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Celebrate ESD’s 125th: Sponsorships Available For 2020 Issues Of TechCentury

SOUTHFIELD—This year, The Engineering Society of Detroit is celebrating its 125th anniversary of promoting and honoring excellence, innovation, cooperation, professional growth and fellowship in the engineering, scientific and allied professions. Subscribers to ESD’s TechCentury magazine can help celebrate ESD’s anniversary — while taking advantage of the industry and business exposure you will receive — by sponsoring celebration

By Matt Roush|2020-01-16T20:22:39-05:00January 16th, 2020|ESD|

WWJ Panel At LTU: A Long Road Ahead To Self-Driving Cars

SOUTHFIELD–American automakers are wrestling with issues of safety systems and distracted driving, while American drivers are in love with their phones and still skeptical about self-driving cars. That was the word Thursday from a panel of experts on automotive safety, at a WWJ Newsradio 950 “Leaders and Innovators” business breakfast held in partnership with Lawrence

By Matt Roush|2020-01-16T11:54:06-05:00January 16th, 2020|Auto Tech, ESD|

Lambert & Co. Buys New York Investor Relations, PR Company

GRAND RAPIDS — Lambert & Co. closed on its second acquisition in two months with a deal for New York-based Casteel Schoenborn Investor Relations & Corporate Communications. For the Grand Rapids-based public relations and investor relations firm Lambert & Co., the deal accelerates the company’s growth strategy and boosts its investor relations and financial services expertise, according to

By MIBiz|2020-01-16T11:54:29-05:00January 16th, 2020|New Products / Contracts|

GTF Wants To Use Hemp Stalk To Create Hemp Textile Industry In Michigan

LANSING - Gary Schuler, Founder and CEO of GTF, wants to use the bottom 80 percent of the Hemp plant to develop a Hemp textile industry in Michigan, just one of the 20,000 uses for Industrial Hemp. https://youtu.be/-pS_w7yumns

By Mike Brennan|2020-01-16T20:24:35-05:00January 16th, 2020|Featured, Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

TC Light & Power Picks Fujitsu To Power New Gigabit Network

TRAVERSE CITY–Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a unit of the Japanese electronics giant, announced it had finalized a design, construction, operations and maintenance agreement with Traverse City Light & Power to help expand the northern Michigan municipal utility’s fiber broadband network. As part of a new Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband initiative, the utility will build out coverage

By Matt Roush|2020-01-16T11:54:06-05:00January 16th, 2020|ESD, Featured, IoT|

Google Picks Invest Detroit’s VC Unit To Help Startups In Michigan

DETROIT–ID Ventures, the venture capital arm of Invest Detroit, the non-profit that supports business and real estate projects in the city and region, announced that it has been selected by the Google Developers Launchpad to provide scaling resources to startups in Detroit and Michigan. ID Ventures is Google’s first such partner in the continental United

By Matt Roush|2020-01-16T11:54:06-05:00January 16th, 2020|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

AndCan Index Up In October: US Demand For Legal Cannabis Rising

LANSING - Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan Index shows resumed growth in U.S. demand for legal cannabis products in October 2019. This follows a two month plateau in August and September as the market took a break from uninterrupted growth between January and July. Year-over-year, the growth rate strengthened further to a rate of 16.9

By Patrick Anderson|2020-01-15T14:39:36-05:00January 15th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

MITech TV: Benzinga, Entry Point, Xfinity Advanced Security

MITech TV: Benzinga, Entry Point, Xfinity Advanced Security

ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast - now MITech TV - Jan. 13 Jason Raznick, the Founder of Benzinga, talks about what’s in store for his FinTech publication this year. Molly Theis, formerly with the Michigan Venture Capital Association, talks about her new role as community engagement manager for Entry Point. Rob Ponto from Comcast

By Mike Brennan|2024-04-04T14:18:54-04:00January 12th, 2020|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

MDHHS Reports State’s Third Vaping-Related Death

LANSING - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced there has been a third death associated with the outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries in the state. MDHHS was notified about the death of an adult male on Dec. 19. No other information about the individual will be released due to confidentiality reasons. “The

By Staff Writer|2020-01-12T13:56:39-05:00January 12th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

Small Business Owners Anticipate Economic Downturn in 2020

WASHINGTON DC – Small business owners feel only “somewhat prepared” for a potential economic downturn, according to new data gathered by SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses. Data shows that the U.S. economy is strong, but slowing; and, while 75% of small business owners rated their company’s cash flow as “good” or “very good” in

By Staff Writer|2020-01-12T13:56:40-05:00January 12th, 2020|News|