TROY - The East Michigan District Export Council will host a day-long seminar on May 25 to look at trade opportunities in South Korea. The event will take place at the Management Education Center in Troy. Registration Fee: $60 Includes Breakfast & Lunch. Agenda: 8:30-9:30 Registration and Networking Breakfast 9:30-9:45 Welcome Terry Kalley, Chairman, E.
ANN ARBOR ? Enlighten Ventures has launched a new web site that combines Google Street View and crowdsourcing to give users a virtual time machine to show what once occupied a parcel of land on which a home, office or restaurant not sits. The web site, WhatWasThere.Com, provides a platform for capturing the history of
LANSING ? If you want to learn how you can sell your products or services to the State of Michigan, you're going to want to attend Contract Connect on June 7 in Lansing. The topic of the afternoon program is ?Elements of a Quality Proposal.? It will educate vendors on the expectations of State bid
SAN DIEGO - Sony Corp. said computer hackers breached security for a second online service, gaining access to personal information for 24.6 million customer accounts as part of a broader attack on the company that has compromised data for more than 100 million accounts. Sony Online Entertainment, a San Diego-based subsidiary that makes multiplayer games
ANN ARBOR - Digital marketing agency Ingenex was chosen by AnnArbor.com to manage Google AdWords campaigns for select advertisers as part of an enhanced Internet advertising option. Ingenex is tasked with driving traffic to AnnArbor.com advertisers business profiles on AnnArbor.com, thus increasing the reach of the advertisers campaigns and engagement with their web properties. ?This
ANN ARBOR ? The frequent use of social media by business has doubled in the past six months, a new survey shows. Re:NEW Michigan's latest social media survey indicates 30.7 percent of respondents said their business spends between one and three hours with social media per week. In October 2010, this percentage was only 16.2
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index dipped slightly from 71.8 to 67.9 in April. Index values above 50 generally represent an expanding economy, while values below 50 suggest a weakening economy. With the April survey results, the SEM-PMI has exceeded 50 for 15 consecutive months. The three-month average is up more than four
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? The Business Performance 2.0 Executive Series on May 17 will discuss Managing Costs with the New Health Reform Changes and the Anatomy of a Successful Business Plan. The Health Reform Changes will be presented by AGIS and the business plan review by Franklin CIO Services and Absolute Engineering and Consulting. The monthly
DETROIT - Executives with the company that owns Detroit's Ambassador Bridge have suggested they would cut their toll costs if a new bridge is built between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. They also argued that toll costs for a new bridge would have to be double the rates paid at the Ambassador Bridge to help cover
BIRMINGHAM ? Great Lakes Angels will host a day-long workshop May 5 that also will include three new deals for members ? high net worth individuals ? to review and possibly invest in. The first 22 attendees that register online will have their seats blocked for this event. Agenda: 9:00 to 9:30 Onsite sign-in and