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Product Development Workshop To Be Held At LTU June 9

SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University will host a free Innovation, Design & Manufacturability Workshop on June 9 from 8 a.m. to noon with lunch to follow. The workshop will be held in room M336 in LTU�s Buell Management Building on the LTU campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield. The workshop facilitators are Jeff

By |2015-05-20T00:00:00-04:00May 20th, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Hackers To Use Detroit’s New Open Data Portal To Create App For City At #hack4detroit

TROY - Automation Alley Wednesday announced that participants in the upcoming #hack4detroit event will use the city of Detroit's new Open Data Portal to create an app to benefit the city. The winning individual or team will receive a $5,000 grand prize. #hack4detroit is a 24-hour hackathon and will take place at Grand Circus Detroit

By |2015-05-20T00:00:00-04:00May 20th, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Report: 37 Percent Of Michigan’s Rural Roads In Poor Condition

LANSING - No state has a higher percentage of its roads in rural areas in poor condition than Michigan, according to a report released Tuesday. The report from TRIP, a nonprofit funded by insurance companies, equipment manufacturers, distributors and suppliers as well as businesses involved in highway and transit engineering and construction, labor unions and

By |2015-05-20T00:00:00-04:00May 20th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

MITechNews.Com Update: Hot tech jobs, Toyota At Comic Con, Hivelend Bootcamp Winner

ANN ARBOR - On this edition of MITechNews.Com Update, Editor Mike Brennan is interviewed by Internet Advisor Co-Host Foster Braun and talks about hot tech jobs, Toyota at Comic Con in Detroit, and Hivelend winning the Ann Arbor SPARK bootcamp. http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IA-1607-MiTechNews-5-16-15.mp3

By |2015-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18th, 2015|Archive, MITech News Pocast|

Study: Cost Factors Biggest In Making Health Care Decisions

LANSING - Some element of cost - whether the premium, deductibles, co-pays or other factors - was the primary issue individuals considered when purchasing health insurance, reports a new study by the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation. Cost factors were far more important to persons buying individual coverage than they were for employer-based coverage

By |2015-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18th, 2015|Archive, Life Sciences|

Michigan Energy Agency Gets To Work

LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy, created through an executive order by Governor Rick Snyder, officially opened its doors for business on Monday with the goal of being the single entity dedicated to getting all of the state government departments and commissions the information and context they need to support the state's energy priorities.

By |2015-05-18T00:00:00-04:00May 18th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Job Growth To Slow, Unemployment Decline In Michigan

LANSING - An economist with the University of Michigan's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics said Friday job growth will likely pull back from its "unsustainable robust growth" of recent years, but said the unemployment rate will continue to decline. Between the second quarter of 2000 and the third quarter of 2009, Michigan lost 858,400, according

By |2015-05-17T00:00:00-04:00May 17th, 2015|Archive, Politics|