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Submission Deadline Friday For DTE’s $100,000 E-Challenge III For Advanced Energy Controls

SOUTHFIELD - Jan. 29 is the application deadline for the third $100,000 E-Challenge for Energy Efficiency, to showcase innovative energy efficiency technology in advanced control systems. The challenge is sponsored by DTE Energy, and in partnership with The Engineering Society of Detroit.  It encourages demonstration projects that integrate energy efficiency solutions through collaborations, bring under-utilized

By |2016-01-27T22:13:13-05:00January 27th, 2016|Clean Update, Featured, News|
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Report: University Research Corridor Added $17.5 Billion To Michigan Economy

LANSING - A report issued Tuesday says the Michigan University Research Corridor - an alliance of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University - contributed $17.5 billion to Michigan’s economy in 2014, up from $16.8 billion the previous year and $12.9 billion in 2007, the first year the report was published.

By |2016-01-26T22:07:53-05:00January 26th, 2016|Featured, News|
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Comedy Central Picks Detroit To Shoot New Series Detroiters

DETROIT - Comedy Central has selected Detroit as the backdrop for its upcoming series, Detroiters, a comedy series that follows the travails of two small-time advertising men who produce low-budget, off-beat commercials with an eye toward a bigger dream. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer with pre-production as early as April. The series, which

By |2016-01-25T22:25:04-05:00January 25th, 2016|Featured, New Products / Contracts, News|
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Scorecard Shows Michigan Residents Less Financially Secure

LANSING - The unemployment rate in the state has dropped, but a larger proportion of those working are under-employed, the Corporation for Enterprise Development said in its 2016 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard. The group ranked Michigan 28 among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., down from 25 in 2015. Among the key findings, some 12

By |2016-01-25T21:09:15-05:00January 25th, 2016|News|
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AT&T Donates $50,000 To Support Response Efforts In Flint Water Crisis

LANSING - AT&T announced Monday it has made a contribution of $50,000 to support response efforts of the Community Foundation of Flint and the Flint Child Health & Development Fund. “The reports from Flint are heartbreaking and will have an impact on the people there for years to come,” said Jim Murray, President of AT&T

By |2016-01-25T12:58:23-05:00January 25th, 2016|News|
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More Bad News For Automakers – UM Study Says More Americans Of All Ages Spurning Driver’s Licenses

ANN ARBOR - While more and more teens and twentysomethings are forgoing driver's licenses, the most recent trend holds true for pretty much all age groups, say University of Michigan researchers. In a new report examining changes in driver licensure in the U.S. from 1983 to 2014, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M

By |2016-01-19T18:11:56-05:00January 19th, 2016|Featured, News|
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Two Federal Reserve Economist To Provide Forecast At Baker College Feb. 3

FLINT - Two economists from the Detroit branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will present an economic forecast for 2016 Feb. 3 at the Baker College of Flint Center for Business. The event is free and open to the public; registration is not required. The Fed presenters, Paul Traub, senior business economist, and

By |2016-01-19T17:30:48-05:00January 19th, 2016|News|
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Army Materiel Command Uses Intern Program To Help Replace Civilian Retirees

DETROIT - The US Army has a problem. About a fifth of the employees who work for the Army in its Materiel Command are eligible for retirement, including many of the 7,500 civilian and military employees who work at the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, the home of the old Detroit Arsenal. On

By |2016-01-19T16:38:53-05:00January 15th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, News|
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DOT, NHTSA To Unveil 3-Point Plan To Rollout Tech-Based Safety Features

WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Transportation and National Highway Safety Administration will be unveiling this week and later this month, a three-point plan to bring the auto industry up to speed and accelerate the rollout of new technology to vehicles, the Car Connection reports. The first piece of that plan debuts today, when U.S.

By |2016-01-14T16:43:07-05:00January 14th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, News|
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New Group Formed To Allow Direct Factory Sale Of Vehicles In Michigan

LANSING - A new group has formed with the goal of changing Michigan's laws affecting motor vehicle sales, with the Freedom to Buy coalition saying it was comprised of groups that had more than 250,000 individuals as members. The group is focused on recently approved legislation that requires most motor vehicles to be sold by

By |2016-01-13T22:56:11-05:00January 13th, 2016|Featured, News, Politics|
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