Events/Announcements

Pure Michigan Welcomes Winter With $2.7 Million Ad Campaign

LANSING ?Pure Michigan's $2.7 million winter advertising campaign in the surrounding Great Lakes states will feature what to do on the white stuff that will be blanketing the state soon. Television, radio and billboard ads in key markets in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and that state south will start December 31 and run through the

By |2012-11-08T00:00:00-05:00November 8th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Plex, Actify Form Strategic Partnership Leveraging CAD For Manufacturers

TROY - Plex Systems and Actify Inc., a global leader in visual product knowledge solutions, announced a strategic partnership leveraging Computer Aided Design to service manufacturers. With the integration of Actify?s product knowledge solutions, Plex Online users can directly access 3D and 2D CAD data from within the Cloud ERP solution?without the application of CAD

By |2012-11-08T00:00:00-05:00November 8th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Democrats Take Big Prizes, But Republicans Notch Key Victories Too

LANSING - President Barack Obama delivered a staggering disappointment to Republicans in putting Michigan in the Democratic column for a sixth consecutive election as he rolled to a second term, but beneath Democratic wins at the top of the ticket, Michigan Republicans scored key triumphs elsewhere. Besides Michigan's 16 electoral votes, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow

By |2012-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

In Michigan, The People Do Decide: Proposals Trashed

LANSING - Voters looked at the dreams of unions, anti-tax activists, environmentalists and Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun on Tuesday's ballot and stomped them to smithereens. In a resounding victory for Governor Rick Snyder, Attorney General Bill Schuette, business interests, those wanting to retain flexibility to raise new revenue and backers of a new

By |2012-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Supreme Court: Republican Nominees Continue Control Of Court

LANSING - Republican-nominated justices will continue to have the majority on Michigan's Supreme Court as Justice Stephen Markman and Justice Brian Zahra were on the road to election, with Democrat nominated Bridget McCormack on the way to winning a seat on the state's highest bench. Should the results stay as they had through the night,

By |2012-11-07T00:00:00-05:00November 7th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Hennessey Capital Sells Assets To Hitachi Capital America

ROCHESTER ? Factoring company Hennessey Capital LLC said Monday that its assets have been purchased by Hitachi Capital America Corp., which provides financing to its portfolio companies as well as the U.S. commercial business sector. Terms were not announced. Hennessey spokeswoman Katie Mullin said the company?s headquarters in Rochester will remain open, and its 12

By |2012-11-06T00:00:00-05:00November 6th, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index Rebounds After Slump

DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index is showing improvement for the second consecutive month, further indication of a strengthening Michigan economy. The index value of 58.9 in October is a considerable improvement over the September PMI of 50.6. An index value greater than 50 generally indicates an expanding economy. The Southeast Michigan PMI

By |2012-11-02T00:00:00-04:00November 2nd, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|

ePrize Gamification Startup Gets $1 Million Investment From Detroit Venture Partners

DETROIT - An internal ePrize company that developed a gamification application for use with Salesforce.Com received a $1 million investment from Detroit Venture Partners and will be nurtured at the downtown Detroit incubator. LevelEleven?s flagship product is the sales gamification app, Contest Builder. First used at ePrize to motivate its own sales team, Contest Builder

By |2012-11-01T00:00:00-04:00November 1st, 2012|Archive, Events/Announcements|