WARREN - Nineteen students from southeast Michigan high schools received scholarships totaling $29,000 from the Winning Futures Award Celebration. Scholarship winners came from Canton High School, Cass Technical High School, Community High School, Cornerstone Health + Technology High School, Madison High School, Warren Mott High School, and Western International High School. The finalists were chosen
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Treasury is hosting a sales tax outreach seminar in Southeast Michigan to provide insight to and receive feedback from small businesses. This seminar is ideal for owners of gas stations, convenience stores, wine, beer and liquor stores or other small businesses. Treasury Outreach Team members will provide an overview
DETROIT - Cobo Center is getting an additional $2 million technology upgrade that includes the installation of 60 intermediate distribution frames throughout the center that will support and enhance the 10-gigabyte broadband network. "We are creating a network that will accommodate the largest technology power-using events in the industry," said Claude Molinari, general manager of Cobo
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan is partnering with Consumers Energy and DTE Energy to provide enhanced energy services to small business across Michigan with the SBAM Energy Solutions program. Members can speak with the energy team on any energy-related topic, including the following: Account overview analysis (Are you paying the right rate?)
DETROIT - If you’re interested in mastering your Facebook marketing skills, Grand Circus in Detroit will soon be offering free social media training for up to 3,000 Michigan residents through a first-of-its-kind program sponsored by Facebook. Classes start later this summer. But you have to apply to get in. Natch. You can do so by
BENTON HARBOR — Whirlpool Corp., the Benton Harbor-based appliance manufacturer, announced it had filed a “safeguard petition” with the United States International Trade Commission. The company said the petition is the next step in what it called “ongoing efforts of Samsung and LG to evade U.S. trade laws.” The U.S. government has twice found that
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $58 million five-year grant to help researchers turn their best ideas and discoveries into tests, treatments, care innovations and cures through training, funding and central research services. The grant is from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical
NOVI - More than 800 technology professionals from Michigan met Wednesday at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi to hear Ford Motor Company President and CEO Jim Hackett and other business leaders discuss how mobility and connectivity are shaping the future. The executives explored the concept of “the Internet of Life,” where ubiquitous connectivity transforms lifestyles and
DETROIT - For the eighth consecutive year, demand for advanced manufacturing workers in Michigan increased, this time by 19 percent from October 2016 through March 2017. Online job postings increased from 29,090 to 34,836, according to a new report from LIFT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow. More than 700,000 professionals now work in light weighting-related
GRAND RAPIDS - Despite signs that several local industries are topping out, the index for employment and new orders in West Michigan are at a two-year high, according to a Grand Valley State University economist. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business, surveyed local business leaders and his findings
