GRAND RAPIDS - TechShop, a membership-based do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication center, Monday said it hopes to raise $60 million to build more franchises nationwide, including one in Grand Rapids. TechShop already has a Michigan location in Allen Park. The new fundraising by TechShop is possible because a critical part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund did not report accurate data about the number of jobs created through the 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund programs to the Legislature, and failed to adequately monitor the progress companies assisted through the funds were making in meeting their employment goals, said an audit released Tuesday by Auditor General
LANSING - Adults who never graduated from high school might have the opportunity under a partnership between Michigan Virtual University, ed2go and Smart Horizons Career Online Education announced Tuesday. The program would allow adults to earn a high school diploma as well as a career certificate. "Too many Michigan adults do not have a high
LANSING - Michigan has an opportunity to lead other states in development and deployment of talent, Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday, and he hoped Michigan would be a "first mover" on talent needs and the ability to find a job that will provide an individual a career. Speaking to the Inforum Center for Leadership, a
LANSING - Veteran TV newsman Tim Dye is a new vice president of Truscott Rossman and will be based in the growing Grand Rapids office. Dye, most recently news director at WXYZ-TV in Detroit and former news director at WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids. A Saginaw native who now calls Grand Rapids home, Dye will guide
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is getting an early start on his re-election campaign with the launch Wednesday of a two-week television advertising blitz touting his record in office. Snyder continued to insist Tuesday that he has not formally announced his candidacy for a second term in refusing to answer questions about the ad, which
LANSING - The other state universities have now benefited from the funds Wayne State University officials forfeited in June when they approved an 8.9 percent tuition increase. The WSU Board of Governors had acknowledged when it approved the increase that $534,700 in performance funding would be lost. Because WSU was the only school to break
WATERLOO, Canada - BlackBerry announced Monday it reached a preliminary deal with one of its biggest shareholders to try to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, which could let the struggling mobile device maker find a suitor. Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance firm, signed a letter of intent with the BlackBerry board
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's iPhone sales topped nine million during the first three days of sale, what Apple described as "our best iPhone launch yet." Apple didn't break out specific sales numbers for the high-end 5S versus the colorful 5C, but did say that the combined unit sales set a launch-weekend record. Apple is also
LANSING ? The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council said a draft report released last week by the state showed that Michigan could boost its Renewable Portfolio Standard without sacrificing electric reliability. Current law calls for all electric utilities in the state must generate 10 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2015. Mi-EIBC praised