DETROIT ? One-quarter of Michigan employers expect to hire new employees during the third quarter of 2013, lead by the 28 percent of employers in the Grand Rapids metropolitan statistical area. Statewide, from July to September, 24 percent of the companies interviewed plan to hire more employees, while a mere 4 percent expect to reduce
LANSING - Liquid Web's Incubator Program has announced an international partnership with Next Step, an Australian search engine. Next Place is an Australian startup with real estate as its primary target in the vertical search space. With a sizeable database and intensive geo-spatial search queries with Draw My Search, finding assistance that could also deliver
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation have issued a Request for Proposals to fulfill consumer requests for travel information, including data entry services related to those requests. ?With the Pure Michigan Official State Travel Guide being extended to three publications annually and visitor interest in Michigan growing, it is
GRAND RAPIDS - In a tale of two economies, the West Michigan industrial economy is on the rise, while the national economy remains flat, so says a monthly survey compiled by Brian G. Long, director of supply management research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. Long said the survey results
HOLLAND - A willingness to work with a military contractor on product development and to add in-house capabilities helped a Holland-based medical device manufacturer secure a three-year deal to supply bandages to the U.S. Army. KI Medical Device Manufacturing L3C is an atypical manufacturing company in West Michigan. For one, the company, founded in 2009,
KALAMAZOO - Smartphones are everywhere these days and only becoming more popular. LKF Marketing Inc. saw the explosion of mobile communication devices coming two years ago and began updating its proprietary content management system to develop websites that would display properly on smartphones and tablet computers. ?We put a year into developing a responsive mechanism
LANSING - Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac and Saginaw will share in $100 million in federal funds to demolish blighted buildings, officials announced Thursday. The funds will flow from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority's Step Forward Michigan program. "This will be a major expansion of an ongoing
DETROIT - Wayne State University's Board of Governors voted unanimously Wednesday to elect Doctor M. Roy Wilson as the University's 12th President, effective August 1. Wilson will succeed Allan Gilmour, who has agreed to serve as president until Wilson takes office. Gilmour joined the university as interim president in August 2010 and was elected president
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan economy experienced accelerated growth according to the May Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index. The May index value is 61.2 representing a sharp rise from the April index of 55.3. Southeast Michigan PMI values have remained above 50 for 37 of the past 39 months. A PMI value above 50 generally
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget was named as a recipient of the 2013 CIO 100 award by CIO magazine. The annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. ?Being recognized as a CIO 100 award winner is