DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity in May increased 3 percent from April, and some 74 percent higher than the cyclical low during the recent recession ? another sign that the Michigan economy continues its upward trend. In May, the index was 125.2, compared with April?s index reading of 122.2. The index averaged 114
LANSING ? David Behen, Michigan government's chief information officer, was told by his 21st Century Advisory Board more than a year ago that Michigan needed to develop a contest for developers to write mobile application code to spur the nascent industry in Michigan. This week the state's first Code Michigan event was announced. In October,
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger said Thursday that an August 27 vote on Medicaid expansion would provide just enough time for the federal government to approve waivers requested in the legislation. Bolger (R-Marshall), in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said it's not up to him to say if the Senate should vote
LANSING - All of the state's universities show a gap in six-year graduation rates between white students and minorities, some of them significant, a report released Wednesday by the Education Trust showed. The report, which looked at higher education institutions across the country based on data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education for 2011,
LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville on Wednesday said he believes it is probable that the Senate Medicaid workgroup will have a proposal ready by mid-week next week, and the full chamber would vote on the proposal in late August. "My guess is that if things come out of committee, and it's possible that
TROY - Altair Wednesday released Compute Manager 12.0, an even faster version of its software for running, monitoring, and managing workloads and results on distributed resources in high-performance computing environments. Compute Manager is a Web-based job portal that serves as a simple but powerful interface for submitting and monitoring jobs in PBS Professional complexes. Compute
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of a folate receptor, a drug target for a number of cancers and other diseases, a first-of-its-kind discovery that may lead to the development of more precise, consistent and effective treatments. In an international collaboration published online this week in the journal
STERLING HEIGHTS - Apex Digital Solutions was named the Microsoft Community Connections Partner of the year and Cloud Partner of the Year during the 2013 Central Region SMB Partner Awards. These awards highlight and recognize the excellence and achievement of Central Region SMB value-added resellers. ?The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed
DETROIT ? In a filing disclosed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Compuware and a New York investment fund have extended a standstill agreement between them to Sept. 15. New York based Elliot Management and its subsidiaries said the agreement was to have expired Monday, but the parties agreed Friday to extend it
HOUGHTON ? The MTEC SmartZone has been awarded a $36,000 grant from the Business Accelerator Fund to assist a tenant company, Endres Machining Innovations, develop innovative tooling products for the metal-cutting industry. The BAF will help EMI launch its first product. EMI is using the BAF grant to cover the installation of and employee training