LIVONIA ? Join forward-thinking community of entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders from around the Great Lakes region to network, learn and connect at ACE'14 Jan. 30 at Burton Manor Conference Center. The program includes business experts, elevator pitches and Consultants' Corridor, which will have more than 130 sessions open to entrepreneurs on a first-come, first-served
DETROIT - AT&T has 139 new job openings throughout Michigan, 96 of them new positions, primarily focused on call center staffing, retail opportunities and technicians. ?AT&T continues to expand its customer base in Michigan and invest in our network to ensure we are providing the high level of service customers have come to expect,? said
LAS VEGAS - Aereo, an over-the-air provider of TV channels through the Internet's cloud, Wednesday announced that it has closed a $34 million Series C round of financing. Aereo launched in Detroit in November. Aereo, in a press release, said the new round of financing will support its rapid nationwide expansion and increase its investment
DETROIT - Compuware announced it will sell three of its business units representing roughly 25 percent of its total revenues in a $160 million deal with Marline Equity Partners of Los Angeles. The transaction is expected to close later this month. The businesses are Changepoint, Uniface, and Compuware?s professional services organization. Altogether they employ about
LAS VEGAS - Google has launched a partnership with General Motors, Audi, Honda, and Hyundai, as well as with chipmaker Nvidia, to bring the Android operating system to vehicles in 2014. The group, called the Open Auto Alliance, aims to marry Android's widespread use and app support with openness and customization, according to the group's
DETROIT - SAE Detroit Section and MIT Enterprise Forum of the Great Lakes will host the 6th Annual Automotive Innovation Competition that seeks to shortcut the arduous filtering process in large organizations to bring new innovations to the industry in a time of tremendous change. Applications are due by Jan. 15. APPLICATION GUIDELINES Qualifying entries
LANSING - The rate of underutilized labor in Michigan, which includes the unemployed as well as the underemployed, improved at a faster rate in 2013 than a similar rate did nationally, a state report said. But the state rate of those not working and working part-time is still significantly higher than the national rate. The
LANSING - The Michigan House Fiscal Agency announced on Tuesday its revenue estimates for the state through 2016, projecting net revenue in the School Aid and General Fund in the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year to show an increase of $429.9 million from what was projected in May. The HFA also revised upward its estimate for the
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for December is 50.6, down from 58.3 in November indicating a slow-down in economic expansion. This brings the three-month average down to 57.3. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. ?The PMI dropped in December primarily due to a decrease in new orders and production
SAN FRANCISCO - The publicity-minded Syrian Electronic Army on Wednesday targeted the public faces of Skype, posting antisurveillance messages to the video-chat service's blog and to its Twitter and Facebook accounts. On Skype's Twitter account, for instance, this message appeared: "Stop spying on people! via Syrian Electronic Army." That tweet, noted quickly by The Next