DETROIT - Organizers of the North American International Auto Show on Thursday announced that singer, songwriter Sheryl Crow will perform at the black tie Charity Preview gala, Jan. 17, 2014, at Cobo Center. "We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Sheryl Crow will be our musical guest at Charity Preview," said NAIAS Chairman Bob Shuman.
GRAND RAPIDS ? Verizon sent me both the Galaxy 3 and 4 to test recently and I have to tell you I give both smartphone two thumbs way, way up. In both models, the screen size was enormous. The number of apps incredible. The 4G LTE capabilities comparable to what I get on my laptop
By Aimee Rhodes TENAFLY, N.J. - IT-security related salaries are expected to climb in 2014, according to a survey released by TEKsystems, which polled some 900 IT leaders including CIOs, IT VPs, IT directors and IT hiring managers. Some 65 percent of respondents said they expected security salaries to increase. That?s up from a similar
BARCELONA, Spain ? A new report shows worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 455.6 million units in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5.7 percent from the same period last year. Gartner analysts said global mobile phone sales are on pace to reach 1.81 billion units in 2013, a 3.4 percent increase from 2012.
DETROIT - Mark Fields, the chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company, kicks off Inforum's New Year at its 12th Annual Auto Show Breakfast in January. Fields is responsible for all Ford's business operations globally and contributed significantly to the transformation of the company's North American operations and its record profitability. Join this interactive discussion
KALAMAZOO - John Balbach, a long-time technology business consultant at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, is leaving his post on Nov. 15 to take a job in Minnesota at what he described as a ?clean-energy? company. Balbach declined to identify his new employer, saying that task would be left up to them.
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder signed five bills Wednesday designed to allow military veterans to allow their experience in the armed forces to qualify them for similar civilian jobs. Snyder signed legislation enabling: Veterans who specialized in military health care to obtain an emergency medical technician or related license, with fees waived for those honorably
LANSING ? Tax incentives of more than $2 million by the Michigan Strategic Fund and Michigan cities will prompt three companies to invest up to $24 million and create some 400 new jobs in the state. ?These expansions in our automotive and IT sectors highlight Michigan?s singular leadership in making things and making things work,?
TROY ? The Detroit Auto Dealers Association has developed a new app that features photos of vehicles at the North American International Auto Show, but also at other major shows in Paris, Geneva, Frankfurt, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and beyond. NAIAS Chairman Bob Shuman says Auto Show Passport app will answer a common question: 'What are
LANSING - Just 1,329 Michiganders have completed enrollment in a health insurance plan through the deeply troubled federal exchange in the first month of operations, a pace that would put enrollment numbers a whopping 95 percent below the forecast for enrollment in the first year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the