LANSING - Michigan is one of just seven states are looking to create a joint federal, state exchange for health insurance. All states had to indicate to the federal government by this past Friday whether they would establish a health insurance exchange on their own, have one established by the federal government, or go into
GRAND RAPIDS ? Keith Brophy, for the 12th straight year, offered up his vision of the tech future with 10 predictions that include a future where robots will play professional sports. Brophy, a long-time West Michigan serial entrepreneur, now CEO of Grand Rapids-based Ideomed, spoke to a packed house at the Eve Restaurant at the
GRAND RAPIDS - As local medical device companies look for new growth opportunities, they may do well to consider serving the burgeoning market in the Middle East, specifically Dubai. That?s the word from Don Beery, director of the two-dozen-member West Michigan Medical Device Consortium, who attended Arab Health 2013 in Dubai in late January. Beery
DETROIT ? TheFreeLunchFriday hosts its second monthly meet-up Feb. 22 at Atomic Object's Harmonie Park office. The featured speaker is Mike McGee, co-founder of The Starter League, a beginner-focused software school in Chicago. Before The Starter League, Mike's greatest claim to fame was that his High School mascot was a pretzel. He went to Northwestern
GRAND RAPIDS - Sam Hogg got a master's in business administration degree at Michigan State University's Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, where he worked with MSU's Technology and Innovation Center to create a company, GiftZip.com, that he sold in 2011 to gift card industry leader SVM LP. Hogg, 30, a partner at Open Prairie
LANSING - Michigan has cut real spending on students over the past 12 years, witnesses told the House Appropriations School Aid Subcommittee on Tuesday. When inflation is considered, total spending on Michigan's K-12 system has fallen by 18 percent in 12 years, Steven Norton of Michigan Parents for Schools told the subcommittee. Subcommittee members also
ANN ARBOR - Join Online Tech February 26th for an educational webinar, Updates to PCI-DSS Compliance for E-Commerce and Cloud Computing Security featuring guest speaker Adam Goslin, COO with High Bit Security, LLC and April Sage, Director of Healthcare Vertical with Online Tech. During the webinar, Adam will discuss the new PCI cloud computing guidelines
STAMFORD, Conn. - Consumers will use and interact with a multitude of connected, sensor-enabled devices driven by applications and services to create cognizant ecosystems independent of a platform or operating system, predicts a new study. Gartner said consumers' digital lives have transitioned from the PC to a personal cloud-driven world that is driving a new
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced today the feature film Need for Speed has been approved for a film incentive from the state. The DreamWorks Studios' film chronicles a cross-country journey at impossible speeds and will film in part in Detroit this summer. In addition to filming in the state, two Michigan businesses ?
TROY ? An MBA student team from Walsh College took first place in the sixth annual Association for Corporate Growth Detroit Cup hosted at Michigan State University?s Management Education Center in Troy on February 9. The ACG Cup is a case study competition designed to give students from leading MBA programs across the country real-world