EAST LANSING - 64 alumni of the Michigan State University Broad College of Business Executive Master's of Business Administration anniversary were nominated for making a significant and lasting impact on the program, their industry, or their communities. Only ten were selected, two from each decade. Alumni of the Decade Honorees are:
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A key component of the Apple Watch made by one of two suppliers was found to be defective, prompting Apple to limit the availability of the highly anticipated new product, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The part involved is the so-called taptic engine, designed by Apple to
DETROIT - NextEnergy has awarded $295,000 in Michigan Accelerating Technology Energy Grant funds to three Michigan companies - Navitas Advanced Solutions Group, REL and Temper. The MATch Energy Grant provides matching funds, or cost-share, as well as funding for follow-on commercialization projects, to eligible Michigan businesses and universities applying for federal funding in the area
ANN ARBOR - The National Venture Capital Association, in a report released this week, said Michigan set a record in the first quarter for investment activity. But the executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association said she's not sure those figures are correct. "Their numbers are higher than ours," said MVCA's Maureen Miller Brosnan.
LANSING - Organizations that offer or oversee energy efficiency services insisted those programs would at least be severely curtailed if there was not legislation requiring utilities to offer them, while small utilities said not only would the programs continue, but the current law inhibits what they can do as the Michigan House Energy Policy Committee
LANSING - Speaking to the Michigan House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee one day after the full House voted not to fund the state's $50 million film incentive program, the head of Michigan Film Office said that showing sustainability is important to the Film Office and industry in Michigan. Jenelle Leonard would not discuss the
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder, back in Michigan Wednesday after a swing through three national events where he stoked speculation about his interest in running for president, was mostly as inscrutable as ever on the topic. However, one thing Snyder did say reaffirmed one of the central reasons why most believe he will not run
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama wants Detroit's Big Three automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles getting ahead of future vehicle demand, rather than trying to catch up. "Detroit needs to be focused on capturing, you know, the lion's share of the market for fuel-efficient cars. And you know, they worked with us to double
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will discuss on May 11 at a lunch-and-learn the huge amount of energy that typically scientific laboratories expend at major universities - typically four to six times as much energy as typical office buildings. Harvard University, for instance, estimates that its labs account for
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner, which predicted prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will increase by up to 10 percent during 2015. "We are currently seeing the sharp appreciation of