Business

Businesses See Transformed Landscape Even After Vaccines

WASHINGTON DC - The coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath could transform the landscape for U.S. businesses.  With a larger remote workforce, expanded delivery options and lingering health fears likely to last long after the pandemic is under control, business owners and entrepreneurs are asking tough questions and bracing for an uncertain future. Businesses that pay

By |2020-12-20T15:58:16-05:00December 20th, 2020|Business|

Consumers Energy Supports Local Small Business With $500,000

JACKSON—Consumers Energy is helping Michigan’s local businesses this holiday season, providing $500,000 to support shopping in 55 local communities through a new gift card matching effort called “Our Town.” Consumers Energy is providing holiday shoppers with a dollar-for-dollar match for gift cards they buy through local Chambers of Commerce and downtown organizations, doubling the amount they can spend in downtowns across the

By |2020-12-11T19:15:58-05:00December 11th, 2020|Business, Featured|

Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative To Provide $10 Million Grants For COVID Recovery

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board has approved a $10 million grant program to help meet the urgent needs of small businesses disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 virus. The Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative will utilize federal CARES Act funding to award grants of up to $15,000 to more than 650 small businesses across Michigan.

By |2020-12-04T18:24:32-05:00December 4th, 2020|Business, Politics, Politics/Government|

Detroit’s Own Rachel Konrad Now PR Boss At Impossible Foods

ANN ARBOR - Former Free Press Auto Writer Rachel Konrad reflects on a 25-year communications career that has led her to run worldwide communications for Impossible Foods, the vegetable meat sustitute that Burger King sells as the Impossible Whopper nationwide. The Impossible Foods Mission Statement: We’ve been eating meat since we lived in caves. And

By |2020-11-19T19:23:31-05:00November 19th, 2020|Business, mitechtv|

AirBnB Class Action Lawsuit Update With Attorney Enrico Schaefer

ANN ARBOR - Traverse Legal Principal Enrico Schaefer updates the latest news on the class action lawsuit he has filed against AirBnb on behalf of hosts who allege they have been cheated out of deposit refunds triggered largely by reservation cancellations from the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/1eRrjVJeNTw   The Players: Airbnb, Inc., Airbnb Payments, Inc, and Airbnb Payments

By |2020-11-13T17:34:11-05:00November 13th, 2020|Business, mitechtv, News|

Kathleen Norton-Schock, Brian Wassom, Tech Legal Issues Update

ANN ARBOR - Diva Tech Talks' Kathleen Norton-Schock, and Warner Norcross + Judd's Brian Wassom discuss focusing on Social Media Channels, the law and the First Amendment. Brian also delves into hot issues that could result in litigation around newer technologies in the future. https://youtu.be/gRW7z7DxOIo Diva Tech Talk is a specialized communication channel highlighting women

By |2020-08-27T17:57:32-04:00August 27th, 2020|Business, mitechtv, Social Media|

West Michigan Industrial Economy Flips To Positive, But Manufacturers More Cautious

GRAND RAPIDS — The West Michigan industrial economy has flipped back to positive, but manufacturers are much more cautious,, local business leaders said in data collected during the last two weeks of February. The survey's index of business improvement (new orders) rebounded to +7 from -9. The production index edged up to +2 from -2. The

By |2020-03-16T08:38:56-04:00March 15th, 2020|Business|

New Study Reveals What Makes Girls and Women Enter – and Stay – In Technology

SOUTHFIELD - In its drive to make Michigan the No. 1 state for women in technology, the nonprofit Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation launched a multi-stakeholder research study to understand the state of girls and women in technology – what drives them, what challenges them and what makes them stay. The results provide

By |2020-03-16T09:22:07-04:00March 15th, 2020|Business, Entrepreneurs|