GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan industrial economy experienced slow but accelerated growth, the highest reported by the survey since last summer. The survey results are based on data collected during the last two weeks of March on behalf of the Institute for Supply Management Greater Grand Rapids Inc. The survey?s index of business improvement,
LANSING - Broadband adoption in Michigan is now above the national average, with nearly eight of ten households subscribing to high-speed internet access, up from two-thirds in 2010. The news comes from the broadband advocacy organization Connect Michigan. According to the Pew Research Center, the national broadband adoption rate in 2013 was 70 percent, which
GRAND RAPIDS - IRS certified tax preparers and accounting students from Aquinas College, Davenport University and Cornerstone University will be joined by community volunteers to provide free tax preparation for people with incomes under $57,000 on April 12, 14 and 15. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by those
GRAND RAPIDS - Thirty teams and over sixty students competed for The MWest Challenge earning a total of $45,000 in prizes. First Place Venture: $15,000 Fluitions Innovations Andrew Van Dyke Briauna Taylor Brittany Taylor Katherine Christopher Leah Bauer Second Place Venture: $10,000 Soletics Lindsay Noonan Vanessa Gore Third Place Venture: $4,000 OneBowl Justin Herd Social
LANSING - The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has issued a second round RFP to award existing business incubators up to $10,000 each to continue and expand their work. Proposals are due by May 1. LEAP said the most successful applicants will agree to a memorandum of understanding with LEAP to agree to adopt best practices
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit has named Matt Roush, former technology editor of WWJ Newsradio 950, as its new Director of Communications and Public Relations. Roush, 57, is a veteran science and technology journalist who has worked in Michigan his entire 35-year career. At ESD, Roush will support the organization?s mission to provide
GRAND RAPIDS - The Geek Group has received a donation from Autodesk Inc. of more than $200,000 in 3D design software that will let members of the group create new products, works of art, as well as educate themselves on this Computer-Aided-Design software. Autodesk Inc. is a world leader in 3D design software for entertainment,
MENLO PARK, Calif. ? Although mobile media has become an increasingly important channel for information sharing, roughly one in four companies (28 percent) surveyed by Robert Half Technology has no mobile technology strategy. These organizations have a little catching up to do: In the same survey, 70 percent of firms said they have implemented some
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University reported it has topped the $100 million mark in its capital campaign, and now construction is scheduled to begin in the fall on the first phase of the 125,000 square foot Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math-focused A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Life Sciences and Architecture Complex. This complex will feature the
LANSING ? Michigan House Republicans unveiled Thursday a plan to appropriate at least $450 million in 2015 on roads, but acknowledged that some of the provisions leave the General Fund "tight," and that has some people concerned. House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall) proposed taking the portion of the sales tax that now goes to the