ROCHESTER - Join EcoTuesday on July 28 to hear Jeff Kart, an environmental journalist, blogger, and social media evangalist, who writes primarily for the Bay City Times of MLive, and the Mudpuppy blog, which covers environmental issues in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Kart will explore how funding can be used to conserve and protect the
LANSING - Increasing Michigan's workforce productivity and keeping workers safe is a growing challenge for employees and their employers. Due to the declining economy, safety experts are concerned Michigan employers are pressured to reduce staffing levels while maintaining productivity. "Michigan employers are facing increased threats of extinction while at the same time being pressured to
ANN ARBOR - Quickly changing world markets are testing the skills of supply management professionals, and ADR North America has responded by launching the ADR Academy, an online resource for professional development. ADR turned to Logic Solutions to develop the web based applications to build the eLearning Portal and associated courseware. You can find the
PETOSKEY - Charter Media has announced the return of Charlie Stratton to its staff. Stratton worked for Charter Media in 2002-2005 in the role he is returning to, that of Account Executive, selling and servicing advertising agreements with local businesses on the 41 networks on which Charter Media inserts commercials. Stratton will be based in
SAN FRANCSICO, Ca. - Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 3.0.12, an update to the open-source browser that fixes five critical security vulnerabilities and fixes a handful of other bugs. "We strongly recommend that all Firefox 3.0.x users upgrade to this latest release," Mozilla said on its developer blog. "If you already have Firefox 3, you
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Tuesday announced new incentives to double the federal Cash For Clunkers credit and spur slow car sales. Chrysler calls its newest incentive "Double Cash For Your Old Car," and it can save consumers up to $9,000 toward the purchase of a new Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicle. "Everyone shopping for
SARANAC - NXGen Holdings has acquired 100 percent of Vapor Technologies, Inc.'s common stock for $600,000 at $.02 per share in an all stock transaction. Vapor Technologies is a Nevada corporation that uses multiple encapsulated vortexes to provide pure fuel vapors to gasoline and diesel engines to improve combustion efficiencies. Optimal utilization of the company's
LANSING - A series of company expansions and potential job developments announced on Tuesday could be the last until 2010 if the Senate does not act on legislation to expand the number of Michigan Economic Growth Authority credits that can be authorized. The companies with projects announced Tuesday include Magna Seating, which would put 420
TROY - Automation Alley is strengthening its focus on workforce development initiatives by promoting Alysia Green to the new role of workforce development supervisor. Green is currently working on a variety of programs and initiatives aimed at developing, attracting, and retaining a technical skilled workforce in Southeast Michigan. Specifically, Green will focus her efforts on:
DETROIT - On August 13, the Entrepreneur's Initiative of Southeast Michigan will present its next forum with keynote speaker John Gilmour, an information technology leader with a track record in start-up, mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies. Gilmour will discuss the BizSpark program of Microsoft. He is a Microsoft platform strategy advisor who focuses on bringing