LANSING - Businesses now are short of workers with the needed experience, but in the long run will find themselves short of workers with the right education as well, a report released Thursday by Business Leaders for Michigan said. The report, Business Leaders' Insights: Michigan's Workforce Strengths & Challenges, found that the state's current workforce
LANSING ? Transformers 4, expected to begin filming in metro Detroit this spring, has been approved for a $20 million film incentive from the Michigan Film Office. The fourth installment of the Hasbro Toy sequel opens soon after version three, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, where a great battle left a city torn ? but
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Economic Development Committee on Wednesday unanimously reported a package of bills modifying various regulations for the Michigan Strategic Fund and removing an approaching sunset on the 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund, which the Strategic Fund Board also oversees. The bills (SB 269 , SB 270 , SB 271 , SB
ALLEN PARK ? Former Cummins Executive Amit Soman has been named the new Chief Operating Officer for EcoMotors International, replacing former COO John Coletti, who retired earlier this year. During the past fourteen years at Cummins, the largest independent diesel engine maker in the world, Amit was general manager of Asia-Pacific Operations, based in Beijing,
LANSING ? Pure Michigan kicked off its $13 million summer advertising campaign Monday that will run through June and include five private sector partners - Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Mackinac Island, The Henry Ford and Traverse City ? as well as the launch of the Pure Michigan summer video series. The five national partners contributed
WASHINGTON DC - Computer security breaches are a certainty for energy companies, but the best responses to them are still unclear, warned a former intelligence director. Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, told executives attending the final day of the IHS CERAWeek energy conference in Houston that
DETROIT ? Hiring plans for the greater Detroit area in the second quarter are the second weakest in the nation, according to the quarterly Employment Outlook Survey from Manpower. But in Grand Rapids the hiring outlook is considerably more robust. From April to June, 10 percent of the companies interviewed in the Detroit metropolitan stistical
DETROIT - Detroit has become the only two-time winner on the top five list of fastest growing tech cities, says Dice.Com. Detroit was No. 5 on the list this year, with year-to-year growth of 10 percent in tech job listings. Detroit was No. 1 on the list in 2011. Back in 2011, Dice said Detroit
BEIJING - The U.S. and China both say they want to directly discuss the issue of cybersecurity, but the odds of an open discussion are slim at best. The Chinese government responded this week to a U.S. invitation to enter into a dialogue with the U.S. over acceptable behavior in cyberspace, Reuters reported. At a
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan maintains its ranking as the 12th top university in the world according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation rankings released March 4. In its third year, the 2013 Reputation Rankings are based on results from an invitation-only survey from 16,639 academics from almost 150 countries. U-M is