MACKINAC ISLAND - Governor Rick Snyder said Wednesday his push to overhaul the transportation funding system will have to wait until next year as the election draws nearer and the legislators are inching toward the door for summer break. He delivered his special message on transportation in October and bills were introduced in late January,
KALAMAZOO - At the 2012 Great Lakes InfraGard Conference June 20 at the Fetzer Center at Western Michigan University leaders in their industries will discuss trends relating to risks to critical infrastructure and efforts to protect these assets. This daylong event will feature speaker Jim Darrow, Director of Technical Services for Ilitch Holdings and luncheon
NORTHVILLE - DataFactZ, a Northville based specialized system and data integration company, has added two new clients - Meijer and Enova Financials. ?This is a very exciting period of growth for us,? said Krishna Kallakuri, vice president of DataFactZ. ?We are proud to be able to provide the type of specialized solutions these companies require.?
DETROIT - Butzel Long Litigation Technology Specialist Stephanie Shattuck has been appointed Detroit Chapter Director of Women in eDiscovery. In this role, she is responsible for the overall management of the chapter. The mission of the Women in eDiscovery is to bring together businesswomen interested in technology related to the legal industry and to provide
ROCHESTER - "Good, Green Fun" is in order when the seventh annual Green Living Festival kicks off the first weekend of summer, June 22-24 in downtown Rochester. More than 50,000 expected to tour the exhibits, take in the parade, eat the food, hear the speakers and music at one of the largest green events on
STAMFORD, Conn - Worldwide server shipments grew 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2012, while server revenue declined 1.8 percent year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. ?The first quarter of 2012 produced relatively weak shipment growth on a global level with a variation in results by region,? said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president
LANSING - A study comparing individual to group health insurance policies in Michigan and several other states found that the average individual policy did not meet basic coverage requirements the 2010 Affordable Care Act will mandate of policies sold through statewide exchanges. The study, conducted by the University of Chicago and the firm of Towers
ANN ARBOR - In less than three months, 3,000 cars with state-of-the-art wireless communication systems will be driving around Ann Arbor as part of a University of Michigan and U.S. Department of Transportation experiment: the largest real-world intelligent vehicle deployment ever conducted in North America. Top transportation officials and experts are speculating that major automobile
MACKINAC ISLAND ? A billion-dollar investment will be made in a 300-acre site in downtown Detroit that includes 140 jobs, retail and residential space. The announcement came at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference. The development will be led by a distribution center for the medical supply company Cardinal Health that will provide medical
MACKINAC ISLAND - Governor Rick Snyder opened the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference by reminding attendees that this is not an event to do nice things with one another, but is meant to be an accelerator aimed at reinventing the state. "Do not make this a nice event," Snyder said. "Make this an event that makes