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Mark Reuss To Keynote At Management Briefing Seminars In Traverse City

TRAVERSE CITY - The Center for Automotive Research announced that Mark Reuss, President of General Motors, will be a keynote speaker at its upcoming 2024 Management Briefing Seminars. The conference will beheld August 5-8, 2024, at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City. Reuss joins an already impressive lineup of speakers for the

By |2024-05-31T08:44:15-04:00May 31st, 2024|ESD|

Congressman Introduced Legislation To Force President To Direct Federal Agencies To Disclose UFO Documents

WASHINGTON DC - Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has introduced legislation that would force the president to direct federal agencies to make all documents on unidentified anomalous phenomena, aka UAPs or UFOs, available to the public within 279 days and mandate the president provide a quarterly report on declassification of UAP records to the House. Burchett, the unofficial chair

By |2024-05-30T20:47:17-04:00May 30th, 2024|Guest Columns|

Consumers Energy Ordered To Pay $1M Fine After MPSC Investigates Faulty Meters, Estimated Billing, Delays In New Service Hookups

JACKSON - Consumers Energy agreed to pay a $1 million fine and take other steps to improve its performance after the Michigan Public Service Commission investigated complaints about malfunctioning electric meters, violations of rules on estimated billing, and significant delays in providing new electric and gas service. The Commission in October directed Consumers Energy to

By |2024-05-30T20:40:20-04:00May 30th, 2024|Clean Update, Government/Politics, Politics/Government|

Former GM Chief Engineer Says Chinese EV Clarion Call To U.S. Auto Industry

DETROIT - Terry Woychowski, former chief engineer for several General Motors pickup truck models, says that the extremely affordable yet allegedly high-quality BYD Seagull EV from China is a “clarion call” to American automakers to make electric vehicles for the everyman, noting that “things will have to change in some radical ways in order to

By |2024-06-02T17:07:24-04:00May 30th, 2024|Auto Tech, ESD|

Constructel Acquires Plymouth-Based Telecom Services Provider Verità

PLYMOUTH - Constructel Visabeira has acquired Plymouth-based telecom services provider Verità Telecommunications. Terms were not announced. Verità with 500 employees, is engaged in engineering, construction, and maintenance of both fixed and mobile telecommunication infrastructures. With operations primarily in the central United States, Verita has achieved double digit revenue growth since 2021. Verità’s current management team,

By |2024-05-30T20:40:21-04:00May 30th, 2024|News|

World’s Top Ransomware Hacker Identified, Chinese Hack US Infrastructure

ANN ARBOR - Law enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia today jointly named Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged operator of the LockBitSupp handle and the organizational mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware group, which has been on a multiyear hacking rampage exporting an estimated $500 million from its victims.

By |2024-05-30T19:58:48-04:00May 30th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Aquinas College Wins First Place In Food Organics Category in The “Campus Race to Zero Waste

GRAND RAPIDS – Aquinas joined more than 2.7 million college students and staff across the country in a National Wildlife Federation competition to reduce the campus waste footprint through minimization efforts. The participating colleges donated, composted and recycled more than 30.7 million pounds of waste. As a result, they have collectively kept more than 105

By |2024-05-30T19:36:16-04:00May 30th, 2024|Clean Update|

New York Times Ad Calls Out “Election Denier” UAW President Shawn Fain

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Center for Union Facts, a pro-business non profit, ran an advertisement in the New York Times calling out UAW President Shawn Fain for being an “election denier” and refusing to accept the results of a unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. The UAW lost the election by nearly 600

By |2024-05-31T08:00:57-04:00May 30th, 2024|Featured, News|

Technology-Related Startup Costs For Daycare Centers

Day Cares are popular targets for aspiring small business owners, since there is plenty of demand for these services regardless of the city and state you live in. However, there are a number of unique startup costs to consider that aren’t always a necessity with other business models. Here are some technology startup costs to

By |2024-05-30T19:08:11-04:00May 30th, 2024|Guest Columns|

Five Best Customer Retention Strategies for Businesses

Did you know it costs around three times as much to attract a new customer as it does to retain an existing one? Incorporating incentive marketing strategies, such as exclusive rewards and personalized offers, can further enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty. ANCHOR: incentive marketing strategies This proves that loyalty pays. If your customer retention rates

By |2024-08-02T10:29:39-04:00May 30th, 2024|Guest Columns|