ANN ARBOR - Will consumer confidence plunge or will it improve in the wake of Donald Trump's election? An analysis of consumer sentiment data collected prior to the election provides mixed signals, according to economist Richard Curtin, director of the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Curtin predicted a 2017 growth rate of about 2
DETROIT - David Brophy, PhD, who has been teaching finance at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business since the 1980s, was named the Above and Beyond Award Winner by the Michigan Venture Capital Association. In this video, Brophy, the founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, which each May attracts hundreds of Venture
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $1.65 million grant from the federal government to help import-impacted manufacturers in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana improve their global competitiveness and enhance business growth. The money will be used by the business assistance center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment
WASHINGTON - The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Wednesday released an open memo to President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team outlining actionable proposals that the new administration can accomplish in its first year to bolster America’s innovation economy. Think tank ITIF proposes 36 policies that can be achieved quickly through executive authority or discrete
SHENZHEN, China - University of Michigan leaders are entering into several agreements with Chinese institutions in hopes, as the world’s population grows, of solving pressing global issues such as clean and safe water and next-generation transportation. S. Jack Hu, U-M vice president for research, is in China in November along with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder,
HOUGHTON - A new patent search tool developed by engineers at Michigan Technological University makes it easier to discover and track inactive patents. Many innovators and inventors feel they have squandered hours fruitlessly rifling through old patents on the US Patent and Trademark Office website, trying to figure out which are still active and how
NEW YORK - More than half of Americans mention Uber when hearing the term “shared mobility service” and Millennials are the ones paving the way for other generations as they are the most active users of this new type of service, according to a report from ReportLinker. Millennials, who have a higher comfort-level with ride-hailing
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, to learn more about new federal guidelines for driverless car development, the threat that artificial intelligence poses to jobs, Apple’s free app to reach children how to code and
ROYAL OAK - For episode 171, we were joined by Bamboo Detroit and the Detroit Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Bamboo Detroit is more than doubling its co-working space in downtown Detroit. Also Activ8’s gaming night tonight, ITInTheD networking event Thursday at Firebird Tavern, and December charity fundraiser at Falling Down Beer Company. To listen, click
SOUTHFIELD - Diva Tech Talk interviewed Jennifer Pfaff, a woman with a rich history of technology leadership accomplishments. Jennifer is now the Director of Store IT Services for Domino’s, a company averaging $2.3 billion in annual revenue, ranking as the 2nd largest franchisor of pizza retail outlets in the world. Jennifer’s 3 pieces of cogent
