LIVONIA ? Six finalists have been selected for the ACE Elevator Pitch Competition, which will be held Jan. 30 at Burton Manor. Finalists come from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, East Lansing and Farmington Hills. ACE ?14 anticipates attendance of over 1000 that are a virtual Who's Who of the Michigan Entrepreneurial scene including
AUBURN HILLS - Fiat and Chrysler paid $4.35 billion to buy 41.5 percent of Chrysler?s shares that had been owned by the UAW Retiree Benefits Trust, shoring up the trust, which provides medical benefits to 117,000 UAW-represented Chrysler retirees and their dependents. The combined companies comprise the seventh largest global automaker in the world. But
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index decreased slightly in November, down 0.2 percentage point to a level of 131.4. November's reading is 59 points, or 82 percent, above the index cyclical low of 72.1. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for 2011. October?s index reading
WASHINGTON DC ? The HealthCare.Gov web site may face further problems from hackers taking advantage of its many security holes. At least that's the consensus of a group of security professionals who have analyzed the site, CNET News.Com reported. David Kennedy, who is CEO of computer security consulting firm TrustedSec and who is testifying before
GRAND RAPIDS - The boards of Michigan's two largest health information exchanges approved a letter of intent to merge operations, which will help a majority of Michigan hospitals and health care providers exchange patient records. The due diligence process is expected to be completed by March 31. The merger of East Lansing-based Great Lakes Health
DETROIT - With the global economy on a rubber band for the past couple of decades, automakers circled the wagons, taking a conservative approach to their model lineups. But at the 2014 Detroit auto show, it looks like we can have fun things once again. Toyota, that hallmark of sensible cars, showed off an exciting
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made his case for another four years as governor in his fourth State of the State address as he described Michigan as on the upswing thanks to the policies and initiatives of his administration while affirming he supports dedicating some of the state's surplus to tax relief for "hard-working folk."
ANN ARBOR - Investment banker, technology security expert and philanthropist Peter Bloom will draw on his years of experience on Wall Street, high tech industry, and social entrepreneurship in his keynote address to ACE '14, the Fourteenth Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship event to be held January 30 at Burton Manor in Livonia. Bloom?s extensive resume
DETROIT - Smartphones from the top two manufacturers made up 68 percent of the US market, according to a recent study from NPD Group. Apple's iPhone franchise made the larger gain, rising to 42 percent in the fourth quarter, or seven percentage points higher than the year-earlier period. Samsung's share rose to 26 percent in
DETROIT ? David Behen, Michigan's Chief Information Officer, will appear live Saturday at 3 pm on the Internet Advisor on WJR 760 AM. The show also will feature Damien Rocchi, the CEO of Grand Circus, an IT training, co-working and events company in downtown Detroit. As well as Mike Brooks from the ACE Planning Committee.