LANSING - Please make plans to attend an Infragard event next week that everyone should have interest in, though not too many really want to talk about. The event I thought it was your turn to watch the data: Issues and strategies in dealing with compromised information but if you want a quick sound bite
LANSING - Crashing into statistical territory not seen in better than two decades, Michigan's unemployment rate hit 10.6 percent in December, statistics released by the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth showed Wednesday. The increase means that at the end of 2008 an estimated 519,000 workers were out of a job. And the news
LANSING - Michigan's 15 public universities will continue efforts to train Michigan residents and provide them employment in Michigan, but they need more state funding to keep up those efforts, the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan said in an editorial Tuesday. Thomas Hass, president of Grand Valley State University and chair of the Presidents
TROY - Automation Alley is once again proud to host the Global Trade Mission with the Macomb Intermediate School District and Oakland Schools. The two-day event is an innovative business simulation program that prepares Southeast Michigan high school students for work in the global economy. With collaboration from business, education, and government, the GTM stands
WARRENDALE, Pa. - Developing alternative energy sources for the future is essential. One promising solution may be the fuel cell. SAE International's A World in Motion program will introduce on Jan. 21 this new activity at a GM/SAE press conference set for Education Day at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Dan Hancock,
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama was sworn in Tuesday as the 44th president under sunny skies and before an ocean of humanity, calling on the nation to put aside greed, irresponsibility and "our collective failure to make hard choices" - and turn back the "raging storms" of war and recession. In an ambitious, 20-minute address, Obama
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will be the focus Jan. 23 of Fourth Friday, a monthly technology networking event developed by The Right Place Program. The speaker will be Dante Villarreal, a Regional Director for the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center at Grand Valley State University. His
DETROIT - Hallelujah, Chrysler has been saved - again! Fiat is going to take a 35 percent equity position in Chrysler, even though it will not fork over any cash. Instead, Fiat is going to immediately give Chrysler full access to its platforms, powertrains, components and distribution system, and that alone could be worth billions.
BURLINGAME, Calif.- Fund-raising by U.S. venture capitalists plunged 71 percent in the fourth quarter, squeezed by the global economic recession and a decreasing appetite for risk by big, institutional investors. Venture capitalists-who take stakes in start-up companies, hoping to profit later when they go public or are sold-raised just $3.4 billion from investors in the
KALAMAZOO - About 45 healthcare leaders from Southwest Michigan and the State of Michigan met Jan. 8 to explore technology opportunities for a planned Southwest Michigan Health Information Exchange. Five IT equipment and service providers -- Axolotl, Covisint, eClinicalWorks, GE Healthcare and Medicity - showcased technology capable of linking healthcare providers throughout Berrien, Branch, Cass,