LANSING - Are you a young budding artist looking for an opportunity for your artwork to appear on hundreds of T-shirts? Could you use some extra money for your future? If so, then get your creative fuels flowing because the Michigan Corn Growers Association needs an engine-revving design for its annual Ethanol Night at the
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group on May 8 will present Blogging 101, the second topic in the five-topic social media webinar series that will run through June. The webinar will help small business owners create content to connect with their customers and market their products. Blogging is a beneficial
GRAND RAPIDS ? In a rambling, often disjointed, but thoroughly entertaining presentation by Fox News Military Analyst Col. David Hunt at the Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference and Expo said other communities should simulate the "warzone" experience of Boston to prepare for terrorist attacks. Hunt said the terrorist attack during the Boston Marathon last
GRAND RAPIDS ? In June, the state will publish its Michigan Cyber Disruption Response Strategy that will outline exactly how Michigan government and business will respond should the state's electric grid, water treatments facilities, or communications networks get hacked. Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's first Chief Security Officer, disclosed the information during the Great Lakes Great Homeland
LANSING - There are 311 full-time virtual schools nationally, including two in Michigan, and that number should not grow until officials can determine why they are underperforming traditional schools and showing a lack of diversity in their student bodies, the National Education Policy Center said in a report released Thursday. Lawmakers and others have been
SAN FRANCSICO - As Consumer Reports shows in its annual "State of the Net" report, carrying a modern mobile phone is a heckuva convenience but creates all sorts of problems that go beyond what most people realize. The magazine interviewed 1,656 adult smartphone users and extrapolated the results nationally, CNET News.Com reported. ? Many users
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Tuesday altered its general government budget to spend $50 million on film incentives in the state, a $25 million General Fund increase from what Governor Rick Snyder had proposed in his budget in February. Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) said he was pleased with the changes, especially the
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan will use Billhighway Give, a mobile fundraising solution, at regional meetings and their annual membership meeting to process dues and contributions to the foundation and Small Biz PAC. ?We chose to work with Billhighway because they offer superior customer service and are a Michigan-based company,? said SBAM
SOUTHFIELD - Effective communication is essential to all of us in all of life's situations, both personal and professional. During this ConnectNet forum on Tuesday May 14 participants will gain clarity of purpose and direction, plan a course of action, and get the results they want. Kim Boudreau-Smith, inspirational speaker, change agent and author, will
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in February, up 0.1 points to 117.8, 47 points, or 66 percent, above the index cyclical low of 70.9. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for 2011. January?s index reading was revised up from 101.1 to 117.8. ?Our