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Podcast 1508: The Red Dwarf, Crowd Funding, Saving The Freighthouse

DETROIT - Saving a Michigan Landmark: The Ypsilanti Freighthouse; Visual Compass the power behind the Internet Advisor home page; Nain Rouge,The Red Dwarf: Great Lakes ComicCon; Joe Bastian is a folkteller who launched a KickStarter campaign to raise $18,000 to produce the first novels in the Nain Rouge trilogy. To listen, click on InternetAdvisor.Net

By |2015-02-26T00:00:00-05:00February 26th, 2015|Archive, Internet Advisor|

Michigan House Panel Readying Film Incentive Cuts

LANSING - Jobs from the film industry may be part-time, but wages generally surpass the average salary and provide benefits for many workers in the state, supporters of the $50 million film incentives told the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday, but opponents said the lack of permanent jobs shows the program isn't working

By |2015-02-26T00:00:00-05:00February 26th, 2015|Archive, Politics/Government|

LARA Fee Increases Expect To Fund IT Upgrades

LANSING - While many of the state's license fees, especially for alcohol permits, may no longer be considered sustainable revenue streams for their respective programs and so need to be increased, a portion of those increases also is expected to pay for IT upgrades, an official with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said

By |2015-02-26T00:00:00-05:00February 26th, 2015|Archive, Politics/Government|

MITechNews.Com Wins Corp! Magazine DiSciTech Award

PLYMOUTH ? MITechNews.Com was one of dozens of Michigan companies to win the Corp! Magazine DiTechSci Awards announced Thursday at Schoolcraft College. MITechNews.Com was one of 15 companies named in the Digital category. Nearly two score more companies were given awards in the Science and Technology categories. ?We?re thrilled to win such a prestigious award

By |2015-02-26T00:00:00-05:00February 26th, 2015|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Global Automotive Innovation Challenge Offers $200,000 In Prizes

SOUTHFIELD - Do you know someone with a great innovation that could help the Automotive Industry? Can be students, professors, independent inventors, or big/small companies in Michigan or anywhere in the world. Must be a new innovation with high potential to help the automotive industry with simple online application process. All applicants will get feedback

By |2015-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2015|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Kors Engineering Unveils Mach2

WATERFORD - Kors Engineering has launched Mach2, a technology solution for manufacturers seeking to improve machine operations and help meet specified production requirements to become a qualified contributor to OEM supply chains. Mach2 replaces Kors Engineering?s PleXML tool which has been deployed in more than 70 manufacturing facilities using the Plex cloud ERP solution. The

By |2015-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2015|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Miller Lite Tap The Future Offers 5 Local Entrepreneurs $20,000 Purse

DETROIT ? The Miller Lite Tap the Future Business Competition will pit five local entrepreneurs against each other for a cash purse of $20,000 and the chance to compete in Chicago against other regional winners for the $200,000 grand prize. The deadline is April 10. Daymond John of ABC?s Shark Tank, pus Brooklyn-based WeDid.It founders

By |2015-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|