MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan and all states need to do seven things to be considered business-friendly, Michael Porter, a top business professor at Harvard, told the Detroit Regional Chamber Policy Conference. None of the seven items directly had to do with lowering taxes, and some should not have to cost the state any money, he
MACKINAC ISLAND - A nationally known educator who has developed a pioneering school in Harlem said the United States will destroy itself if it fails to take full notice of demographic trends and educate children to meet the challenges those trends will mean. Geoffrey Canada, president of Harlem Children's Zone, said that by 2040 the
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan's new budget has put the state in a better position fiscally than many other states, Budget Director John Nixon said, and after a decade of struggling with budgets Michigan now finds other states contacting it to see how it constructed its 2011-12 budget. Nixon, who will join Governor Rick Snyder in
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder has asked the Michigan Supreme Court for a wide-ranging advisory opinion on the constitutionality of taxing pensions from public sector jobs that will take place under the tax legislation he signed into law. Snyder's request, filed Tuesday, should short-circuit an expected attempt by public employees to file litigation against the
MACKINAC ISLAND - Nobody is quite ready to claim victory for a new international bridge in Detroit but supporters have expressed confidence that legislation authorizing the bridge will win passage, and legislators once solidly opposed to the project are taking a more open stance on the proposal. With getting a new bridge, called by Governor
TROY - Altair Engineering's staffing division, Altair ProductDesign, after doubling its onsite engineering specialists in the past 12 months, is looking to fill more than 1,000 open positions for skilled engineers and designers throughout the United States. Altair ProductDesign?s staffing business helps its customers to fulfil engineering and design resource requirements by accessing a qualified
TROY ? Automation Alley is rolling out a new member program it calls Morning Member Mingle networking series June 22 from 8 ? 10 a.m. at Greenblendz and ecoSTORE USA in Auburn Hills. Attendees will enjoy a light breakfast while networking with other Automation Alley members, followed by a tour of the Greenblendz manufacturing plant.
TROY - LMS North America has announced the final agenda for its LMS Americas Automotive Conference to be held at the Dearborn Hyatt Regency on June 14th and 15th. The conference will feature 30+ presentations including technology updates and customer application cases. These will be presented in 3 parallel tracks focusing on physical testing, virtual
WARREN - Social learning has become the latest application of social media functionality in the business world - the Next Big Thing. What exactly is social learning, whom is it appropriate for and how does it benefit organizations? When the phrase ?social learning? gets thrown around, what people are referring to is a learning environment
FARMINGTON HILLS - Manoj Bhargava, CEO of Living Essentials, maker of the popular 5-Hour Energy drink, is reportedly the money behind the new $100 million Stage 2 Innovations Fund announced last week. This report was published Wednesday by Crain?s Detroit. Stage 2 Innovations President Simon Boag had declined last week to tell MITechNews.Com Editor Mike