TROY ? Automation Alley's popular Business-To-Business Development Series Webinars resume in January and February with a focus on learning how to use webinars to educate your customers, and mobility solutions to keep you constantly connected to your business. Wednesday, January 14 B2B Business Development Series: Webinars, 4:30 ?6:30 p.m. at Automation Alley Headquarters, 2675 Bellingham,
DETROIT - During December, the Metro Detroit Purchasing Managers Index fell to its lowest level in 2008, as purchasing managers reported continued production cuts. "While we would like to think that December might be a low point in this cycle, that is probably not the case," said Walsh College Director of Doctoral Programs David Allardice.
RESTON, VA - Online Holiday shopping outperformed bricks and mortar shopping in several key categories, including Sport and Fitness. The study, from comScore, compared e-commerce data to overall (online and offline) consumer spending data published by MasterCard Advisors�?? SpendingPulse Unit for the period of Nov. 1 �?? Dec. 24 vs. year ago. SpendingPulse is an
SAGINAW - The Saginaw Future Inc. Procurement Technical Assistance Center assisted five area companies attain more than $4.3 million in government contracts in the third quarter of 2008. The companies won a total of 36 federal government contracts. The numerous products and services provided include specialized aerospace equipment, metal fabrication and pharmaceuticals. The federal government
TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications announced that TeamLogic IT of North Brunswick, New Jersey, has joined Appia's rapidly-growing nationwide network of partners. Appia provides managed IT and telecommunications services to small and midsize companies and organizations. "Appia's suite of services will provide a strong compliment to TeamLogic's offerings," said Jason Ulm, Appia's vice president of
SALINE - Creative services and marketing company DesignHub has developed a new website for the Multi-institutional Study of Leadership, a project of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs and Center for Student Studies. MSL is an annual national survey of leadership development among college students. It explores the role of higher education in developing leadership
LANSING - Because of major cuts the state will have to enact this year, the public will have to accept "a different form of government," Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) said in a newspaper interview. "I don't like to say we've got to cut, cut, cut. I never thought I'd be in government to
LANSING - Proposed rules to regulate the state's new medical marijuana law run counter to that law and are too onerous to be able to help individuals who need medicinal marijuana, witnesses told regulatory officials with the Department of Community Health at a public hearing on Monday. Dozens of witnesses blasted proposals calling for marijuana
DETROIT - Well, we knew they were going to bad and they were. Sales of new cars in the American market fell over 35 percent last month. The hardest hit automakers were Land Rover, Chrysler and Hyundai. The ones who suffered the least were Subaru, Audi and Volkswagen. According to Ward's the annualized sales rate
LANSING - The electric restructuring legislation passed this year in Michigan provided little for alternative electric providers and their customers to like. They predicted throughout the process that the bills as structured would mean substantially higher electric rates and little actual development of alternative energy. Legislators can expect to hear from them if those predictions