LANSING - The Department of Education announced Friday that the Genesee Intermediate School District won the $5 million grant to run a pilot program providing technology services to at least five schools, not the company run by Budget Director John Nixon's brother. iSchool Campus had pitched the idea to the Legislature of placing some funding
DETROIT ? NextUP, a specialized leadership development program for high-potential women early in their careers, will be offered in both Southeast and West Michigan in February 2013 by the Inforum Center for Leadership. Applications due December 6. The program is designed to help women overcome traditional roadblocks and achieve early and enduring success in a
WASHINGTON DC ? Of the 60,000 new jobs create in the tech industry in the United States this year, some 60 percent of the positions went to women, reported job site Dice.Com. "Companies have been focusing on getting more women into technology for a long time," Shravan Goli, said president of Dice. "This year those
ANN ARBOR- Steady job growth over the next two years will bring Michigan back to job levels posted just prior to the 2008-09 Great Recession and nearly halfway back to mid-2000 levels, say University of Michigan economists. In their annual November forecast of the Michigan economy, George Fulton and colleagues Joan Crary and Donald Grimes
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. economy will continue its steady climb upward over the next two years, say economists at the University of Michigan in a report released Thursday. "Washington inflicted quite a bit of short-term damage to the U.S. economy in 2013," said Daniil Manaenkov of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics in the
LANSING - What does almost $10 million in tax incentives buy the Michigan Strategic Fund through the Michigan Business Development Program? More than $100.7 million in investments by four companies and upwards of 695 jobs down the road. ?These new investments across Michigan will strengthen our communities and fuel more and better jobs for our
ROCHESTER - Chrysler Group will host the Michigan Council of Women in Technology?s eighth annual black-tie Signature Gala on Nov. 23. Event proceeds will benefit the MCWT Foundation, an organization dedicated to inspiring and supporting women entering and staying in information technology careers. ?At Chrysler, we believe it is our diversity of talents and perspectives
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels Wednesday announced its fifth funding commitment of 2013, investing in Ambiq Micro, a leader in ultra-low power integrated circuits. Grand Angels invested alongside venture capital firms Austin Ventures, ARM, Mercury Fund, Huron River Ventures and other investors in the $10 million Series B funding round. How much Grand Angels invested
LANSING - Michigan stands to create or sustain 119,300 jobs each year throughout the economy if investments to repair infrastructure across the state are made, a report released Wednesday through the BlueGreen Alliance has found. The report analyzes various sectors of infrastructure, including: roads and bridges, rail, transit, waste water, drinking water, electricity, natural gas
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions has opened its fifth office in Europe and 27th office globally ? in Edinburgh, Scotland. The new office is located at 9-10 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH2 2AF. It is part of the European network run by S3?s partner in the UK, Gibbs S3, and will initially serve one