KALAMAZOO - James Stephanak, former publisher of the Kalamazoo Gazette and executive with MLive Media Group, has joined Team Support Services as Chief Marketing Officer. In this new role, Stephanak will oversee all sales and marketing initiatives, which include business development, account management and customer relations for the records and information management company. ?With his
MIDLAND ? Learn advanced angel investing Sept. 11 at the Mid Michigan Innovation Center from a couple of pros, Ken Kousky, President of BlueWater Angels, and Lindsay Aspegren, Co-Founder, North Coast Technology Investors. Both will be on a panel that will discuss how to be an angel with the new terms, handle the transaction, do
DEARBORN ? MIT Enterprise Forum, Great Lakes Chapter, will be hosting a live web video interactive session Sept. 11 at 6 pm with HTM Industries, a bioscience company and MSU tech spinoff that is gaining commercial traction with biodegradable plastic products and solutions. Their Technologist Founder, CEO Commercial Leader, and Lead Early Customer/Partner, and MSU?s
HONG KONG - Apple's next iPhone, currently being manufactured by Asian component makers, will use a new technology that makes the smartphone's screen thinner, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal, as the U.S. technology giant strives to improve technological features amid intensifying competition from Samsung Electronics and other rivals. Apple's next
LANSING - A new report highlights the deep cuts Michigan has made to education since the recession, the Michigan League for Human Services said on Tuesday, and the cuts are deeper than 28 other states. The report, released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan policy research organization in Washington, found that
LANSING - If the Supreme Court allows it on the November ballot, supporters of enshrining the right to collective bargaining in the Constitution have a tough road ahead, a new poll by Public Policy Polling shows. It was among three ballot issues polled, the others being the emergency manager law and the proposal to amend
LANSING - A new poll from Public Policy Polling - the firm's first among likely voters - shows President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow are the clear favorites at the moment. PPP's poll shows Obama with a 7 percentage point lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney, 51 percent to 44 percent. The same
LANSING - Teachers unions quickly won a temporary restraining order on part of the new law overhauling public school employee retirement benefits as they filed litigation before Governor Rick Snyder had even signed the law. Ingham Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, ruling from the bench, placed a restraining order against the state from forcing public school
LANSING - A partisan split occurred Monday when the Michigan state Board of Canvassers could not reach an agreement on three proposed controversial ballot proposals-including one to expand the number of casinos in Michigan that the Supreme Court essentially ordered on the ballot - likely sending them back to court and keeping their place on
LANSING - A Texas-based gas company wants to convert from transporting natural gas to the more lucrative business of transporting crude oil, but Consumers Energy, the Public Service Commission and Governor Rick Snyder are appealing to the federal government to block the request, saying it will increase costs for residents and businesses across the state.