launch Co-Branded Weekly eNewsletter

GRAND RAPIDS ? MITechNews.Com is excited to announce an expansion of its partnership with WJR 760 AM?s Internet Advisor from a 5-minute live newscast to a co-branded eNewsletter to deliver the audio from the radio show and the top headlines from MITechNews.Com in one weekly package. If you?re getting the new eNewsletter today, you have

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

OST Joins Wave Of West Michigan Tech Companies Opening Detroit Offices

DETROIT ? The wave of West Michigan technology companies opening offices in Detroit continued this week when Open Systems Technologies, an $80 million IT infrastructure company based in Grand Rapids, but with field offices in Ann Arbor, Minneapolis and London, England, opened its latest branch in the Grand Park Centre Building in downtown Detroit. OST

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Challenge Detroit Helps Change Young Professional’s Perception Of Motown

DETROIT ? Caroline Dobbins when she graduated last year from Albion College and took an internship with Challenge Detroit didn?t know what to expect working in downtown Detroit. She only ventured there to attend the occasional Detroit Tigers and Red Wings game, but never gave working and living in Motown any serious thought. A year

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Compuware Earnings Surpass Wall Street Expectations, Analysts More Upbeat

DETROIT - Compuware Corp. surprised Wall Street and beat first quarter earnings estimates, which has been rewarded with more favorable ratings from some analysts. The computer software and services company reported this week adjusted earnings per share increased 100 percent to a penny in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 ended June 30 compared

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

MDOT Looking For Private Entities To Improve Certain Rest Stops

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reaching out to businesses interested in creating a public-private partnership for two rest areas, highway lighting, bridge work and timber management. In a release sent on Thursday it says the department is accepting letters of interest until mid-August from interested businesses, and Jeff Cranson, spokesperson for the

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Politics/Government|

Michigan Retailers Optimistic About Summer Forecast Despite Sales Trends

LANSING - Despite inconsistent sales trends this summer, Michigan Retailers reported the highest level of optimism since 2004 in the future outlook component of the June Michigan Retail Index, which rose to 79.3 on a 100-point scale. There doesn't seem a reason to be optimistic - MRA president and CEO James Hallan said Michigan Retailers

By |2013-07-26T00:00:00-04:00July 26th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|