LANSING - One of the great unknowns heading into the 2016 election, the first general election in more than a century without voters having the option to pick a party's slate of candidates with a single mark on the ballot, has been removed for now with a federal judge slapping a preliminary injunction Thursday on
JACKSON - IChallengeU, which invites high school students to develop solutions to real-world business problems, will include a state competition in 2017 sponsored by Baker College. The sponsorship was announced on the final day of the 2016 IChallengeU regional competitions in Jackson and Holland. IChallengeU is an intense, two-week summer educational opportunity for high school juniors
ROYAL OAK - On M2 (Squared) TechCast Monday July 25, Wealth Management Specialist Jo-Ann MacWilliams-Wolf will discuss longevity planning, attorneys Dennis Barnes and Erica Fitzgerald, partners at the law firm of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, will provide valuable business advice for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Also on the show, David Palmer from Workforce Intelligence Network,
DETROIT - General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra on Friday called on the world’s auto industry to collaborate to develop cybersecurity standards to not only protect the physical security of vehicle owners, but also the personal data they increasingly transmit through the connected vehicle. “Cybersecurity protects physical safety, privacy and data,” Barra said at
DETROIT - The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan announced Thursday that it has re-launched its website, GoMobileMichigan.org - part of the group’s effort to help diversify Michigan’s economy through connected technologies driven by innovation. The primary objective of the recently re-launched MTAM website is to offer wide-ranging content and contact resources for mobile and wireless
AUBURN HILLS - Starting this fall, Oakland University will offer a Master of Science in Cybersecurity - the only one of its kind in the state designed to prepare students for careers in what’s becoming a white-hot cybersecurity job market. Starting salaries can be in the six-figures. “The overall goal of the program is to
LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, interviews Sergio Carrillo and Ashley Mason of Security Card Services In Partnership with Independent Bank about why it is important to small business success to be able to accept credit cards from your customers, big new developments in credit card technology
LANSING - Your website is up, signs are in place, the literature is glossy and your Facebook is a “like.” But where are your customers? It’s an advertising slump. The conundrum: trying to figure out how to attract more customers while meeting the day-to-day business demands. It’s time to break the slump. The best place to start is a Strategic
DETROIT - Toyota has donated $1.44 million to the Michigan Science Center, the latest of many efforts by Toyota to promote and expand STEM education initiatives. “It’s critical to foster innovative thinking at a young age,” said Toyota Technical Center Senior Vice President Jeff Makarewicz. “Developing that interest early on can create great opportunities not
LANSING - Michigan lawmakers last week introduced legislation to restore a state angel investment tax credit that would allow an investor to receive a 20-percent tax credit against the state’s personal income tax for qualified angel investments. The two bills were sponsored by state Rep. Jeff Farrington, a term-limited Republican from Macomb County. Farrington’s bills
