LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan has named Lori J. Birman as the organization?s Vice President of Membership & Development. Most recently, Birman was Director of Membership and Planned Gifts for the Engineering Society of Detroit. Birman will be responsible for planning and managing implementation of membership growth strategies, sponsorships, advertising and advocacy
DEARBORN - The SME Education Foundation announced the election of four new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the Board are Gwen Malone, Jennifer McNelly, Karla Middlebrooks and Roy Sweatman. ?I am excited to welcome our new Board members to the SME Education Foundation,? said Chief Executive Officer Bart A. Aslin. ?They bring us
SOUTHFIELD - Have you used Dropbox, the cloud-based file sharing and backup service? On Nov. 7, the Michigan Council of Women in Technology will provide a description of Dropbox functionality and how to set it up, sync files and share folders and files. Participants will learn what's included in the free service and which additional
SAN FRANCISCO - Mac users can have Apple's latest Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, for free, the company announced Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. "Today we're going to revolutionize pricing," Craig Federighi, Apple's chief of iOS and OS X, told CNET News.Com. The software is available now. Apple introduced the system in
LANSING - Business groups have long argued increasing the minimum wage forces employers to cut back on hiring, but the Michigan League for Public Policy said in a report released Monday that the increase would generate jobs. The group estimates that increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.40 would mean
LONDON - Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger said last week repealing the prevailing wage is still seriously being discussed, and he hopes to have some solution to transportation funding approved by the Legislature before the end of the year. Bolger (R-Marshall) said in an interview with Gongwer News Service he currently is giving Senate Majority
ANN ARBOR ? Llamasoft has released K2 Enterprise, a new technology platform, offered both on-premise or on-demand in the cloud, that elevates supply chain modeling and design from a personal workstation to an enterprise-wide collaborative design and knowledge management environment. Developed to support supply chain design centers of excellence and global design teams, K2 Enterprise
LANSING - Michigan's premiums for health insurance coverage through the federal exchange may be lower than the national average, but sign-ups have been "modest," says Rick Murdock, executive director of the Michigan Association of Health Plans, due to factors such as the fierce advocacy on both sides of the Affordable Care Act, the state deciding
LANSING - Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger says he would like to see reform of the state's no-fault auto insurance system before the end of the year and Rep. Pete Lund's bill isn't dead in the House. "I think (HB 4612 ) does address several ... issues, but we remain willing to work with people
LANSING - Policy changes are needed to reduce the cost of no-fault insurance in the state without necessarily reducing benefits, the Citizens Research Council said in a report released last week. The report found that Michigan insurance rates are 17 percent higher than in other states, in part because medical costs for similar crashes are