LANSING - The Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board put most of the final touches Monday on its plan to hire contractors for risk and alternatives analyses on the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The board is hoping to issue requests for a proposal in February, said Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant, who
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission and DTE Electric Company reached an agreement to allow the utility to hike its electric rates by $238.2 million annually - resulting in an increase of $8.22 monthly for residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month. The new rates are effective Dec. 17. The increase is
FERNDALE - Michelle Gilbert, Vice President of Public Relations for the Heartland Region of Comcast, will spend $3 million to build out a 1 gigabit per second Internet service to the businesses, across Midtown and Downtown next year. Comcast also will build a 1,700 square foot Xfinity store that will open in January, plus a
FERNDALE - Scott Ringlein, of the Energy Alliance Group of Michigan, talks about the energy efficiency projects his company performs for industrial and commercial clients. The PACE program participant allows property owners to take on a special assessment to pay for energy efficient projects, much like a tax assessment paid over a long period of
FERNDALE - Greg Doyle, who manages the Oakland County technology networking group, Tech248, provides the background on the group that hopes to connected about 4,000 tech companies in the state’s second largest county. Retaining newly graduated college students, with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the classic STEM degrees so highly coveted by Michigan
FERNDALE - Kathleen Norton-Schock, one of Diva Tech Talk’s founders, interviews Carey Pachla, President of Fast Switch a nationwide recruiting firm. Carey discusses the awesome STEM jobs available, open to women. But, she said, unfortunately Michigan does not have the talent to fill them. However, Fast Switch fills hundreds of these jobs each year. To listen,
FERNDALE - Rosemary Bayer, chief inspiration officer at ardentCause, is interviewed by Kathleen Northon-Schock, co-founder of Diva Tech Talk, about the non-profit Michigan-based social enterprise that serves the philanthropic, nonprofit and education sectors and provides data solutions and services. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-12-seg-1-ddtt-rosemary-bayer?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy, still heavily dependent upon manufacturing, will probably not grow as strongly in 2016 and 2017 as it did this year, but the trajectory definitely is up and to the right, an economist predicted Thursday. George Erickcek, a senior regional analyst for the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, also
SOUTHFIELD - Luton, England-based Impellam Group plc has purchased Bartech Holding Corp. for $120 million — $115.4 million in cash and $4.6 million in stock. The deal also includes up to $6 million more in cash depending on performance, payable no later than 2018. Bartech provides managed service provider and staffing services in the office,
DETROIT - MTAM member, IZI Mobile, is currently seeking Beta Testers for a new mobile app, Tagly, an app for following exactly what you want from modern fashion & lifestyle brands. Follow whatever is relevant to you whether that’s Warby Parker for new frame releases or designer Yumi Kim for upcoming sample sales. Tagly is
