LANSING - The Senate's adjournment Tuesday until September 7 assured yet another budget would go into the last days of the fiscal year and now puts the government at risk of a third shutdown in four years unless Governor Jennifer Granholm and the Legislature can strike a deal before midnight October 1. There had been
DETROIT - Beginning this fall, undergraduate students at Wayne State University have the opportunity to study ventures engineering thanks to the approval August 4 by the WSU Board of Governors of a certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship. The new program takes advantage of three course offerings in the WSU School of Business Administration as well as
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Tuesday the award of federal stimulus funding to construct 1,270 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in the Northern Lower and Upper Peninsulas of Michigan. The fiber, which enables access to high-performance broadband, will benefit rural and underserved communities across 29 Michigan counties, helping students with their school work and businesses
DEARBORN ? SecureWorld Expo is coming back to greater Detroit on Oct. 6-7 at the Ford Conference Center. And once again, MITechNews.Com readers can take advantage of money saving discounts and earn CPE Certificate of Attendance credits. There are three great options to take advantage of our partnership with SecureWorld: 1. CONFERENCE PASS MiTechNews partners
ANN ARBOR - The Women's Exchange of Washtenaw is offering an exciting exchange session ? Mentors, The Business Makers ? on Sept. 16 at the Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti. The event is geared for both mentors and mentees. Women business leaders are mentored or provide mentoring at different points during their career journey.
TROY - Automation Alley and the office of Senator Debbie Stabenow will host U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke September 1 who will discuss the ways in which the government is partnering to promote trade and export opportunities. Locke will cover the federal resources and trade opportunities available for Michigan businesses. Agenda: 2:00 p.m. Registration
EAST LANSING - The passage of a recent four-year millage in Benzie County meant the difference between the life and death of the Benzie Conservation District, which can continue to deliver conservation programs critical to private landowners in their community. At 0.1 mill, it should generate about $108,000 in the first year. "We would have
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Bank of America announced Monday they will work together to advance inner city small business growth by supporting the Inner City Capital Connections program. ICIC, which educates investment-ready inner city companies about equity and other sources of growth capital and
SAN FRANCISCO - When I read the news Thursday that Intel is buying McAfee for $7.68 billion, I was stunned by its national security implications. Intel has had a cozy relationship with the Russian government and its Federal Security Service (FSB) since 2002 with its sponsorship of a laboratory on wireless technology at Nizhny Novgorod
PLEASANT RIDGE ? ePrize, the worldwide leader of interactive promotions, is hiring again. The company has already hired about a dozen people and still has opening for eight. Headquartered in Detroit, ePrize also has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. OPEN POSITIONS Team Lead, Engineering ? Detroit The ePrize Team Lead