WARREN - The Michigan Food and Beverage Association and its sister organization, the Michigan Business and Professional Association praised Governor Rick Snyder?s announcement Monday introducing a comprehensive statewide recycling plan. The governor, together with Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, said the state is setting out to double the recycling rate ? now
DETROIT - In today's global economy, businesses have a virtually unlimited number of choices where to locate or expand to grow jobs. The places that will win the battle for those jobs are those that provide the most value relative to their costs. In Michigan, we've made tremendous strides to compete on costs, but we
LANSING - Even before this past winter, one-third of Michigan?s state highways and major county and local roads were rated in poor condition, according to a study that will be presented to the state legislature in May. Forty-eight percent were rated fair, and only 19 percent were deemed in good condition. Since 2004, the percentage
DETROIT - New annual reporting obligations under the Affordable Care Act go into effect for 2015. Although the new reporting won?t actually begin until early 2016, your organization will need to look at (and if necessary, modify) its payroll system in 2014 to ensure that it will be capturing the required information throughout 2015. Information
DETROIT - A National Labor Relations Board ruling that scholarship football players at Northwestern University are ?employees? who may unionize could transform college sports and create an entirely new landscape of labor and funding challenges for school administrators. NLRB Regional Director Peter Sung Ohr said the 85 Northwestern football players who receive grant-in-aid scholarships met
DETROIT - Attorneys and clients seeking the appointment of a receiver often face the dilemma of uncertainty. The process can be riddled with questions: Will the court appoint the requested receiver? If not, will the court appoint a receiver with knowledge of, let alone specialization in, the subject matter of the receivership? Will the court
TROY - On March 13, more than 250 business and technology professionals from across the Midwest came together for the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit. The event, hosted by WIT, gave attendees the opportunity to learn about proven best practices, discover the latest innovative solutions, and network with top technology
GRAND RAPIDS - Being merely competitive doesn?t win the race. Grow your business with a compelling customer-focused value proposition! What is your technology worth? Being merely competitive doesn?t cut it. You need a compelling value proposition! A recent technology column listed several new consumer electronics devices coming to market. I?m a gear-guy and a sucker
DETROIT - If you know NextEnergy, you know our core mission is to drive investment and support job creation and retention in advanced energy technologies, businesses and industries. To do this, we often work on what we call Venture Development with start-up companies, established small businesses, university researchers, and federally-funded research, development, and demonstration projects.
LANSING - A 2013 study by Pingdom ? a reputable source monitoring website activity, worldwide - delivered some eye opening news for those interested in technology growth in Michigan. Surveying the world?s top one million most visited websites, Pingdom found that Lansing was hosting the 13th most of these sites, among all of the cities