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Michigan Tax Incentive Package Heads To Full Senate

LANSING - The full Michigan Senate will have another crack at legislation that would allow large-scale employers, in exchange for job creation, to keep a portion of the income tax generated by their new employees, as the bills unanimously cleared a Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Economic Development and International Investment Committee adopted a substitute

By |2017-03-24T12:47:01-04:00March 24th, 2017|Politics|

Phishing: How To “Catch” A Scam Before It’s Too Late

LANSING - More than half of all internet users receive at least one phishing scam per day. Are your employees equipped with the knowledge they need to know what emails are safe? Why does this matter? Because your business may be a target. No matter the size of your business, your business is or will

By |2017-03-24T12:26:36-04:00March 24th, 2017|Small Business Association of Michigan|

Walsh College Offers Nation’s First Auto Cybersecurity Course Starting April 4

TROY - Walsh College is offering a Fundamentals of Automotive Cybersecurity course in this upcoming Spring Term that starts the first week of April, the first academic program in the country teaching automotive cybersecurity. The 11-week long, three-hour class, will be taught by Sam Abbott-McCune, an expert in automotive and military vehicle technology. The first

By |2017-03-24T12:02:27-04:00March 24th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Join The Michigan Alliance for Greater Mobility Advancement Advisory Council Meeting March 31 Hosted By BorgWarner

AUBURN HILLS - The Michigan Alliance for Greater Mobility Advancement is hosting an Advisory Council meeting March 31 at the BorgWarner Technical Center to discuss the ongoing talent development projects related to growth in the automotive industry. The meeting, from 8:30 to 11 am, will be held at 3800 Automation Ave., Auburn Hills, 48326. Featured

By |2017-03-24T10:42:50-04:00March 24th, 2017|Auto Tech|

Michigan 50 Companies To Watch For 2017 Named

LANSING  – Michigan Celebrates Small Business has named more than 60 businesses, including the 2017 Michigan 50 Companies To Watch, to this year’s crop of growing companies. Winners will receive their awards May 4 at the Thirteenth Annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards dinner. “The companies selected this year give us an understanding of Michigan’s

By |2017-03-24T10:12:36-04:00March 24th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Cobo Center Hosts Sustainable Brands Conference

DETROIT – Some 1,500 people from across the globe are expected to attend the Sustainable Brands conference this week at Cobo Center, which was recently recertified to the American Society for Testing and Materials International Venue Standard, the premier global sustainability standard for the meetings and event industry. Cobo Center, Detroit’s main convention and exhibition venue

By |2017-03-24T10:00:19-04:00March 24th, 2017|Clean Update|

March 29 Briefing – Autonomous Vehicles: Where Research And Innovation Hit The Road

LANSING -  The Institute For Public Policy and Social Research is hosting an event March 29 briefing to provide an update on what’s happening with the development of autonomous vehicles in the Great Lakes Region. Called “Autonomous Vehicles: Where Research and Innovation Hit the Road,” researchers and manufacturers in the business and transportation industry, policy

By |2017-03-24T09:46:21-04:00March 24th, 2017|Auto Tech|

U.S. Senate Committee Reviews Plans For Changes To Drone Regulations

WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation met this week to hear testimony from unmanned aircraft systems experts, officials and interested parties. To explain the work the FAA has completed, started or continues with, Earl Lawrence, director of the office of unmanned aircraft systems for the Federal Aviation Administration, offered

By |2017-03-23T19:18:55-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Drones|

Comcast Business Unveils SmartOffice Video Surveillance Solution For Businesses

DETROIT - Real-time video surveillance solutions provided in a pilot program by Comcast Business through its SmartOffice suite has been credited by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan for much of the success of Project Green Light that uses the high-definition video feeds from nearly 120 partnering businesses to fight crime. "Without the complete video technology system

By |2017-03-23T18:40:27-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|