DETROIT - The Detroit Free Press reports General Motors is investing more than $2 billion to update 17 plants, creating some 4,200 new jobs. As many as 2,000 new jobs could go to its Hamtramck plant where GM builds the Chevy Volt, Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS. Both the Caddy and Buick are expected to
SALINE - Latitude Learning has won a Brandon Hall bronze award for technology excellence in the Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for External Training category. The awards are presented by the Brandon Hall Group. ?We are delighted to be named bronze award winner in by Brandon Hall Group?s Best Advance in Learning Management Technology
FLINT ? Kettering University received a one-year, $2 million grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation that will benefit the school's scholarship, community outreach and educational programs. The Foundation's support for Kettering has totaled $27 million since 1983. The grant is Kettering?s largest donation this year and one of the largest in recent history. The
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Monday announced the appointment of Edwin J. Gillis, who has held senior level positions at Skype and Avaya, to its board of directors. Gillis joins the five-member Board and will head the newly formed audit committee. ?We are excited to welcome Ed to our Board,? said Mark Symonds, chief executive
ANN ARBOR - MichBio is launching a new biopartnering service as a benefit to our members. Many companies, especially emerging ones, don't have the resources to attend every licensing/business development and partnering meeting. So we've teamed up with our Preferred Provider, Pharmacision, to launch a FREE biopartnering service to our member companies for the BIO
SOUTHFIELD ? TiE Detroit May 23 meeting will feature a keynote from former Detroit Redwing Doug Brown who will discuss leadership in all aspects of the word. The meeting will take place at 6 pm at the Southfield Marriott in the Charlavoix Room. So what makes a great leader? The general notion about entrepreneurship is
WARREN - On Dec. 14, 2010, Property Assessed Clean Energy Bond legislation was signed into law by then Gov. Jennifer Granholm. PACE bonds are a municipal bond where the proceeds are lent to commercial property owners to finance energy efficiency measures and renewable energy systems. The owners of these energy retrofits subsequently repay their loans
SOUTHFIELD - In announcing his budget for the state, Governor Rick Snyder called for shared sacrifice on the part of state and local government to help bridge a $2 billion budget gap. But sharing doesn't have to be about sacrificing, particularly when what are being shared are services among government entities. That?s the message that
DETROIT - The Michigan Area Health Education Center program, established to recruit, train and retain a diverse health care workforce in the state, has received a $750,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation in support of its efforts. The Wayne State University School of Medicine and College of Nursing received an initial federal grant in fall
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville sent the critical tax overhaul legislation to the Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee where a considerable challenge awaits to get the votes needed to move the legislation to the Senate floor. Richardville (R-Monroe) could always have the bills discharged from the committee to the full Senate if