DETROIT ? Wayne State University?s TechTown is hosting its inaugural fundraising event ? Toast of the Town - Oct. 16 to highlight the rich diversity of the phenomenal entrepreneurs that work with the accelerator. An evening program is jam-packed full of fun and inspiration, including an invite-only VIP reception as a warm up. More details
SOUTHFIELD - Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has launched a new Data Solutions Practice Group, making it the first ? and only ? law firm in Michigan to provide an integrated team approach to full life-cycle support for business data. More than 30 experienced attorneys, records management specialists, data and information technology specialists and paralegals
LANSING - The Michigan Chamber of Commerce will be launching a statewide private health insurance marketplace at the start of September, it announced Tuesday, to help meet growing demand from employers as they try to comply with health the Affordable Care Act. "Regardless of what happens with the Affordable Care Act, Michigan will soon have
SAN FRANCISCO - The first Verizon Wireless smartphones to run voice calls exclusively over the 4G LTE network won't hit the market until the first half of 2016, so says Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo, speaking to Wall Street at an investor conference on Tuesday. Shammo said the company plans to begin offering voice
CUPTERTINO, Ca. - Mass production of a new full-sized iPad has begun, with the tablet expected to be unveiled by the end of the current quarter or early next quarter, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Manufacturing complications may restrict output of the device, the publication said, due to a new anti-reflection coating being added to make the
DETROIT - Is your small to medium-sized business looking to expand into international markets? Join Automation Alley at its downtown Detroit office for a roundtable discussion aimed at demystifying the exporting process on Aug. 26. Registration closes Aug. 22. Noel Nevshehir, Automation Alley?s director of International Business Services, will be on hand to explain why
MIDLAND - Join the MidMichigan Innovation Center for a workshop on Sept. 30 with CEO Ken Kousky to learn the basics and benefits of angel investing. Capital-seeking entrepreneurs will learn the rewarding opportunities presented by early-stage equity deals, how angel investing can foster a thriving entrepreneurial community and much more. $90 per person for general
LANSING - Total enrollment in Healthy Michigan, the state's expanded Medicaid eligibility program, has topped more than 355,000 people, the Department of Community Health showed on Monday. The latest milestone was reached less than one month after enrollments hit 320,000, which was the total expected for all of 2014. If enrollments continue at the current
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Sales of Chromebooks will reach 5.2 million units in 2014, a 79 percent increase from 2013, and nearly triple to reach 14.4 million units in 2017, a new survey reports. "Competition in the Chromebook market is intensifying as more vendors launch Chromebooks, with eight models in the market in 2014," said
NOVI - Online registration is open for INNO-VENTION 2014, Southeastern Michigan?s premier health care and life science conference, Oct. 21-22 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. ?This is a very popular event and it?s gotten bigger every year, with last year?s conference drawing more than 600 people,? Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said.