GRAND RAPIDS - CQL announced today the addition of a new Software Developer, Matt McCarrick, who comes to CQL with experience working with multiple e-commerce sites and implementations. While his expertise has focused on C# and VB.NET, his passion for software has moved him into different technologies like ASP.NET MVC. His most recent project is
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michigan and other states to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take several immediate steps to prevent the introduction of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. Attorney General Bill Schuette and his colleagues in other states had asked the court to
LANSING ? The establishment of the I-69 Corridor and the Grand Traverse Region into cargo and logistics hubs moved forward Monday with Michigan Strategic Fund approval of the regional collaborations as the state's newest Next Michigan Development Corporations. ?These designations will accelerate efforts already underway to transform these areas into centers of economic development activity
DETROIT - A significant shift in support occurred after Wednesday's debate between the Republican presidential candidates in Michigan to the benefit of Mitt Romney, according to a new poll out Friday. Romney now has 39 percent to 31 percent for Rick Santorum, according to the survey from the Foster McCollum White and Associates and Baydoun
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit said Thursday that Credit Acceptance Corp. chairman and founder, Donald A. Foss, has personally pledged $500,000 to the initiative focused on revitalizing Detroit by attracting young entrepreneurs to the city. ?Challenge Detroit is dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and has a passion for revitalizing Detroit through this program. This initiative is very
GRAND RAPIDS - This year was a great one for the SBTDC Tech Team. The Tech Team had a significant impact with the many new companies it served, the existing growth companies it supported, and the companies it assisted in finding the financing and resources for them to grow and prosper. The Tech Team surveys
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Centers had a great year in 2011 serving small business owners and entrepreneurs and creating an impact throughout the state of Michigan. Through its four consulting teams including the new Finance and Strategy Specialists, our extensive market research capabilities, and a variety of other services,
SOUTHFIELD - Secure-24 Inc. is heading to Michigan college campuses to recruit more than 50 IT professionals to fill high-tech jobs and internships at the managed IT hosting company. Secure-24 has already created more than 250 IT jobs in Michigan and plans to create another 250 jobs by 2015. The company?s current college recruitment tour
SAN FRANCISCO - California's Office of the Attorney General has gotten agreements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard, and Research In Motion to improve privacy protections on mobile apps. The companies will require developers to include privacy policies in their apps so that users will be informed about the data that apps will access, use,
WASHINGTON DC - The Obama administration plans to work with Congress to enact legislation to protect peoples' online privacy based on a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. At the same time, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are committing to work with Do Not Track technology in most major Web browsers so people can stop companies