SHENZHEN, China - University of Michigan leaders are entering into several agreements with Chinese institutions in hopes, as the world’s population grows, of solving pressing global issues such as clean and safe water and next-generation transportation. S. Jack Hu, U-M vice president for research, is in China in November along with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder,
EAST LANSING - Anderson Economic Group has identified six tax policies that President-Elect Trump and a Republican-controlled House and Senate could pursue in the coming years. Several are important for the technology sector. “As surprising as the election results are, we have to recognize that there is a messy order in the peoples’ decisions,” said
DETROIT - The good news is the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index leaped seven points in October indicating a strong local economic outlook. The bad news is one third of these respondents said they aren’t confident the upward trend will hold in part because of the uncertainty of the presidential election on Nov. 8. Looking
PONTIAC - Individuals will be able to find data ranging from property information including addresses and boundaries to how to find parks and trails and locate floodplains in the new Access Oakland Open Data Portal that went live Nov. 1. “The county has hundreds of data sets which can become meaningful information in the hands
DETROIT - Online job postings for lightweighting-related advanced manufacturing occupations in Michigan increased by five percent between the second and third quarters, from 28,902 to 30,325, says a new report from LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow. The quarterly reports, highlighting the employment trends, top jobs, and required skills in advanced manufacturing through Sept. 30
TROY - MITechNews.Com has partnered with Automation Alley to provide video news to its members. The new Automation Alley Video News Update will debut this month with interviews of Automation Alley’s 16th Annual Awards Gala winners. “We look forward to offering our membership this unique business growth opportunity through MITechNews.com. With video news updates, our
NOVI - Linda H. Blair has succeeded Joseph L. Welch as president and CEO of ITC Holdings Corp. In her new role, Blair is responsible for the strategic vision and overall business operation of ITC and its subsidiaries. Blair has served in several leadership roles with ITC since the company’s inception in 2003 including most
DETROIT - Young adults, aged 18-26, in metro Detroit and nationwide have a different definition of adulthood, a new survey reports. It is less about age and more about financial independence. In a Bank of America/USA Today Better Money Habits report. Some key metro Detroit findings include: Metro Detroiters ages 18-26: 71 percent are worried about
DETROIT - The second quarter of 2016 set a new high in employment in Southeast Michigan dating back nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession, reports the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan, a 16-county partnership region. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from April through
TROY - If you are a manufacturer trying to figure out how cloud computing will impact your processes, you're going to want to attend Game Changing Cloud Technology For Manufacturing - a Lunch and Learn Nov. 17 at Automation Alley. CloudTech1 CEO Rick Beckers will lead the discussion on what Cloud Computer has to offer
