ADA - Benefits administration service provider Next Generation Enrollment has been acquired by Florida-based PlanSource, which provides cloud-based benefits and HR software. The transaction closed on January 20. Terms were not announced. Next Generation Enrollment offers services to help automate the process of employee benefits administration, including total benefits outsourcing, call centers, ACA services, billing
BRIGHTON - In September, Lake Trust Credit Union launched a new membership promotion that would award one lucky new member $150,000 - and $50,000 to an existing member who referred a new member who joined between September 1 and December 31, 2016. This week, the Credit Union celebrated with Robin (no last name provided), of
DETROIT - GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading global business intelligence source for the automotive industry, Wednesday launched Global Business Professor, a premium online education subscription service that helps busy professionals and business school students accelerate their global business expertise. "With Brexit uncertainty, potential trade wars, intellectual property infringement, tax and transfer pricing issues, and other daily challenges,
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University is one of 85 partners in a US Department of Energy-funded $70 million energy-saving project called the REMADE (Reducing Embodied-energy and Decreasing Emissions) Institute. The project’s goal is to drive down the cost of technologies needed to reuse, recycle and remanufacture materials such as metals, fibers, polymers and electronic waste.
BINGHAM FARMS - Fresh from the Consumer Electronics Show, Jacobs Media announced this week the release of the first episode of a podcast series designed to bring the flavor and excitement of the show to the radio industry. “CES for Radio Broadcasters” is a multi-part series of podcasts featuring interviews ranging from executives to start-up
DETROIT - AT&T has activated an upgrade to bring faster speeds to nearly 100 cell sites in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston and St. Clair counties. The bandwidth expansion provides additional capacity to the existing 4G LTE on the sites, creating increased data speeds. AT&T customers using the network should experience better service
WATERFORD - More than $1 million a day of new international investment fueled Oakland County businesses in 2016 as foreign direct investment increased for the third consecutive year, totaling $371 million, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said Wednesday. Foreign direct investment – investment from a company that is headquartered outside the United States – accounted
DETROIT - The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a new Master’s degree program that will develop individuals with the skills and expertise to navigate the fast-growing STEM field to make sound business decisions. Master of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics program, offered jointly by the College of Engineering and the Mike
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.’s press conference at Monday’s opening Press Preview Days at the North American International Auto Show here offered a peek at its newest cars, trucks and vans. But it was a whole lot more. Executive chairman Bill Ford, CEO Mark Fields, and veteran journalist and public policy analyst Walter Isaacson gave
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index bounced back in December 2016, gaining 3.9 points to reach a value of 61.9. Despite November’s drop, the three-month average is a strong 62.0. A PMI above 50 is considered an indication of an expanding economy. “We’ve experienced a see-sawing trend over the past six months between
