LAKE ODESSA - A mammoth poultry farm near Ionia - you can see it west of I-96 - will get even bigger thanks to a $500,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance grant. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Wednesday announced that Herbruck Poultry Farm has been awarded an incentive by the Michigan Strategic Fund to support
FARMINGTON HILLS - VideoMeeting, a new cloud-based video collaboration product, wants to buy you a cup of coffee if you participate in a one-month beta test. With VideoMeeting, users can: Share your presentation, document or spreadsheet quickly and easily in a collaborative environment. Share your screen instantly with anyone across the globe. Without downloading or
INDIANAPOLIS - Nearly 40,000 industrial technology maintenance jobs remain open in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee prompting the National Institute for Metalworking Skills and Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, Ivy Tech Community College to develop a new training program to fill these jobs. "Manufacturing enterprises, especially those serving the defense and transportation sectors, continue to
EAST LANSING - Oregon, Louisiana and North Carolina have the lowest tax burdens of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, while Alaska, North Dakota and West Virginia the highest, so says Anderson Economic Group's 2015 Business Tax Burden Rankings. Michigan improved from 28th in the survey a year ago to 23rd today. This
MARSHALL - Universite Laval from Quebec, Canada, achieved 2,098 miles per gallon with its student-designed and built vehicle that met the strict SAE Supermileage competition criteria of a single occupant, and a one-cylinder, four-cycle engine. Two other college teams achieved more than 1,000 mpg in the 36th annual competition, held last week at the Eaton
PLYMOUTH - Comcast Business has announced it will provide 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) Ethernet connections to Michigan International Speedway, and four other tracks hosting NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events - enough bandwidth to easily transfer large videos and graphics, reviewing replays, or sending inspection data. In
LIVONIA - A new survey shows employers are paying a 3 percent merit raise in 2015, the same as the year before - the findings may indicate the need for employers to think more broadly and proactively to properly lure and reward top talent. The survey comes from the American Society of Employers in its
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. was up last month - its highest mark since last August, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in May was 25.5 mpg, up from 25.2
NASHUA, N.H. - Open source devotees aren't quite as addicted to Apple as other people online, but they still use Apple overwhelmingly over other products and systems, a new survey contends. Web application developer Eldarion conducted an online survey of people who use and contribute to open source, people who use open source but don't
NOVI - Magellan announced its new Off Road Vehicle Navigation platform available to automotive OEMs and power sport vehicle OEMs at the TU-Automotive Detroit trade show at the Novi Expo Center. Designed specifically for the off-roading enthusiast, the Magellan ORV Navigation platform allows off-road enthusiasts to plan, track and save trail rides and dirt