FLINT - No aspiring entrepreneur should miss out on Kettering University's free start-up class this fall, called ORBIT, which offers a nine-session program that teaches the skills required to start or grow a successful technology-focused business. ORBIT is offered at no charge from Oct. 10 through Dec. 12 in Kettering University?s Campus Center Room A.
GRAND RAPIDS ? Creating an impact, co-sponsored by the West Michigan Corporate Social Responsibility Conference on Oct. 8, will bring together a variety of West Michigan business and community leaders to explore the spectrum of social impact practices and strategies across a spectrum of business sizes and sectors. Key Note Speakers: Neil C. Hawkins, Sc.D.,
TROY - Qstride, an analytics solutions provider with headquarters at Automation Alley, has launched MicroStrategy Business Intelligence practice to help companies improve performance. Business Intelligence, which refers to a broad range of computer software applications and tools used to report, analyze, and present data in a range of formats, aims to support better business decision
SOUTHFIELD ? Managed services provider Secure-24 Inc. has invited the public to its Talent Fair Oct. 23, where job candidates can learn about the company and apply for more than 70 open positions. The Secure-24 Talent Fair is on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the company?s headquarters, 26955 Northwestern Highway in
LANSING - Arguably the most impressively produced and acted candidate commercial in Michigan political history has hit ... the Internet: a four-minute film for Supreme Court candidate Bridget Mary McCormack set up as a micro-episode of the classic television series "The West Wing" and featuring the stars of that popular program. One of the stars
LANSING - Considering an increase to the state's renewable portfolio standard is reasonable, but it should be done in the Legislature through a proposed statute, not in the Constitution through a ballot issue, said Attorney General Bill Schuette, former Attorney General Mike Cox and former Supreme Court Justice Conrad Mallett Jr. The three current and
LANSING - The Michigan Senate approved a six-bill package led by Sen. Darwin Booher (R-Evart) that aims to improve private land management, among other environmental goals. "This package of bills seeks to improve private land management by making important changes to the qualified forest program and allows for a local delivery system to assist landowners,"
LANSING - Despite recent polls showing President Barack Obama with a growing lead in support among Michigan residents over Republican Mitt Romney, the chair of Romney's campaign in the state said the election would be a horse race with the former Massachusetts governor still having a good chance of winning in Michigan. "I'm absolutely certain
LANSING - Long-time Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan critic the Michigan Association of Health Plans on Thursday issued its most detailed critique to date of the legislation that would transition Blue Cross to a nonprofit mutual company with a slew of recommendations for the Senate Insurance Committee, which held its first official hearing on
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan's research spending in fiscal 2011-12 reached an all time high of $1.27 billion, up $37.5 million from the year before. The National Science Foundation ranked U-M first in research development among public universities in the United States. The change represents a 3 percent increase and is roughly one-third