LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder unveiled Tuesday the first piece of his much anticipated energy agenda in saying he will create a new agency that would combine the Public Service Commission with economic development and environmental elements. Snyder will deliver his full energy proposal in March, coming in advance of the state's main energy law,
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is seeking up to three interns to support key projects and initiatives in early 2015. All interns are paid, either by hourly wage or by stipend. The Solid Waste & Recycling Research Intern will work with WMSBF member companies and contractors on projects to promote recycling and
LANSING - Michigan's economy is continuing to grow and rebound from the Great Recession, George Fulton, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan said Friday, noting that by 2017 the state should gain 531,200 jobs from the 858,400 lost during the previous decade. That constitutes 62 percent of the
LANSING - Michigan Retailers celebrated Thursday as Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation designed to require companies selling goods online to Michigan residents to charge the state's 6 percent sales tax. Retailers have long sought the bills in response to companies like Amazon not charging Michigan sales tax and dubbed the legislation "Main Street Fairness," contending
SOUTHFIELD ? Oakland County will host its first tech248 networking event January 20 at Blue Water Technologies in Southfield, kicking off a new partnership with MITechNews.Com. Tech248, the brainchild of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, will use MITechNews.Com, and its media partners, to tell the tech stories of thousands of tech entrepreneurs and companies
DETROIT - With the North American International Auto Show in full swing and a new year upon us, Inforum hosted its 13th annual AutomotiveNEXT Breakfast at the GM Renaissance Center. Professionals supporting the growth of female talent in the auto industry packed the room to hear keynote Werner Struth from Bosch as well as others
ANN ARBOR - Ten promising entrepreneurs have been chosen as ACE Challenge finalists from a broad range of applicants and each will give three-minute presentations to showcase their ventures during the evening program on January 29. With eight hundred attendees expected at ACE?15, the ACE Challenge guarantees the finalists a high visibility opportunity to present
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan announced Thursday a $20 million gift to the Ross School of Business from Stephen W. and Karen Sanger to create the Sanger Leadership Center to expand U-M?s successful leadership development programming and empower more students to become leaders who make a positive difference in the world. The Sanger
ROYAL OAK ? ITINTheD.Com?s first casual networking event of 2015 will take place this Thursday , January 15th, back at the Internet radio program?s home base, the back room of the Blackfinn in Royal Oak. 5pm start time, no cover charge to get in, no sales pitches, no agendas, no nonsense. Just good, solid opportunities
ANN ARBOR - A new software system developed at the University of Michigan uses video game technology to help solve one of the most daunting hurdles facing self-driving and automated cars -the high cost of the laser scanners they use to determine their location. Ryan Wolcott, a U-M doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering,