DETROIT - Mary Barra, General Motors new CEO, is not the type of boss who ever thought she'd be featured in Fortune, let alone sit atop the magazine's inaugural Most Powerful Women in global business ranking. The first woman in her family to go to college, she worked her way through General Motors Institute (now
AFGHANISTAN - The approach to Bagram was as uneventful as a landing at a commercial airport, which, after the bronco ride the team had experienced out of Hong Kong, caught them by surprise. Conversation on board the 777 stopped for a few seconds as the plane circled in from the south, passing eight miles high
LANSING - Michigan corn farmers Tuesday applauded the work of the U.S. Senate for approving the 2014 Farm Bill, the Agricultural Act of 2014, with a 68-32 vote. The legislation, which was passed in the House of Representatives last week with a 251-166 vote, now moves to President Obama?s desk to be signed into law.
LANSING - Last fall, while planting the seeds for a modest educational conference for growers hosted by the Michigan Corn, Soy and Wheat Check-Off Programs, organizers never dreamed that the inaugural Great Lakes Crop Summit earlier this month would grow into such a huge success. The Summit, held January 22 and 23 at FireKeepers Casino/Hotel
DETROIT - Autobeat Group, publisher of Autobeat Daily, Autobeat Europe, and Autobeat Asia has announced the launch of the Advanced Mobility Project, a new independent news and information source about innovations in the transport of people and goods. The Advanced Mobility Project will monitor fast-moving global trends in mobility, including such hot topics as connected
ANN ARBOR - The last month served as a great opportunity to relax, recharge, and catch up on needed tasks. As we begin the New Year, I have only one company visit to share with you. I recently visited Centurion Medical Products in Williamston. The privately-held company with 1,100 employees and revenues around $200 million,
DETROIT - This year's Consumer Electronics Show and new vehicle launches at the North American International Auto Show were heavily focused on vehicle technology as much as vehicle styling and performance. While the tech buzz at NAIAS was skewed toward vehicle telematics, infotainment options, and alternative fuel strategies, the CES was abuzz with talk of
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. telecommunications industry has lost its ability to manufacture advanced telecommunications products needed by the U.S. military, according to a government committee comprised of the senior-most members of the President's cabinet. The U.S. position in the global telecommunications equipment market is "diminishing," according to the Defense Production Act Committee's Telecommunications Industrial
HONG KONG - The team wasted no time finding the goodies the provincial official had stashed in the 777. The cabin had been completely customized to his order, with three full bars spaced throughout, and a full kitchen at the tail. While the others sampled the high-end liquor, even bringing soft drinks to Colin and
HONG KONG - Tonight's sortie was an old-fashioned stakeout, Buck had said. If Yvonne had ever been on one, she would have understood his sentiment, but instead she was anxious, feeling exposed to dangers she never experienced working in her labs behind the protection of computer screens and miles, sometimes thousands of them, between her