DETROIT - The U.S. Department of Commerce is organizing a major international conference this September in Detroit focused on leveraging free trade agreements to grow export sales. Entitled DISCOVER GLOBAL MARKETS Leveraging Free Trade Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges, the event will take place September 9-10 at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit. Commercial diplomats from
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University's long-term bond rating was increased on Tuesday by Standard & Poor's as the university prepared a $250 million commercial paper offer. The offering comes just a few days after the university set its budget for the 2014-15 school year, which raised tuitions by a composite rate of 2.8 percent
LANSING - A traditional, defined benefit retirement plan will provide a more secure retirement to employees than a defined contribution plan, according a new study from Great Lakes Economic Consulting. The study was commissioned by the Michigan Coalition for Secure Retirement, and the results were announced at a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday.
LANSING - All levels of education in Michigan will see increases for the coming school year under the budget signed Tuesday by Governor Rick Snyder. And one more class of students will see the Michigan Educational Assessment Program test under provisions of the budget. The budget (HB 5314 , PA 196) provides $50 per student
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation Wednesday announced a groundbreaking crowdfunding and matching grant initiative to help drive private equity-funded projects in Michigan. The application process begins July 9. Public Spaces Community Places, a collaborative effort of MEDC, the Michigan Municipal League, and Michigan-based crowdfunding platform Patronicity, is the first program of its kind
TROY - Billhighway has signed a three-year contract with the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to automate billing and dues processing for 110,000 members. ?Automating our dues process not only saves the lodge secretaries time but provides a seamless experience for our members,? said Robert Dunkle, District Deputy Grand Master. The Billhighway solution will also provide
WESTLAND ? Online Tech is close to completing the development of a major data center in Metro Detroit, a 34,000 square foot data center in Westland. It officially opens August 1. ?Detroit?s potential is immense,? said Yan Ness, co-CEO of Online Tech. ?Our new data center brings crucial technology infrastructure to a city with an
ANN ARBOR ? Lots of mobile wireless communications events are scheduled for this summer. And MITechNews.Com has them all for you. Google Developer Group Ann Arbor Android: 6/25/14, 12:00 p.m., Arbormoon Software, Ann Arbor, MI. "Google I/O Extended Ann Arbor". Details available at http://meetup.com/gdg-a3 CocoaHeads Detroit: 6/26/14, 5:30 p.m. Register to attend at http://meetup.com/CocoaHeadsDetroit Detroit
REDMOND - Microsoft has finally fixed an Exchange Online outage that left affected users without access to email for almost nine hours on Tuesday, prompting many to vent their frustration online as they struggled to get their work done. The company hasn?t said how many customers were impacted, but judging by the volume of complaints
ANN ARBOR - Arotech Corporation announced a new Man Portable Hybrid Power Management System that its Battery and Power Division's UEC Electronics subsidiary unveiled to the United States Department of Defense. This latest 3.5kW system is a prototype which satisfies an upcoming solicitation for the Mobile Electric Hybrid Power System Lite (MEHPS-Lite). "While the prototype