AUBURN HILLS - FEV North America announced the recipients of its FEV Powertrain Development Award, presented to three collegiate teams that designed, developed and demonstrated exemplary powertrain solutions in the 2014 Formula SAE competition held May 14 ? 17 at Michigan International Speedway. Locally, the University of Akron finished in 5th place; Saginaw Valley State
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK has launched its Virtual Business Advisor, a program offered in collaboration with the City of Ann Arbor and the A2Y Chamber. Virtual Business Advisor will officially launch to the public in June. The economic development group also detailed, at its annual meeting, the results of its marketing efforts. $148
SOUTHFIELD - Computing Source, an all-in-one digital evidence and legal support firm, announced Tuesday that it has acquired MuniDeals. Both are based in Southfield. Terms were not announced. MuniDeals provides municipal finance professionals with services designed to streamline their workflow, including financial printing and specialized digital portals. The company, which serves public sectors including education
LANSING - An overwhelming majority of Michigan voters believe our roads are in horrible condition and are willing to invest more money to build and maintain them, according to a Michigan Chamber of Commerce poll released Monday. "Increased funding to fix the roads and improve public transit is necessary to keep Michigan moving forward and
TROY ? Billhighway has nearly doubled the size of its IT department with the addition of Jason Cooper as senior networking engineer and Amal Shah as intern. Department head Bob Anzivino was recently promoted to Director of IT & Security, assuming additional responsibility for the product development. ?Investments in our technical staff are vital to
GRAND RAPIDS ? BlueGrace Logistics is expanding its footprint in Michigan. The shipping and freight franchisor is seeking those interested in the BlueGrace Logistics franchise opportunity and hopes to begin the interview process within the next couple of months. In 2013, the company increased its footprint by 62 percent, with a 30 percent increase in
LANSING - Michigan teens may have a fractionally easier time of searching for a job in the summer of 2014 than they did a year ago, but it will still be a tough market for those looking for work, says a forecast on the job market by the state. The forecast, released Monday by the
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Internet of Things, where it seems everything from wearable computers to ovens are connected to the Internet, ushers in a new ease-of-use era that also poses serious cyber security threats, warned Michigan Chief Security Officer Dan Lohrmann Thursday at the Michigan InfraGard Great Lakes Regional Conference at Davenport College. Lohrmann was
LANSING - More than 237,000 people have signed up for health-care coverage under the state's expanded Medicaid eligibility in the first six weeks of the program, officials have indicated. According to the Healthy Michigan webpage, as of late Monday, there were 237,329 persons signed up for the program. Healthy Michigan is the name of the
LANSING - Michigan's economy is growing for the fifth consecutive year and will grow for at least two more years, economists told the Revenue Estimating Conference, as current economic factors remain stable and growing stronger. The pace of some of the growth will slow somewhat, for example job growth, as long pent-up consumer demand for