ANN ARBOR - Knowing which industries have a good economic outlook can help you to make savvy career choices. Whether you’re starting out or you’re thinking about your next promotion, choosing a sector or specialty that’s primed for growth can provide you with job security and lucrative opportunities. Similarly, if you’re a budding entrepreneur and
DETROIT - Marijuana is becoming legal in many states around the country. It is still illegal on a federal level, however. Although many companies are relaxing their drug testing for marijuana, not all of them are. Employers are free to fire anybody that is found to be under the influence of marijuana while at work.
ANN ARBOR - Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to MITech TV with co-hosts Mike Brennan from MITechNews.Com and Matt Roush from ESD's Technology Century to update all the summer happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and preview a bushel basket full of events scheduled for the fall. Kathleen Norton-Schock Join a community that delivers
For business owners, increasing their website traffic used to be like the gold medal win in the Tokyo Olympics was for Sydney McLaughlin—incredible and ultra-rewarding for all her hard work. That’s not the case anymore! In the current virtual landscape, conversions significantly outrank impressions as an indicator of online success. And, just like Sydney,
DETROIT - The gambling industry has undergone rapid development in recent years. Thanks to mobile technology, casinos now offer Internet-based services where users can place online bets on a game of chance in real-time. New technology has successfully propelled gambling into the digital age leading to a gradual rise in popularity and competition. As of
TORONTO, Can. - In what appears to be one of the first big cannabis consolidations in Michigan, Canadian-based TerrAscend plans to enter Michigan's rapidly growing cannabis market through the acquisition of Detroit-based Gage Growth in an all-stock deal reportedly worth $545 million. TerrAscend, which has operations in both the U.S. and Canada, said the deal will
DETROIT - What do surgical instruments, engines on jet planes and pistons in car engines all have in common? If you answered, “They all have rubber seals,” give yourself a gold star. Granted, you might not immediately think of rubber as being a key part of these three important products, but rubber is such a
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Aug. 30, Kathleen Norton-Schock returned to update happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Nick Dodge from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters discussed his organization’s demand for an investigation into power outages by DTE and Consumer’s Energy. Dan Lohrmann provided background on his recent article about
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV today at 2 pm, Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to update happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Nick Dodge from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters will discuss his organization’s demand for an investigation into power outages by DTE and Consumer’s Energy. Dan Lohrmann provides background on his
LANSING - A CNBC story last week led with this headline: “Coinbase slammed for what users say is terrible customer service after hackers drain their accounts.” Here’s an excerpt: “For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized,
