ANN ARBOR—When COVID-19 forced Americans to stay home, many turned to streaming, taking solace in their ability to binge-watch entertainment of all shapes and sizes. But it was only a matter of time before fatigue set in. After a steady mark last year, customer satisfaction with video streaming tumbled 2.6% to a score of 74
TROY—The latest studies from the customer experience analytics firm J.D. Power found that a record 67% of retail bank customers in the United States used their bank’s mobile app during the past year, up seven percentage points from 2020, and a record 41% of bank customers are now classified as digital-only. According to a series
MARQUETTE—Officials at Marquette-based Able Medical Devices announced the launch of its Valkyrie Thoracic Fixation System, saying it’s the market’s first single-use radiolucent plating system designed to span the osteotomy and close the sternum after open heart surgery. The system’s unique material properties allow the implant to be contoured in-situ, which saves time and improves efficiency
DEARBORN—Ford Motor Co. announced the launch of a new “net zero automotive program” with West Sacramento, Calif.-based Origin Materials. Origin’s Net Zero Automotive Program is a sustainable automotive supply chain initiative focused on industrializing new materials to drive decarbonization in the automotive industry. Origin officials say newly developed and industrialized materials, derived from sustainable wood
DETROIT - Before you launch your startup company, you should first get ideas of how the cannabis market landscape looks like. Things like, what are the main risks? What is the profit potential? And who will be your closest competitor? Given the short history of the cannabis industry, no entrepreneur can entirely know how it
ANN ARBOR - On Four20 Post June 9, we took a look at the controversy swirling around efforts by large cannabis companies to lobby for more regulations for medical cannabis caregivers that would reduce the number of plants they can grow and patients they can serve – the very group that built the medical marijuana
KALAMAZOO — Representatives from Western Michigan University announced on Tuesday that the school has received the largest private gift ever bestowed on a public university. With the Empowering Futures Gift, anonymous donors will provide $550 million to the Kalamazoo school over the course of 10 years. Administrators expect the first round of funds to be available for
ANN ARBOR, June 8, 2021 - Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing in Birmingham, MI., provides great tips on how businesses that sell online through Amazon can take advantage of Amazon Prime Day June 21-22. If you are an eTailer and sell through Amazon, you're going to want to watch this video interview. For those
ANN ARBOR - Dan Lohrmann from Security Mentor - the former Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Michigan - analyzes the recent waves of ransomware attacks that have targeted US petroleum pipeline companies, meat packers and more. He agrees they originate from Russia. And he offers some advice to President Biden of what
YPSILANTI—Eastern Michigan University announced the receipt of a $1 million gift from automotive entrepreneur Jack Roush, EMU alumnus and chairman of the board of Roush Enterprises, and founder, CEO, and co-owner of NASCAR racing team, Roush Fenway Racing. The gift from Roush will support mathematics and automotive programs in the University’s GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology. “This
