DEARBORN - Join Ford and hundreds of developers as they embark on an unprecedented journey in Las Vegas in September at the Connected Car Expo at CTIA's Super Mobility Week that includes a one-day conference, overnight hackathon and app competition that could take the winners from Vegas to L.A. and back to Vegas. Ford wants
TRAVERSE CITY ? The auto industry started in Michigan more than a century ago because of the plethora of tooling shops located here. Its future health now depends on keeping the 867 tool and die shops thriving - why Harbour Results is supporting the Michigan Economic Development Corporation?s efforts to bolster the tooling industry. In
TRAVERSE CITY ? Gov. Rick Snyder told hundreds of auto industry executives this week that one key to continued economic prosperity not only in the state, but also in the auto sector is developing a comprehensive Career Technology Education program. Speaking at the Center for Automotive Research?s Management Briefing Seminar at the Grand Traverse Resort,
DETROIT - Strategic Staffing Solutions has named Laura Hughes the vice president of communications and community. In this role, Hughes will oversee communications and philanthropic activities for S3?s corporate headquarters in Detroit and the company?s 31 global branch locations. She replaces Marge Sorge who is retiring from S3, but will continue to publish the Bulldog,
CUPTERTINO - Apple is expected to hold an event to introduce its new iPhones on Sept. 9, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The timing of Apple?s announcement would fall in line with its recent track record of announcing the new phones in early- to mid-September and then starting sales a few weeks later. The
DETROIT ? Toyota Motor North America has joined a long-list of major corporations and foundations to support the so-called ?Grand Bargain? by pledging $1 million towards the Detroit Institute of Arts commitment to raise $100 million to protect the museum?s art collection, while supporting the city?s pensioners. ?Detroit and the surrounding areas are vitally important
LANSING - Supporters were nervously confident Proposal 1 would win on Tuesday, after expending a massive education effort on the confusing ballot language. And that confidence was easily vindicated as the issue was approved by the voters in a massive landslide. The percentage numbers between yes and no votes was almost monotonously similar all through
LIVONIA - New Horizons Great Lakes Holding Corporation has acquired eleven franchise territories containing nine training centers in the Northeast United States, making the company the largest ownership group in the United States within the New Horizons worldwide network of training centers. Terms were not announced. The new centers include New York City, Boston, Philadelphia,
DETROIT ? The economic outlook in Southeast Michigan got back on track in July when Wayne State University?s Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index returned to spring levels, after a June Index one analyst described as a fluke. The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index made a strong come back in July reaching 60, after experiencing a
EAST LANSING - A senior software engineer at Google has made a $2 million commitment to create an endowed chair of computer science at the Michigan State University College of Engineering. The gift, established through an estate plan, is from Doug Zongker of Mountain View, Calif., who graduated from MSU in 1996 with a bachelor?s