TROY - Lori Blaker, CEO of TTi Global, will keynote the second annual Entrepreneur-YOU women's entrepreneur conference February 13 at Walsh College's Troy campus. Entrepreneur-YOU is designed to provide highly supportive resources for any woman who has a passion for growing or starting any type of business. "At Entrepreneur-YOU, women entrepreneurs will find the guidance
ANN ARBOR - Citizen satisfaction with e-government remains near an all-time high and continues to outperform the satisfaction with the federal government overall, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Government Satisfaction Index. The E-Government Satisfaction Index dips slightly to a 75 on the study?s 100-point scale from 75.3, which is far above the overall
SAGINAW - Saginaw Future Inc. will be celebrating its annual awards luncheon that features Laurent Bresson, president and COO at Nexteer Automotive who will discuss the company's turnaround. Saginaw Future will be honoring 35 projects from 2012 valued at nearly $241 million that created and retained more than 1,100 jobs. ?Driving the Future!? is this
TROY ? Automation Alley is hosting a seminar Feb. 28 to tell member companies about how they can finding out about defense-related opportunities available to your company through Automation Alley. This seminar will cover these topics and more. This event will focus on procurement opportunities within the defense industry, and will feature the following speakers:
LANSING ? A poll by Business Leaders for Michigan shows 60 percent of its members plan to increase hiring in Michigan this year, while two-thirds said they added jobs in the state during 2012. The poll also showed member of the organization remain optimistic that Michigan?s economy will continue to outpace that of the U.S.
LANSING - The Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a pair of bills that would exclude from the sales tax the value of a trade-in for a new or used motor vehicle, watercraft or recreational vehicle and phase that process in over 10 years. Both SB 89 and SB 90 saw two amendments, the first from
RESTON- U.S. retail e-commerce sales reached $186.2 billion, an increase of 15 percent ? the strongest annual growth rate since before the recession, comScore said in a report released Thursday. Q4 2012 sales grew 14 percent year-over-year to $56.8 billion, marking the first ever $50 billion quarter. It also represents the thirteenth consecutive quarter of
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University is hosting the Business Professionals of America's State Competition for Michigan college students Feb. 9. More than 200 students from colleges and universities across the state will be on Davenport's W.A. Lettinga Campus competing in more than 50 different business and technology competitive events. ?Business Professionals of America is a
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator has been selected by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to administer the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Federal Matching Program for the State of Michigan. DARPA was established in 1958 to maintain the technological superiority of the United States military. To accomplish this, DARPA supports revolutionary, high-payoff research, bridging
TROY - Southeast Michigan companies have made more than $220 million in export sales as a result of Automation Alley trade mission activities, Michigan's largest technology business association announced Thursday. These export sales have resulted in the creation or support of more than 1,200 manufacturing jobs. According to the International Trade Administration of the U.S.