ANN ARBOR - Cannabis business entrepreneur Charlie Strackbein started the Ann Arbor Monroe Street Fair two decades ago to provide support for the Ann Arbor Hash Bash, a counterculture weed festival that began in April 1972 on the Diag at the University of Michigan. This year’s installment is scheduled for Saturday April 4 and will
HOUGHTON, MI – A Finnish business delegation will be coming to both the Upper Peninsula and Southeast Michigan this year to explore new investment opportunities in med-tech, mobility and advanced wood products. In late spring or early summer of this year, FinnZone in Houghton will be hosting a delegation in the U.P. of up to
GRAND RAPIDS — The West Michigan industrial economy remains marginally soft, and is poised for slower growth in 2020, a Grand Valley State University economist said Wednesday. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business, surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on
LANSING - Cable TV cutting is gaining momentum in Michigan, according to a new report from the Michigan Public Service Commission. The MPSC found that the number of customers in 2019 decreased by 313,066 to a total of 1,686,006, the fourth year of decline reflecting a national trend of consumers shifting to streaming video over
SOUTHFIELD – The MCWT Wednesday announced its MCWT Scholarship Fund. The MCWT Foundation made an initial $25,000 contribution to the fund in 2019 and several of the organization’s past presidents stepped up to collectively match the starting amount. Leveraging the passion, energy and commitment of MCWT’s board and past leadership, Jane Sydlowski, 2019 MCWT president,
SOUTHFIELD —An Industry 4.0 Accelerator program—the first of its kind in the U.S.—is launching in Michigan with the goal to help small and medium-sized technology and manufacturing companies along their digital transformation journeys. The Industry 4.0 Accelerator program—lead by Automation Alley with support services from Lean Rocket Lab and Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator—is a
LANSING – Huge gaps remain in efforts to expand Michigan’s economic progress that include investing in infrastructure, boosting K-12 educational performance and growing a working-age population, so says Business Leaders for Michigan. “We have a great picture of where Michigan stands today on the national scale: better, but still not best,” said Doug Rothwell, President
EAST LANSING - Two Supported Intelligence alums recently were awarded a U.S. Patent for a cutting edge Artificial Intelligence technology. The patent went to Jeff Johnson and Neal Anderson. Supported Intelligence develops consumer-friendly AI applications. Their new patent, number 10,546,248, is entitled “System and Method for Defining and Calibrating a Sequential Decision Problem Using Historical
SUNNYVALE, Calif - Organizations spent $11.45 million annually on Insider cybersecurity threat remediation that took 77 days to contain, a new report contends. Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today released its Cost of Insider Threats 2020 Global Report. The report, commissioned with The Ponemon Institute and co-sponsored by IBM, surveyed nearly 1,000 IT
LIVONIA—The American Society of Employers, Michigan’s largest employer association, has released its “2020 Starting Salaries for Co-op Students and Recent College Graduates Survey." The survey of 121 companies provides a comprehensive look at the current state of wages and benefits provided to co-op students and recent college graduates. The top five in-state institutions the responding
