DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index climbed to 64.5 in March, improving upon February?s finish of 56.0. The three month PMI average remains essentially unchanged at 56.9. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. ?The March survey showed a powerful surge in economic activity,? said Nitin Paranjpe, a supply chain faculty
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has not done enough to ensure only appropriate access to the various Oracle databases it oversees, auditors said in a report. The performance audit of Statewide Oracle Database Controls by Auditor General Doug Ringler, for the period October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014, found
LANSING ? If you want a crack at rebuilding the official Travel Michigan website, the state has issued a Request For Proposals. The deadline is April 27. The RFP came from the Michigan Strategic Fund and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Monday. ?Michigan.org is one of the nation?s premier travel and tourism websites. Through this
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting its second annual A2 Tech Connect job fair on April 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. This free event will be held at the Kensington Court in Ann Arbor. A2 Tech Connect will give job seekers a chance to learn about open IT jobs ranging from internships
ANN ARBOR - In a torpedo-shaped one-seater powered by a lawnmower engine, a team of University of Michigan students is aiming for a fuel economy of thousands of miles to the gallon. The U-M Supermileage Team will compete in the Shell Eco-marathon, held for the first time in Detroit starting April 9. The contest, which
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on corporate water stewardship and community solar at its April 13 membership meeting at Grand Rapids Public Library. Through a series of field tests, a Council of Great Lakes Industries project team has demonstrated that water stewardship tools can be valuable to industries
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan colleges are collaborating in mid-April at the second annual MWest Challenge to give entrepreneurially minded students the chance to grow new ventures based on their own ideas. A purse of $30,000 is on the line. MWest Challenge is hosted by the Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and
ANN ARBOR ? The second of what is becoming an annual MakerFest will be held on April 2 at the University of Michigan where students and other interested parties can interact with creative entrepreneurs who have become part of the Makers Movement. The Maker Movement features entrepreneurs with an interest in engineering-oriented pursuits such as
LIVONIA - Join Michael Seals, FishNet Security's Strategic Services Director for Managed Security Services, in this vendor-neutral discussion of the typical lifecycle for Log Management and SIEM solutions in Mid-Market organizations. The April 16 event is hosted by ISSA Motor City Chapter. Follow the signage upon entering the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.
ANN ARBOR ? Esperion Therapeutics raised another $189.9 million in a stock offering Tuesday afternoon and investors unloaded shares Wednesday to take profits driving the share price down by 15 percent at the closing bell. Considering that Esperion?s year-to-date return is a whopping 154 percent, at a time when the broader biotech industry retreats, it?s