DETROIT - Strategic Staffing Solutions, a global IT and business services company, has opened an office in Riga, Latvia, to service its customers in the region and expand its growth in Europe. ?Our customers have asked us to expand our capabilities in Eastern Europe and Latvia is a perfect place for S3 to grow in
GRAND RAPIDS ? If you'd like to hear the 5-minute MITechNews Updates that are available each Saturday on WJR 760 AM's Internet Advisor, the updates are now available as audio podcasts on demand. The podcasts will soon become part of a co-branded Weekly eNewsletter with the Internet Advisor that will also feature links to the
GRAND RAPIDS - A partnership between the Michigan Public Safety Communications System and the city of Grand Rapids is improving critical public safety communications for agencies and first responders in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. MPSCS and the city are co-locating equipment and sharing tower space, improving emergency communications near the US-131 S-curve and in
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity in May increased 3 percent from April, and some 74 percent higher than the cyclical low during the recent recession ? another sign that the Michigan economy continues its upward trend. In May, the index was 125.2, compared with April?s index reading of 122.2. The index averaged 114
LANSING ? David Behen, Michigan government's chief information officer, was told by his 21st Century Advisory Board more than a year ago that Michigan needed to develop a contest for developers to write mobile application code to spur the nascent industry in Michigan. This week the state's first Code Michigan event was announced. In October,
DETROIT - As part of the city of Detroit?s Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition filing, Governor Rick Snyder in a four-page letter outlines his reasons for allowing the city to do so, saying it is the only ?reasonable way? to address the city?s insolvency. ?I have reached the conclusion that this step is necessary after a
LANSING - A study funded by the Marketplace Fairness Coalition suggests passing legislation closing the loopholes that currently allow Internet retailers not to charge the state's 6 percent sales tax would create a larger base and create the potential for reduce tax rates. The study shows the state could increase jobs by 44,000 and gross
LANSING - All of the state's universities show a gap in six-year graduation rates between white students and minorities, some of them significant, a report released Wednesday by the Education Trust showed. The report, which looked at higher education institutions across the country based on data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for 2011,
LANSING - As the Michigan House Education subcommittee begins hearings on the Common Core State Standards, one business group is pushing its members to reach out to legislators and others on the importance of maintaining the standards. Business Leaders for Michigan sent an email Tuesday touting the standards as an economic development tool. "As a
DETROIT ? In a filing disclosed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Compuware and a New York investment fund have extended a standstill agreement between them to Sept. 15. New York based Elliot Management and its subsidiaries said the agreement was to have expired Monday, but the parties agreed Friday to extend it