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SBAM Energy Solutions

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?)

By |2017-06-15T20:11:09-04:00June 15th, 2017|Clean Update, News, Small Business Association of Michigan|

Grand Circus To Offer Free Facebook Social Media Training For 3,000 Michigan Residents

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

By |2017-06-09T12:12:29-04:00June 9th, 2017|News, Social Media|

Whirlpool Files Dumping Complaint Against LG, Samsung

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

By |2017-06-02T13:12:10-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Engineering Society of Detroit, News|

University Of Michigan Gets $58 Million Grant To Help Turn Researchers Ideas Into Products

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

By |2017-06-01T16:26:03-04:00June 1st, 2017|Life Sciences, News|

CIOs Convene To Discuss The Internet Of Life – Lead By New Ford CEO Hackett

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

By |2017-06-01T13:12:43-04:00June 1st, 2017|Mobile MI, News|

LIFT Report: Demand For Advanced Manufacturing Jobs Up 19 Percent In Michigan

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

By |2017-05-31T19:57:01-04:00May 31st, 2017|Featured, News|

Economic Report: West Michigan Economy Surprisingly Strong

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

By |2017-05-23T17:30:10-04:00May 23rd, 2017|News|

ITC Aerial Helicopter Inspection Seeks To Keep The Electricity Flowing To Michigan

ANN ARBOR - ITC took MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan up in a helicopter Friday that over-flew at a low altitude miles of high-voltage power lines to demonstrate what happens when the electric transmission company does it semi-annual aerial inspections. The lines are operated by ITC’s Michigan operating entities, ITCTransmission and Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC

By |2017-05-20T10:38:18-04:00May 20th, 2017|Featured, News|

Barracuda Networks To Expand In Ann Arbor With $750,000 State Grant

LANSING – Barracuda Networks is expanding in Ann Arbor with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund and Ann Arbor SPARK, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday. “Barracuda’s investment means Michigan residents will have good job opportunities that could well have gone to other states,” said Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation,

By |2017-05-19T13:41:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|

FCC Approves Plan To Roll Back Net Neutrality Rules – Major Political Battle Looms

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved a plan to begin rolling back Obama-era net neutrality rules, reopening a battle over internet regulation that has raged for much of the last decade, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency’s Republican commissioners pushed through the measure, 2-1, overriding opposition from the panel’s lone Democrat. The commission

By |2017-05-18T18:07:42-04:00May 18th, 2017|News, Politics|