LANSING - A report issued Wednesday by the AFL-CIO shows that chief executives for Michigan companies made 391 times the average pay for non-supervisory staff in 2016. The Executive PayWatch Report showed the average compensation for CEOs of Michigan S&P 500 companies was $14.71 million last year, compare $37,600 for production and other non-supervisory staff.
EAST LANSING - The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund is opening its third office location at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, the place-making arm of the Michigan State University Foundation. Renaissance VC also has offices in Ann Arbor and Detroit. “Renaissance coming to the TIC means greater access to capital resources for area entrepreneurs,” said
LUDINGTON — The Mason County Broadband Committee has partnered with the community engagement program of the nonprofit Connected Nation to develop a plan to improve access to high speed Internet in the county. The initial step to developing a comprehensive, county-oriented plan will consist of a short survey for agriculture producers, business organizations and owners,
FLINT — Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of WRB Communications Inc., a health care service center company based in Chantilly, Va. WRB specializes in relationship management programs for pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care service organizations. Under the terms of the agreement, Diplomat is paying WRB $24.5 million cash and $4.5 million
HOUGHTON — Vulnerabilities in the power grid are one of the most prevalent national security threats. The technical community has called for building up the resiliency of the grid using distributed energy and microgrids for stabilization. Power production from multiple sources increases the difficulty of triggering cascading blackouts, and following an attack or natural disaster,
GRAND RAPIDS - Mobile Monday Grand Rapids will tackle Big Data at the organization’s upcoming event on May 15 at Priority Health. Featured speaker will be Eric Kort, Research Scientist at the DeVos Cardiovascular Research Program of Spectrum Health and Van Andel Institute, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Michigan State University. Kort will explore
ROYAL OAK - It’s not really like us to start off the show on a somber note, but in this case, it was unavoidable. However, once we got that out of the way, we had a great time chatting with Matt and Randy about the chaos and fun that was Penguicon 2017, as well as
LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Jeff Case, Vice President Treasury Management for Independent Bank. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2817/How-to-thwart-fraudulent-transactions.aspx
SOUTHFIELD - Diva Tech Talk was pleased to interview Susan Emerick, Global Marketing Executive at IBM (www.ibm.com), educator and published author. Susan’s multifaceted career and expertise highlights how far the technology industry has come in empowering clients to transform their businesses and develop competitive advantage using advanced analytics, machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence and
DETROIT - Richard Stiennon is an internationally recognized security analyst and author with a sharp eye for security weaknesses and trends. He is the Chief Strategy Officer at Blancco Technology Group, former industry analyst and author of There Will Be Cyberwar, a Washington Post Bestseller. He joined the Internet Advisor gang to talk about the biggest
