Michigan Technology related politics
DETROIT - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told a crowd of 1,500 on Monday that the city of Detroit is the "living, breathing," example of Hillary Clinton's failed economic agenda, and until his plan focusing on America is implemented, there will not be real change. Trump made an economic stump speech to the Detroit Economic
WASHINGTON DC – The National Venture Capital Association Monday said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in a speech in Detroit calling for the elimination of the current tax treatment of carried interest, does not understand the critical role it has played in the growth of the U.S. entrepreneurial ecosystem. “Despite the populist uproar, carried interest
GRAND RAPIDS - Cindy Schneider credits her Lottos Lunch Wagon as her first step to launching the venerable San Chez restaurant downtown, so she has a soft spot in her heart for any entrepreneur who uses a food truck as a way to build a business in Grand Rapids. By the same token, Cindy says,
ANN ARBOR - The number of Americans who believe there is no evidence of global warming hit its lowest level in eight years, yet more Republicans are unsure that there is evidence of climate change even as 2016 is shaping up as the warmest year on record. A new report from the National Surveys on
WASHINGTON DC - Who's in charge of responding to "cyber incidents" in the US? As of today, it's the Federal Bureau of Investigation. President Barack Obama outlined a new policy for responding to cyberattacks on both the government and US industry on Tuesday, making the FBI the lead agency regardless of where the attack seems
LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy announced support Wednesday of a plan by American Transmission Company that would eliminate certain payments for the White Pine electric generator in the Upper Peninsula. The announcement comes two days after a federal judge issued a proposal that Wisconsin Energy Corporation owed ratepayers some $17 million for running
DETROIT - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s speech at the inaugural Billington Auto Cybersecurity conference last Friday at Cobo Center is now posted online for you to watch. Highlights of his speech include: The US DOT will soon (weeks perhaps months) be issuing its own report on auto cybersecurity and the threats posed by the
LANSING - One of the great unknowns heading into the 2016 election, the first general election in more than a century without voters having the option to pick a party's slate of candidates with a single mark on the ballot, has been removed for now with a federal judge slapping a preliminary injunction Thursday on
BENTON HARBOR - Samsung and LG, two South Korean manufacturers of clothes washers, have been found guilty of dumping their products in the United States at prices below production costs to steal business from Whirlpool Corp. A preliminary antidumping ruling was issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce confirming Whirlpool's allegations against Samsung and
LANSING - Michigan's workers compensation changes aimed at reducing the prices paid for physician-dispensed prescriptions has largely been achieved, a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute has shown, but the number of prescriptions dispensed is still more prevalent than expected. With data covering 15 months experience following the legal changes (Michigan's changes took effect
