GRAND RAPIDS - A123 announced it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The once highly-trumpeted manufacturer of lithium ion batteries will sell its automotive business to Johnson Controls. Why did this venture fail? Life can be complicated and there may be a host of reasons. But it?s now obvious that the market is not there.
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association and its sister organization the Michigan Food and Beverage Association are calling on the State House of Representatives to appropriate the $9.8 million federal planning grant that is critical to laying the groundwork for a health care exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
SAN ANTONIO - By a three to one ratio, IT decision makers surveyed prefer a cloud provider with strong customer service and technical support even if that provider has higher prices. That is one of the findings of a new survey commissioned by Rackspace Hosting. This view was consistent by IT decision makers regardless of
ANN ARBOR - At some point or another, every entrepreneur has had to choose between short term performance and long term investment. Maintaining the appropriate balance between the two can be incredibly difficult, but it is also imperative to building a healthy business. Similarly, every community has to make the same choices. Investing in infrastructure-
SAN FRANCISCO - The use of last-click attribution, the most common attribution model used by marketers, may cause marketers to undervalue social media's website impact by up to 94 percent, the Adobe Digital Index report contends. The report provides marketing, e-commerce and retail executives with critical digital marketing insights. The study evaluated how marketers measure
GRAND RAPIDS - The federal government should pursue strategies to eliminate duplication and waste among its agencies. However, the proposal to combine the U.S. Small Business Administration with five other agencies will not achieve this objective and will harm the government's efforts to assist small businesses. President Obama proposed last month to consolidate six federal
COPEMISH, Mi. - Your article on the Duke Energy discontinuing the Gail Wind farm Project was in general accurate, but for a couple of quotes by me. I would like to clarify a few things and provide your readers with a more accurate picture and content of our discussion. First, I would like to thank
RESTON, Va. - A new report from Hinge, which provides branding and marketing for professional services, has announced companies generating 40 percent of their leads online grew four times faster than businesses without online lead capabilities. Surveying companies with an average of $54 million in revenue and over 300 employees, the study titled "Online Marketing
DETROIT - If you are a hacker, developer, coder or software engineer or front end designer that wants to join a new startup, you need to come to Bizdom Detroit's Hacker & Entrepreneur Match Up Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Centaur Bar in Detroit. Event organizers promise to introduce attendees to Detroit's coolest new startups
ANN ARBOR - You might not think finger-pointing could make a sound of its own, but it does. High, thin and very penetrating. And it could be heard all over Lansing after last week?s vote in the Senate Economic Development Committee sunk ? at least temporarily ? the much-debated project to build another bridge connecting