DETROIT - A new study shows a record 42 million Americans are serving as family caregivers and spending an average of 26 percent of household income taking care of loved ones. Caring for family members has always been difficult. Since COVID-19, it has gotten exponentially harder with people caring for seniors and children while many work full-time.
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Valley's College of Health Professions has partnered with Samaritas Senior Living of Grand Rapids to develop an immersive program where students will interact with seniors on a daily basis. This pilot program, launching in fall of 2022, will give two College of Health Professions (CHP) students an opportunity to live and
WASHINGTON – A new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association finds that sentiment around business travel is shifting, with 77 percent of business travelers and 64% of employed Americans agreeing that it is more important than ever to bring back business travel. Nearly two-thirds of business travelers
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a settlement agreement that permits Northern States Power Co. of Wisconsin (NSP) to raise its electricity rates by $1.7 million in its service territory in two western Upper Peninsula counties. The settlement agreement (Case No. U-21097) approves a total revenue requirement of $2,530,513, with a return
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ANN ARBOR - If you want your child to become cyber savvy, you want to get he or she enrolled in the Michigan Cyber Patriot program. The largely virtual instruction has been led by Tamara Shoemaker for the past seven years. She joins Matt and Mike on MITech TV to provides contest updates and details
ANN ARBOR - The Comerica Hatch Detroit contest is back after a three year hiatus due to the pandemic. Vittoria Katanski, executive director of Hatch Detroit, provides the latest updates. The four-month contest includes two rounds of public voting – Top 10 and Top 4 - allowing the community to vote for their favorite businesses
DETROIT - Answering your customers' calls is vital to improving service delivery and retaining them. Mostly, you have to choose between an in-house team and outsourcing. The perceived ease of managing an in-house call center is why many companies take this approach. Regardless, many businesses are abandoning in-house call centers in favor of outsourcing. Call
DETROIT - Michigan has a small but tightly-knit community of startup entrepreneurs. Michigan has a long history of technology and construction, with the local engineering college established in 1854. In recent years, Michigan has been described as the "Silicon Valley Of Mobility Tech" by publications such as Forbes - with pioneering companies such as May Mobility and
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple on Wednesday inched a step closer to replacing real-world wallets with the one on its iPhone, opening up its digital driver's license and state ID program in Arizona. The initiative, built into Apple's iOS 15 software that powers modern iPhones, was announced last summer and will expand to Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio and Puerto
