DETROIT - The MI-SBTDC is offering two workshops this month in Detroit and Waterford to explain the requirements and process necessary to apply for Microloans of up to $50,000 from the Center for Empowerment and Economic Development. Microloans are offered across Michigan to start-ups and existing businesses that are not eligible for traditional financing. Choose
TROY - Media Genesis is the lead sponsor for the 2013 Claim Your Youth Conference on October 9-11 at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas. Claim Your Youth is a program dedicated to helping credit unions create a youth culture and appeal to young members with age-appropriate marketing materials. Conference speakers will cover topics including
DETROIT - Ten percent of Detroit-area technology executives recently surveyed expect to expand their IT teams in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to 11 percent in the previous quarter, a new survey shows. In addition, 64 percent plan to hire only for open IT roles in the upcoming quarter, 20 percent plan to put
LIVONIA - Technology Solutions CEO Steve Futrell has been named to Technology Assurance Group's Members' Action Team, an international organization of independently owned unified communications and business technology companies. The Members? Action Team acts as TAG's advisory board. The MAT team is a special subset of Members who have been elected based on their experience
LANSING - Adding tourism to his latest trade mission to Asia is one of several tracks Governor Rick Snyder said will be part of the mission that will go to China and Japan. Along with tourism, Snyder said the state will promote its agricultural commodities, as well as bring executives from more than 20 companies
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder formally announced the creation of the Automotive Industry Office with Nigel Francis, a longtime executive in the automotive and technology structures, serving as the administration's adviser on the industry. The position and the office are housed in the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "Nigel's expertise and leadership will be instrumental in
LANSING - House Speaker Jase Bolger and House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said on Tuesday a road improvement funding proposal is unlikely to happen. "I'm not hearing much hope," Bolger (R-Marshall) told reporters after House session. "We'll leave that to play out. I know people are continuing to work on it, and I'm not going
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that Nokia's Stephen Elop is a candidate to replace him. "Stephen will go from external [candidate] to internal," Ballmer told the Seattle Times, though he also said the Microsoft board will evaluate all candidates. Elop led Microsoft's Microsoft Office division until he left to become
GRAND RAPIDS - Lambert, Edwards & Associates has been recognized as one of the nation's leading investor relations firms, earning 2013 Financial Agency of the Year in the Bulldog Stars of PR Awards. The nationally renowned awards, judged by journalists and hosted by industry trade journal, Bulldog Reporter, recognize outstanding achievement by communications agencies and
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association is offering a no cost service to its members to help them comply with the Affordable Care Act. The Act requires employer to provide all employees with a notice regarding the Health Insurance Marketplace by October 1. MBPA is making the required notice available through its electronic