DETROIT - General Motors announced Tuesday it is opening an Information Technology Innovation Center in Warren and expects to hire up to 1,500 high-tech employees over the next several years to support the company's new approach to IT services. The GM Michigan Innovation Center is the second of four planned Innovation Centers in the United
LANSING - Voters overwhelmingly say they will consider each of the five constitutional amendments on the November ballot one by one and not simply reject them en masse, according to a poll commissioned by Gongwer News Service. Once five constitutional amendments were certified for the ballot, discussion began about whether voters might simply decide to
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder was joined by top Democratic and Republican officials on Tuesday to denounce the proposal that would require a two-thirds legislative majority vote or a statewide vote to increase taxes as merely a special interest initiative and that would hurt the state as a whole. "This is simply bad public policy.
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DETROIT - Forty-four percent of U.S. executives aim to tackle current IT challenges through leveraging cloud solutions, and they are planning to invest more in cloud computing in the future. That is the finding of an IDC survey commissioned by T-Systems. Corporations expect cloud computing to deliver lower IT costs (26 percent) and to enable
LANSING - After a week in which both partisans of President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew cheer, observers concur that Obama continues to hold the lead among voters in Michigan. And given the right circumstances, Michigan could return to the top of the heap of battleground states that are drawing the
ANN ARBOR - Your Intellectual Property Protection is critical to short and long term business success. It also will be the focus Oct. 9 of the MIT Enterprise Forum webcast called Intellectual Property Protection: It's more than an NDA. There are many new changes to IP laws that you should stay up on and you
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, was named an ?Elite? winner for employee enrichment, engagement and retention at the Metropolitan Detroit?s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For annual awards competition. This special award recognizes Plex Systems? innovative programs that create a positive and productive workplace.
GRAND RAPIDS ? Davenport University has hired Peg Luy as the University?s new Executive Vice President for Advancement. Luy currently serves as Vice President for Alumni and Development at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. She began her new job at Davenport Oct. 1. ?Peg brings considerable experience to Davenport University,? said Dr. Richard J. Pappas,
DETROIT ? Another sign that the Michigan economy is gaining steam ? the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for September gained five points from August, suggesting an expanding state economy. The September index was 50.6, up from 45.7 in August, after three declining months before. A PMI value of 50 or more generally suggests an