WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Aviation Administration is taking too long to approve commercial drone regulations, risking the US falling behind other countries in the burgeoning sector of unmanned aircraft, an Amazon executive told US lawmakers on Tuesday. Less than a week after Amazon was granted a special permit to test its Prime Air delivery
AUBURN HILLS - Startups and early-stage, growth-based businesses looking for funding need look no further than the Macomb-OU INCubator?s Capital Raise Meetups with Capital Strategist Mike Brennan. This seminar has seen over 300 attendees and is continuously growing, thus drawing the attention of Fifth Third Bank, the newest sponsor of the Capital Raise Meetups. ?Small
SOUTHFIELD - In 2013, Pixo Group?s co-founder and CEO, Sean Hurwitz, partnered with Sam Sesti to explore how to commoditize Pixo Group's three-dimensional technology, making that level of mobile engagement available to benefit a larger population. The result is Onu One, a fully-engineered, sales-catalog application under the new company Onu LLC. ?The app gives sales
LANSING - The Michigan Restaurant Association Educational Support Foundation will send the culinary team from Lenawee Intermediate School District TECH Center in Adrian and the management team from Plymouth-Canton Educational Park in Canton to compete in the 15th annual National ProStart Invitational in Anaheim, California. Both teams took first place in their respective disciplines at
LANSING - In moving the Strategic Fund to the new Department of Talent and Economic Development, Governor Rick Snyder also reconstituted the fund's board. The new members of the board: Shaun Wilson of Grosse Pointe Farms for a term expiring February 28, 2016; Jim Walsh of Ada for a term expiring February 28, 2017; Paul
LANSING - An environmental quality budget for 2015-16 that largely follows the recommendation of Governor Rick Snyder's recommendation was reported to the full Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. The DEQ Appropriations Subcommittee reported SB 121 on a 2-0 vote, with Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) abstaining. The budget totals $487.9 million, with $35.4 million in General
LANSING - The Michigan Early Stage Venture Investment Corporation would not be able to enter into any new agreement, and current venture funds would expire in 2030 rather than 2054 under bills reported by the House Commerce and Trade Committee on Tuesday. HB 4195 , HB 4196 and HB 4365 cleared the committee 17-2, with
LANSING - The Legislature began Tuesday to put its stamp on the 2015-16 fiscal year budget as 15 budget bills for departments and major budget areas cleared Appropriations subcommittees, and it became clear the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are moving in a much different direction than Governor Rick Snyder. The first, most
NEW YORK - Mobile ad spending continues to increase at the expense of desktop, taking more and more share of marketers? digital ad dollars, according to new figures from eMarketer. In 2015, mobile ad spending in the US will increase 50 percent, reaching $28.72 billion and accounting for 49 percent of all digital ad spending.
LANSING - Low-income households struggling to pay utility bills may be able to get assistance through an additional $22 million in Michigan Energy Assistance Program grants to eight of the organizations previously awarded funds for 2015, the Public Service Commission announced Monday. In mid-February, the Department of Human Services announced it would make available an