LANSING - The Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards program opened for nominations this week for the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Awards, honoring second stage companies that have posted minimum annual revenue of $750,000. Each year fifty companies are chosen from hundreds of applicants and this year the program judges expect to be
LANSING - Road funding, energy policy overhaul and addressing a dire situation with Detroit Public Schools topped the list of priorities from Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof on Wednesday as the Senate returned to work. Meekhof (R-West Olive) said little about road funding discussions - as has been the case with all of the leaders
LANSING - After initially urging caution on a proposal to raise the Corporate Income Tax from 6 percent to 11 percent and directing the new revenue to roads, the Michigan Building Trades has now decided to endorse the proposal. There was no word from Building Trades officials, but Citizens for Fair Taxes, the group backing
LANSING - The loss of connection to a mainframe computer knocked out computer systems at all Department of State branch offices starting about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, leaving those in line before the close of business at 5 p.m. having to return a different day to complete their business. The connection was restored overnight, resolving the
DETROIT - Social media keeps expanding and its time for us to help you catch up with the latest trends. Sheri Kam joins us once again to help explain some of the most recent tools that have been added to the toolbox for those who want to explore new ways of keeping in touch personally and
FERNDALE - So we got brave and dove through the traffic and chaos of Arts, Beats and Eats to get to the back room of the Blackfinn for episode 108 of our weekly live podcast. We were joined by Morgan, the organizer of Youmacon, as well as a few of our fellow Podcast Detroit shows
PLYMOUTH - Comcast has named Mikel Slater vice president of Human Resources for Comcast's Heartland region, encompassing Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. As a key member of the region's senior leadership team, Slater is responsible for partnering with organization leads to develop and implement the HR strategy for attracting and retaining top talent and meeting the
DETROIT - TEDxDetroit 2015 has released its speaker list for the Oct. 8 event at the Fox Theatre and it includes influencers like NASA's Dr. Cathy Olkin and the Consumer Electronic Association's Gary Shapiro. In its seventh year, the day-long event, sort of a peep rally for business and innovation, will draw upwards of two
SAN FRANCISCO - Just as we expected, Apple announced the next versions of its best-selling smartphones, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. However, despite introducing a new color (rose gold), the iPhone 6S looks a whole lot like last year's iPhone 6- and most other iPhones - that came before. This follows the pattern that Apple
ANN ARBOR - Michigan entrepreneurs have a option for getting products to market faster, thanks to a matching funds program called Small Company Innovation Program, Technology and Commercialization Assistance (SCIP/TCA; pronounced "skip T-C-A"). In collaboration with all of Michigan's 15 public universities, Michigan startups can access university resources including faculty expertise, use of laboratory equipment,