LANSING - Michigan Retailers celebrated Thursday as Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation designed to require companies selling goods online to Michigan residents to charge the state's 6 percent sales tax. Retailers have long sought the bills in response to companies like Amazon not charging Michigan sales tax and dubbed the legislation "Main Street Fairness," contending
ANN ARBOR - Ten promising entrepreneurs have been chosen as ACE Challenge finalists from a broad range of applicants and each will give three-minute presentations to showcase their ventures during the evening program on January 29. With eight hundred attendees expected at ACE?15, the ACE Challenge guarantees the finalists a high visibility opportunity to present
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan announced Thursday a $20 million gift to the Ross School of Business from Stephen W. and Karen Sanger to create the Sanger Leadership Center to expand U-M?s successful leadership development programming and empower more students to become leaders who make a positive difference in the world. The Sanger
ROYAL OAK ? ITINTheD.Com?s first casual networking event of 2015 will take place this Thursday , January 15th, back at the Internet radio program?s home base, the back room of the Blackfinn in Royal Oak. 5pm start time, no cover charge to get in, no sales pitches, no agendas, no nonsense. Just good, solid opportunities
ANN ARBOR - A new software system developed at the University of Michigan uses video game technology to help solve one of the most daunting hurdles facing self-driving and automated cars -the high cost of the laser scanners they use to determine their location. Ryan Wolcott, a U-M doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering,
GRAND RAPIDS - The Geek Group announced Tuesday that they have been awarded a $220,000 grant by the Michigan Energy Office in order to complete energy efficiency upgrades to the organization?s 43,000 square foot Leonard Street Labs. The $473,000 project will include replacement of entryways and windows along Leonard Street, replacement of the roof, and
ANN ARBOR - Kiplinger has released their rankings of the best-value public colleges in 2015. The University of Michigan is ranked No. 6 out of 100 for in-state students, but 13th for out-of state enrollees. Other Big Ten universities making the top 10 include the University of Wisconsin, ranked No. 8 and 4, respectively, and
DETROIT ? Michigan will be the home of two major initiatives that will bolster the state?s role as a global automotive leader ? the Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation and the Michigan Design Council. The announcement was made Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and Kevin Kerrigan, senior vice
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older drivers. Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) is a five-year $12 million project that will allow researchers to better understand the role of physical
STAMFORD, Conn. ? A new survey shows worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, indicating a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of decline. "The PC market is quietly stabilizing after the installed base reduction driven