LANSING ? You know when we told you last week that you had to get your nominations in by Nov. 7 for the 2015 Small Business Innovation Awards and the Michigan Celebrates Small Business? Well, the deadline has been extended to this Friday, Nov. 14. So there?s still time to nominate your favorite company, even
DETROIT ? John Bailey, founder of John Bailey & Associates Public Relations, has come out of retirement to join Truscott Rossman as its first business strategist. Bailey sold his PR firm to Lambert, Edwards & Associates, a West Michigan public and investor relations agency, in Aug. 2009. Bailey, a member of the Public Relations Society
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers have a new way to break into Apple mobile devices using Web pages, text messages and emails to fool users into downloading fake apps that can leak their information, according to a new report from cybersecurity company FireEye. There's no evidence hackers have started doing this in the US, but FireEye
WASHINGTON DC - President Obama came out strongly Monday for the concept of net neutrality, saying that "an open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life." In a written statement, Obama asked the Federal Communications Commission to "create a new set of rules protecting net neutrality," and
BEIJING - The U.S. and China reached an agreement to drop tariffs on a wide range of technology products, according to a senior U.S. trade official, in a deal that its backers say could cover $1 trillion in trade. The U.S. has been pushing to include medical devices, advanced semiconductors and other items in the
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Thursday said he is hopeful that people will work together and set a good tone for the next term that he will not be a part of, and that could start with a vote on a comprehensive solution to funding the state's $1 billion-plus problem with infrastructure
DETROIT ? Billionaire Dan Gilbert to Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson: ?Get your facts correct.? Gilbert was called out on Wednesday by Patterson who launched a new Oakland County technology networking group called Tech248. The number 248 is the area code for Oakland County. Patterson, speaking to an audience of more than 100 techies
LANSING ? The deadline to apply for the 2015 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Awards is Friday Nov. 7 at 5 pm. But you don?t have to have the paperwork done until December. This year?s theme is Unleashing Innovation and Growth: Michigan Entrepreneurs, focusing on companies that are innovative in their fields or practices and
LANSING - Democrats had talked big in the week leading up to Election Day about how a superior turnout effort, an energized Democratic base and voter anger with Republican Governor Rick Snyder would propel Democrat Mark Schauer to the governorship, but none of those predictions came to pass as voters handed Snyder a second term
BIRMINGHAM - Any serious angel investor must be serious about the due diligence process. This is how private equity is evaluated. It drives the deal. On Nov. 12, the Great Lakes Angels and Blue Water Angels will host a joint training session to provide the in?s and out?s of due diligence through best practices. The