SOUTHFIELD - Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, will speak at Lawrence Technological University?s 83rd Commencement May 9 and be awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Business Administration. Some 800 students comprise LTU?s class of 2015. They will receive undergraduate, master?s and doctoral degrees at the 1 p.m. ceremonies held indoors at the
DETROIT - Comerica Bank?s Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in January, growing 0.3 percentage points to a level of 120.6. January?s reading is 47 points, or 63 percent, above the index cyclical low of 73.8. The index averaged 117.6 points for all of 2014, three and three-tenths points above the index average for 2013. December?s
TROY - Automation Alley is once again partnering with the Society of Manufacturing Engineering this summer to sponsor THE BIG M, a three-day, international manufacturing event in June at the COBO Center in Detroit. THE BIG M is expected to draw more than 5,000 creative thinkers in manufacturing from across the globe and will showcase
STAMFORD, Conn. - The mobile apps marketplace is maturing as users declare themselves satisfied with current engagement rates. As users integrate apps more deeply into their lives, app providers will need to stay one step ahead and focus their development, marketing and branding more intensely toward retention strategies. "After eight years of searching for, downloading
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Grand Rapids Veterans Home will provide the setting Sunday April 5 for the fifth annual Community Sunrise Memorial Service hosted by the DeMolai Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar of Grand Rapids. A color guard from A Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines in Grand Rapids will present the US flag and a
LANSING ? Visitor spending in Michigan hit $22.8 billion last year, and the state?s Pure Michigan tourism campaign generated $6.87 for each dollar spent on Pure Michigan advertising in 2014, according to two reports released this week at the Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism in Grand Rapids. ?Michigan?s tourism industry is a strong pillar
ANN ARBOR - Bank of Ann Arbor has promoted Satish Jasti to Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Officer. Satish joined BOAA in December 2010 as Vice President and Senior Loan Officer of the Plymouth office. As part of an expanding commercial banking group in the Plymouth office, he has been instrumental in helping grow
ANN ARBOR ? If you needed more proof that Ann Arbor has become the hotbed for technology development in Michigan, you just need to read the latest findings from University of Michigan economists as part of their 30th annual economic outlook for Washtenaw County. In the latest U-M survey, nearly 17 percent of all job
ANN ARBOR - For the second consecutive year, Merit Network has been selected by Mile2 as the North American Authorized Training Center of the year. Merit was chosen from more than 100 Mile2 Authorized Training Center locations around the world. One ATC from each of five global regions was chosen to receive this annual award.
ANN ARBOR - U-M's Mobility Transformation Center - a major research partnership of industry, government and academia that is laying the foundation for a commercially viable system of connected and automated vehicles - has launched its Affiliates Program. MTC is developing three complementary on-road vehicle deployments in Ann Arbor and across Southeast Michigan that will