ANN ARBOR ? Michigan is producing more college grads than it has jobs that require such degrees. Worse, many Michigan grads are walking into the job market with degrees in fields that are way oversupplied (law, PR), while engineering and computer openings go begging. If Amy Dobson is a rock and Gentex is a hard
GRAND RAPIDS ? Gov. Rick Snyder called on the Legislature to create by Thanksgiving the MI Health Marketplace to create a competitive setting for individuals and businesses to obtain health insurance. The federal Affordable Care Act requires states to set up an exchange or have the federal government set one up for them. "This legislation
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft is including a beefier version of its malware protection in Windows 8. The company is tweaking its Windows Defender tool, which has been part of the last few versions of Windows, by essentially adding some of the more robust features from its free Security Essentials product. Launched in 2009, Security Essentials
GRAND RAPIDS ? Gov. Rick Snyder called on the Legislature to create by Thanksgiving the MI Health Marketplace to create a competitive setting for individuals and businesses to obtain health insurance. The federal Affordable Care Act requires states to set up an exchange or have the federal government set one up for them. "This legislation
WASHINGTON DC - Cyberattacks are about to carry even more weight, with the United States and Australia including them in a mutual defense treaty. The two nations declared the cyber realm to be part of the 60-year-old treaty. The inclusion will mean that a cyberattack on one country could lead to a response by both,
NOVI - The City of Novi is hosting on Sept. 24 its Green Street project, which provides local businesses and organizations the opportunity to showcase their green products and services. Event highlights include City Open House (including representatives from every department), Police Department Open House, Fire Department Demonstrations, Kids? Fun Zone, and Green Street. Each
ANN ARBOR - HookLogic announced that Bain Capital Ventures has pumped $9.5 million into the e-commerce media company to further develop its Software-as-a-Service platform and expand its business across the retail, travel and automotive sectors in North America and Europe. HookLogic is headquartered in New York. Its office in Ann Arbor is focused on developing
LANSING - A regional compact regulating how invasive species are handled in the Great Lakes is the goal of legislation under initial review Thursday by the Senate Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Committee. Similar to the Great Lakes Water Compact, which governs water withdrawal out of the basin and lakes, SB 508 , SB 509 and
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder's special message on health and wellness will seek to mobilize corporate and health care industry-led efforts to fund public service campaigns to reduce obesity and infant mortality, sources have told Gongwer News Service. Snyder is expected to unveil the special message Wednesday, and the message is said to still be
GRANDVILLE - In my "cloudy" travels from Cannonical, to Opscode, to DTO Solutions, I often ask a seemingly simple question to the companies I meet - "Why do you want to use the cloud?" - and I get an array of amazingly unsatisfying answers. To read the rest of the story, click on Gongwer.Com a>>