LANSING - Parents of high school seniors in the Flint area are invited to attend an informational session to learn how students can gain advanced manufacturing work skills while earning a paycheck through the Michigan Advanced Technician Training program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and participating employers. ?The MAT initiative is focused on
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration?s Michigan District Office is seeking small business owners for its sixth round of the Emerging Leaders Initiative. Detroit is one of only 27 cities across the country to participate in the Emerging Leaders initiative which aims to help promising small businesses in underserved communities sustain and grow their
EAST LANSING - A $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award granted to Peter Lillehoj, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, may soon make it possible for your undershirt or socks warn you about an oncoming infection. Lillehoj will spend the next five years advancing research on innovative wearable biosensors that can be
ANN ARBOR ? The Autonomous Vehicle will be the topic Feb. 12 when the Michigan Israel Business Bridge host a discussion on Michigan and Israel Partnering on Technology. Speakers include Udi Naamani CEO, Fusepoint Solutions(Ann Arbor/Israel), Past Director of the Connected Vehicle Proving Center at the University of Michigan ? Dearborn; Luke Bonner, Vice President
ANN ARBOR - The William Davidson Foundation has awarded $4.35 million in grants to the University of Michigan to fast-forward medical innovations and to commercialize technology developed by students and professors.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Fibertech Networks says it plans to install more than 750 route miles of new fiber optic cable in Detroit and its suburbs ? the company?s 30th U.S. metro network -including Trenton, Canton Township, Dearborn, Southfield, Warren, Troy and Chesterfield Township. ?This is a major expansion for Fibertech and an important step in
ANN ARBOR - The last month served as a great opportunity to relax, recharge, and catch up on needed tasks. As we begin the New Year, I have only one company visit to share with you. I recently visited Centurion Medical Products in Williamston. The privately-held company with 1,100 employees and revenues around $200 million,
LIVONIA ? Six finalists have been selected for the ACE Elevator Pitch Competition, which will be held Jan. 30 at Burton Manor. Finalists come from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, East Lansing and Farmington Hills. ACE ?14 anticipates attendance of over 1000 that are a virtual Who's Who of the Michigan Entrepreneurial scene including
AUBURN HILLS - Fiat and Chrysler paid $4.35 billion to buy 41.5 percent of Chrysler?s shares that had been owned by the UAW Retiree Benefits Trust, shoring up the trust, which provides medical benefits to 117,000 UAW-represented Chrysler retirees and their dependents. The combined companies comprise the seventh largest global automaker in the world. But
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Intel on Tuesday announced an agreement to sell its TV business to Verizon Communications for an undisclosed sum, giving the telecom giant an edge in the market to deliver live television over the Internet. The deal spotlights the growing importance of video content delivered over the Internet rather than by broadcast