WASHINGTON DC - Last Friday, the Senate passed a combined omnibus appropriations and tax extenders package 65-33 (27 Rs and 38 Ds). Prior to that, the omnibus passed the House 316-113 and the extenders package by 318-109. The legislation now goes to President Obama to be signed into law. The legislation had several measures of
DETROIT - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan, and Technology Century Editor Matt Roush were special guest hosts Saturday on WJR’s Internet Advisor radio show. Brennan and Roush also are co-hosts of M2 (squared) TechCast every Monday at 3 pm on the PodcastDetroit Network. To listen on demand, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wpcontent/uploads/2015/12/Podcast-1548-12-19-15-A.mp3 Also on the show were Online Tech’s
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Great Lakes Angels will be hosting five companies on Jan. 13 each of which will present a short pitch to these accredited investors in hopes of landing some cash. The event will be held at UHY Advisors in Farmington Hills. Registration stats at 4:30 pm. Companies presentations start at 5:30 and
DETROIT – McConnell Communications of Detroit has been awarded a $4,000 Growth Grant by the National Association for the Self-Employed. McConnell Communications is one of three winners of NASE’s third-quarter Growth Grants to help expand their business operations. McConnell Communications is a public relations and marketing firm owned and operated by Darci McConnell, a veteran
CHICAGO – The deadline for students to submit applications to the nation’s largest clean energy single-day pitch competition is just weeks away, January 13, 2016. Student-led teams developing innovative business plans for their MBA, researchers working on promising research and early stage startups in the beginning stages of raising funds and generating revenue should submit applications.
LONDON - To mark the season of goodwill, TU-Automotive is running a $500 discount on ALL passes for TU-Automotive Detroit 2016 (June 8-9, 2016), but only until 6pm EST on December 22. Whether you’re working for a start-up, a multinational OEM, a financial services firm or a rapidly-expanding software provider, you will find your next
FERNDALE - On the Dec. 21 edition of M2 (squared) TechCast, cyber security experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon take a look at the biggest cyber attacks of 2015 and conjecture on what cybersecurity threats might await businesses, governments and consumers in 2016. Also on the show, Max Muncey from the Detroit Auto Dealers Association talks
FERNDALE - On the December 14 M2 (Squared) TechCast, BeMYDD (Be My Designated Driver) announces its Puppy Love campaign for New Year’s Eve revelers, the Michigan Venture Capital Association’s Maureen Miller-Bronson explain how the private equity group funds entrepreneurs, and Wayne Dyksen, MSU Professor of Computer Science and Engineering talks about the MSU student engineers
ROYAL OAK - The Detroit Zoo is going 100 percent renewable electricity from wind farms with the help of ITC Holdings through the purchase of Renewable Energy Credits. “We continue to look for ways to reduce our ecological footprint and thank ITC for helping us to accomplish that goal,” said Detroit Zoological Society Executive Director and
TROY - Altair Tuesday announced it is accepting nominations for the fourth annual Altair Enlighten Award, which in 2016 brings with it new categories allowing nominees to submit entries for lightweighting achievements in two distinct categories: full vehicles and modules. This change has been made to give full and proper recognition to both the vehicle
