DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access capital businesses need to grow, starting March 21 in Waterford. "Know Your Numbers" is a seminar to help the non-financial small business owner achieve fiscal fitness, and is
LANSING ? The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Wednesday announced Michigan Strategic Fund investments of $2.76 million into six growing technology companies through the Pure Michigan Venture Match Fund. ?Innovative early-stage companies often need venture capital to help finance critical stages of their development and commercialization,? said Gov. Rick Snyder. ?We are confident that by co-investing
TROY - SunTel Services announced Wednesday that it has achieved Gold Partner status with Citrix ? a virtual workplace software and services company. Gold Partner status with Citrix is achieved based on a combination of completing additional sales and technical certifications, achieving successful customer deployments and having a close working relationship with the local Citrix
MOUNT CLEMONS - Macomb County has expanded its existing video arraignment system in partnership with the state of Michigan that enables courts outside the country to conduct judicial arraignments of in-custody defendants who are being held at local lockups, county jails, or statewide prison facilities. This technology will use the county?s two-way interactive video system
WASHINGTON D.C. - Companies and communities across the country announced more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects in 2012 that are expected to create 110,000 jobs, according a report released Wednesday by Environmental Entrepreneurs. Michigan ranked second, behind California, with 29 projects. ?It?s now crystal-clear that clean energy and clean transportation are helping
MOSCOW - Cyberspace is rapidly becoming, if not a battlefield in the direct sense of the word, then a central arena for future wars. In this context, the decision by the Russian Ministry of Defense to create a specialized network command is justified and timely. According to media reports, Russia?s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recently
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Democrats announced the renewal of their Michigan 2020 plan that would allow all graduating high school seniors to, if they wish, attend a public community college or university with their tuition paid for by expiring tax credits. "As Michigan high school students around the state take the ACT today to help
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Tuesday said that while nothing has been ruled out and discussions are ongoing about a solution to raising $1.2 billion in new funding roads, he is less optimistic about being able to act by Thursday to put a proposal on the May ballot. To raise the
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has introduced FlexTruck easy, a pre-engineered Automated Guided Vehicle System that is offered as a kit. The FlexTruck easy kit comes with all the modules required to configure an automatic pallet delivery system: the FlexTruck double pallet handling vehicle(s),
ALBION - Caster Concepts has hired Jamie Long as Director of Sales. Long brings a blend of national sales experience, energy and enthusiasm to this new position with an extensive sales management and strategic planning background. Long previously served as National Sales Manager for Hotsy Corporation, a division of Karcher North America and manufacturer of