LANSING ? Inforum and Dome Magazine are co-hosting a Feb. 6 evening with Michigan's Female Leaders including members of the 97th Legislature, department heads and other dignitaries who are shaping Michigan's future. Event Details: Date: Feb. 6 Time: 4 - 5:15 p.m. Place: Tour of State Capitol Building, 115 W. Allegan, Lansing Reception immediately following
TROY - Long-time Plex Systems CEO Mark Symonds has left the cloud-based ERP solutions company and has been replaced by Jason Blessing, a former Oracle senior vice president. The change at the top comes as Plex continues to position itself for an Initial Public Offering, which Symonds said last year could come during 2013. In
LANSING - Sharpening his focus on issues he says will help build Michigan's economy, Governor Rick Snyder is calling for the Legislature to develop a plan to raise at least $1.2 billion in addition transportation funding and to put limits on Michigan?s no-fault auto insurance law. Snyder he will create a new department to put
LANSING - Michigan's economy should continue to grow, the House Fiscal Agency projected Thursday, as the U.S. economy continues to slowly pull itself forward, auto sales continue to rise, inflation stays relatively low, job growth continues, and state revenues, therefore, continue to increase. The forecast came one day before the Revenue Estimating Conference, and a
LANSING - As reactions poured in over the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's decision to attach the Pure Michigan logo to an advertisement touting the recently passed right-to-work law, MEDC CEO Michael Finney reiterated one thing Thursday: This is not something new. "We really are continuing the business marketing that we've been doing," Finney said in
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show Thursday unveiled a Mobile App available for free download in both the iPhone and Android platforms. "The new NAIAS App puts 'everything auto show' in the palm of smart phone users," said Jim Seavitt, chairman, NAIAS 2013. "It is the best way to keep track of what's
DETROIT - Focus: HOPE is offering a free basic computer training class that provides graduates with the opportunity to purchase a low-cost computer. The class offers 12 hours of training over a two-week period, providing students with basic knowledge of computer operations, word processing, and how to access internet resources. Students who complete the classes
ANN ARBOR ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center is offering a workshop on Jan. 17 at Washtenaw Community College to explain financial statements. This free event is co-sponsored by the Washtenaw CRA Association. Attendees can talk with experts and local service providers about angel Investors and venture capitalists, crowd funding, and fiscal
REDMOND, Wa. - Windows RT can be hacked to run unsigned desktop apps, but Microsoft sees no reason to worry. As described yesterday, the hack allows someone with a certain amount of savvy to change code in the Windows RT kernel so the tablet-based OS can run desktop apps. Officially, the only desktop programs that
SAN FRANCISCO - Security flaws in Adobe Flash, Reader, and Acrobat could have been the cause of computer crashes recently. The software company announced that it sent out updates for these three programs, which are meant to patch security vulnerabilities that cause such system crashes. "These updates address a vulnerability that could cause a crash