LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced today the feature film Parts Per Billion has been approved for a film incentive from the state. The film tells the interwoven stories of three couples forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. The project will shoot in metro Detroit this December.
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index declined in September, dropping 3.3 points, to a level of 103.3. The good news is the September index reading is 43 points, or 72 percent, above the index cyclical low of 59.9. The index has averaged 104 points thus far in 2012, 13 points above the index
LANSING - The gap between the state's poorest households and richest has again increased, a national study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute shows, and Michigan residents have generally fared worse than higher-income households since the late 1970s. While incomes for the richest fifth of households grew nearly
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder on Friday took action on complying with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by declaring that he had filed a grant application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate on a state-federal partnership exchange, but left just enough bait for the House to possibly
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. economy has recaptured about half of the some 9 million jobs lost during the depth of the Great Recession, economists at the University of Michigan said Thursday, and if the economy continues at its admittedly sluggish pace, it should recapture almost all the remaining jobs by the end of 2014.
DETROIT - Algal Scientific Corp., creator of an algae-based technology for animal food supplements, won the top prize of $500,000 at the third annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, part of $1 million in prizes handed out Thursday night. Algal Scientific survived three days of pitches and presentations by 50 early stage companies as well as
ANN ARBOR - Michigan's residents should continue to see modest but steady economic growth over the next two years that will lead to job growth, lower unemployment rates, a larger automotive market and modestly improved state finances, an economist forecast on Friday. Still, even with two additional years of growth, Michigan will be a long
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group announced that its internal review team has narrowed 52 nonprofit applicants to 20 semi-finalists in the first stage of CompassionIT, a philanthropic initiative that will provide $30,000 in free technology equipment and Trivalent Group services to a Michigan nonprofit. The five finalists will be announced on Dec. 3 with a final
DETROIT ? Chrysler plans to hire 1,250 workers and invest $240 million at three Michigan factories so it can increase production of its engines and pickups. ?Today is another important milestone in living up to the commitment we made more than three and a half years ago to our employees, this city, this region and
ANN ARBOR ? The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences plans to spend $2 million to create an innovation center to accelerate manufacturing in Michigan. The center will be built in General Electric Co.?s Van Buren Township campus. It will provide digital modeling and simulation tools for smaller manufacturers in Southeast Michigan thorugh a $1 million