LANSING - The Michigan House and Senate majority and minority leaders met for a Legislative Quadrant meeting Thursday with Lt. Governor Brian Calleyto discuss a road funding agreement, but neither side nor chamber indicated that they were anywhere near an agreement. "The majority leader is having regular communication with Speaker Cotter and Minority Leader Ananich," Amber
MILFORD - It looked like a giant oblong egg rolling rapidly down the test track at the General Motor Milford Proving Grounds on Aug. 24. But it actually was a recumbent speedbike, from team AeroVelo, performing aerodynamic tests in partnership with GMC in preparation for the Human-Powered Speed Challenge next month. The speedbike, called Eta,
YPSILANTI - Marine Major Mark Hamilton has flown the C-130 Hercules, dubbed Fat Albert, for the Blue Angels Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron since September 2014. He says travelling around the United States, meeting people at airshows and hearing their stories is one of the best things about his job. The 15-year Maine Corps veteran, who
HOLLAND - Holland Board of Public Works has been awarded the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Neighborhood Environmental Partners Program Award for its commitment to environmental community outreach. The NEP program recognizes community-based projects and the partners who make them possible, including local units of government, non-profits, and others who work together to
STAMFORD, Conn. - In the second quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 8 percent year over year, while revenue increased 7.2 percent from the second quarter of 2014, Gartner reported Tuesday. "The second quarter year-over-year growth for 2015 slowed compared with the annual growth of the first quarter of the year," said Jeffrey
GRAND RAPIDS - CIOReview has chosen The KR Group for its 20 Most Promising Cisco Solution Providers 2015. The KR Group offers multiple communication services leveraging the Cisco ecosystem; including unified communications, virtualization, disaster recovery, data center and managed communication. The annual list of companies is selected by a panel of experts and members
ANN ARBOR - On Wednesday, LLamasoft, announced partnerships with three supply chain companies to provide increasingly detailed data to its modeling customers. Transplace, a 3PL and supply chain technology company and long-term LLamasoft partner, increased engagement with LLamasoft customers by providing intra-Mexico benchmark truckload rate data. This highly sought-after data complements the data already available
ATLANTA - In a survey, iPhone 6s consumers were most excited about the rumored new 12-megapixel camera (32 percent), followed by a more durable frame and faster A9 Processor (20 percent). The survey, done by Protect Your Bubble, queried more than 625 people across the country and took the pulse of a variety of topics
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index grew in June, increasing 1.9 percentage points or 71 percent, above the index cyclical low of 74. The index, now at 126.8, averaged 117.4 points for all of 2014, three and one-third points above the index average for 2013. May's index reading was 124.9. "Our Michigan
MIDLAND - Join Chris Moultrup, Program Directorat MidMichigan Innovation Center and experienced entrepreneur,as he hostsa Business Model Canvasworkshop Sept. 1. At this HANDS-ON workshop, participants will use a strategizing tool among entrepreneurs that will help you understand how to successfully operate your business by learning the following nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas.