ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment continued to slowly fall in the July survey, although the overall level still remains quite favorable, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The small decline amounted to 5.1 Index-points below the January peak, which was the highest figure in a dozen years, said economist Richard Curtin, director
DETROIT - Jim Foucher, a vice president and co-founder of RBV Contracting, was a little surprised when I got a call from the Small Business Administration and was told SBA Administrator Linda McMahon wanted to visit his job site in downtown Detroit as part of her national tour of small businesses. McMahon, a former Republican
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday July 31, Keith Brophy, State Director of the MI-SBDC, will interview one of his clients helped by the SBA-backed program. Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann will discuss the story about embedding computer chip in human bodies and whether they could be hacked. Damien Rocchi co-Founder & CEO at Grand Circus will
FLINT - Baker College amps up math, literacy skills for LakeVille Middle School and offers intros to students for college opportunities July 31 through Aug. 4. The weeklong Baker College Summer Camp offers project-based learning activities for LakeVille Middle School students. Each camper selects an area of interest for the week: health science, American Sign
ANN ARBOR - A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. The findings—led by researchers at the University of Michigan—support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water
SEATTLE - Amazon's ambitions to build a fleet of self-flying delivery drones will have an interesting side-effect: They will create unimaginable quantities of data. Aerial footage, mapping data, flight patterns, number-crunching analysis, and more — autonomous vehicles produce vast reams of data, and drones are no different. And Amazon is already thinking about how it
DETROIT - The third class of Detroit’s Techstars Mobility was announced last week, welcoming a total of eleven new companies to Downtown Detroit. Techstars Mobility brings entrepreneurs from all around the world to Detroit to work on a concept that innovates the way that goods and people are transported around the world. The program has
SOUTHFIELD — The Engineering Society of Detroit will host a free information session on how engineers can earn the Professional Engineer designation on Tuesday, Aug. 1. The event runs from noon to 1 p.m. and lunch will be provided. The session will be held at ESD Headquarters, 20700 Civic Center Drive, Suite 450, in Southfield.
ANN ARBOR — ForeSee, the Ann Arbor-based customer satisfaction analysis provider, announced the latest release of its ForeSee CX Suite product. The company said the release includes five enhancements: * Store and Location Leaderboard – increased visibility across locations, ability to instantly identify top and bottom stores and compare performance at various levels of the
DETROIT – Grand Circus, a technology training provider with campuses in Detroit and Grand Rapids, announced the launch of the application process for the Facebook Bootcamp. The bootcamp will combine Grand Circus’ front-end curriculum with React, an open-source JavaScript platform. “Partnering with Facebook allows us to continue to position Grand Circus graduates as leaders in
