WARREN - Forty percent of Michigan small business owners say the health of their business improved within the past year, according to a member survey conducted by the Michigan Business and Professional Association and the Michigan Food and Beverage Association. And 61 percent of the respondents believe that their business' health will improve in the
LANSING - Saying it will boost wireless broadband access to residents in rural Michigan, the chairs of the Michigan legislative Agriculture Committees have signed off on a letter supporting the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. The Federal Communications Commission is currently reviewing the proposed merger. Farmers and residents of rural parts of the state have
LIVONIA - Technology Solutions has introduced to its customers a new product called Session Initiation Protocol that expands the limits of traditional telephony and enables many business owners to experience the benefits of sophisticated IP Telephony. The driving factor behind SIP is that the technology cuts many redundant costs associated with traditional telephony systems. Additionally,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Cyber Styletto is a new novella by a journalist, a writer, and a security expert who have pooled their talents to create an enthralling good read that is future forward and predictive. The facts are based on real vulnerabilities in the way the Internet is constructed. Recent cyber security attacks using sophisticated
STERLING HEIGHTS ? Detroit-based disposable dental supply company AVO Dental has retained Global Digital Advertising Agency AQABA Technologies for Web strategies that include developing the company a new E-Commerce Website with an emphasis on the brand. The business consists primarily of online sales of disposable supplies and therefore an online commerce site will be developed
LIVONIA - As manufacturers across Michigan respond rapidly to increasing production requests after having drastically scaled back their facilities in recent years, demand from clients is placing undue stress on line managers and supervisors. In response to this demand, Davenport University has recently been engaged with a consortium of Michigan manufacturers to provide a series
ANN ARBOR - Phimation Strategy Group, a management consulting, coaching and training firm, Monday launched a program in support of Gov. Rick Snyder?s economic gardening efforts.The program targets $50 million in impact and hundreds of new jobs over the next year among Michigan's Stage 2 small businesses. Stage 2 companies are those that have grown
ANN ARBOR - Past presenters have developed businesses that produced hands-free doggie toilets, ergonomic gardening tools and alcohol products - in the city of Temperance. This year's panelists at the New Enterprise Forum's annual Unusual Entrepreneurs program will tell tales of safe sex, bulging muscles and cheese. The program celebrates the wondrous diversity of entrepreneurial
LANSING - The U.S. Small Business Administration, State of Michigan Retirement Systems, The Dow Chemical Company and InvestAmerica have partnered to provide Michigan businesses with debt and equity funding through the $130 million InvestMichigan! Mezzanine Fund. The fund will invest in lower-middle-market Michigan companies over the next five years. The InvestMichigan! Program funds focus exclusively
DETROIT - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Compuware Corp., DTE Energy, Quicken Loans Inc. and Strategic Staffing Solutions Tuesday announced a five-year, more than $4 million Live Downtown initiative that will provide cash incentives to employees who choose to move to Downtown Detroit and live where they work and play. Live Downtown is a