GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has introduced a new Risk Management and Insurance specialty within its Bachelor of Business Administration in Management program beginning in the fall of 2012. Farmers Insurance, which worked with Davenport to develop the curriculum, has also made a generous commitment to provide $10,000 for the next three years toward student
SOUTHFIELD - While the selection of hybrid models in the U.S. has more than doubled since 2007, only 35 percent of hybrid vehicle owners choose to purchase a hybrid again when returning to market in 2011, according to recent analysis by Polk. If repurchase behavior among the high volume audience of Toyota Prius owners isn't
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Obama signed a bill Thursday designed to encourage investment in start-up businesses - expanding "crowd funding" to even more start-ups and small business. "I've always said that the true engine of job creation in this country is the private sector, not the government," Obama said during a signing ceremony in the
ANN ARBOR - Every financier, venture capitalist, investor, consultant, banker, and successful entrepreneur talks about managing cash flow, the lifeblood of any old and new enterprise. But few people know or adequately explain what it is, why it is important, how to manage it through ups and downs. Many entrepreneurs also do not realize that
SAN FRANCISCO - The major film studios and music companies will soon unveil plans for a "copyright center," an organization designed to oversee the implementation of the controversial graduated-response program, CNET has learned. Last July, when some of the country's top Internet service providers, including AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon, agreed to begin implementing a series
LANSING - Caster Concepts is pleased to announce a faster and more efficient line of casters, the 55 and 57 Series. These new kingpinless casters can handle loads up to 1,200 lbs. by distributing downward pressure over a larger area; reducing cost and increasing longevity. Derived from a traditional caster using a bearing race held
SAN FRANCISCO - A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm Lookout reported. LeNa has been seen on alternative Android markets and not Google Play, so its spread will be
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google has outlined a bit more about its Project Glass, an effort to deliver smart glasses that would enhance your visual reality a good bit with data on the fly. The down side is the VR glasses also will deliver Google ads. Here are a few business use cases, some of which
WASHINGTON DC - Only nine states have taken comprehensive steps to address their vulnerabilities to the water-related impacts of climate change, while 29 states are unprepared for growing water threats to their economies and public health, according to a first ever detailed state-by-state analysis of water readiness released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
DETROIT - The huge task of completing a historic consent agreement with city of Detroit officials to involve the state in city financial affairs was completed Wednesday, setting the stage for the even more monumental task of actually fixing decades of mismanagement that has helped bring the state's largest municipality to the brink of insolvency.