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DETROIT - Challenge Detroit, celebrating its fifth year, announced its 2016-2017 class of 42 Fellows, each of whom will get opportunity to live, work and play in metropolitan Detroit. Fellows will work with their new host companies four days a week. Some of those companies are Slow Roll, EcoWorks, General Motors, Marketing Associates and Rossetti.
ROYAL OAK - Justine Sheu from ProUp.Com talks about how her website helps students get connected to career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math who might not get the introduction otherwise. Sheu developed her program through the Detroit Public School District, where she works with high school students to match them with STEM internships,
DETROIT - The much anticipated vote on Brexit, which will now lead to Great Britain’s departure from the European Union, is causing widespread worry in financial and business circles around the world. And among those fearing the impact are key global automakers like Toyota, General Motors and Britain’s own Jaguar Land Rover. Calling it “the
ROYAL OAK - Amanda Lewan, one of the three Diva Tech Talk podcasters, joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her coverage of the Mackinac Policy Conference (she is editor of Michipreneur.Com) and some exciting news about her co-working space, Bamboo Detroit. It will be expanding soon. The Mackinac Policy
TRAVERSE CITY - The FAA announced Tuesday that it has finalized Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, governing sUAS / UAV Operations. Learn how Part 107 affects your Section 333 exemption, whether your exemption has been granted by the FAA or is still pending. The department of transportation through the FAA has finalized its Part 107 rules – its rules
EAST LANSING - Wanted. A top executive to run a software startup whose pioneering applications lie at the intersection of decision analytics and artificial intelligence. Apply Supported Intelligence. Supported Intelligence is seeking a candidate to serve as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer, beginning in the Fall of 2016. Application materials must be submitted no later
BATTLE CREEK - Kellogg Co. announced it has launched a $100 million Venture Capital fund - Eighteen94 Capital - to make minority investments in new ingredient, food, packaging and other technologies and “pursue next-generation innovation.” In a statement, Kellogg said Eighteen94 Capital plans to target early stage companies with a proven track record and established
SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk has proposed combining his electric-car and solar-energy companies, in a bold effort to consolidate his holdings and offer widespread clean-energy products from vehicles to power in homes. Musk wants to combine Tesla Motors with SolarCity Corp. On Tuesday, he made a stock offer to acquire the portion of SolarCity he
DETROIT - What economic slowdown? While national surveys show the pace of economic expansion to be flagging a bit, Detroit-area technology executives are on an IT hiring binge. In the latest biannual Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Forecast and Local Trend Report, 26 percent of CIOs say they plan to add staff to their IT
HOLLAND - For the first time since 2011, fewer than half of West Michigan companies surveyed will be increase their information technology staffs during the next six months. This news comes from Paragon Recruiting in its semi-annual survey of IT staff hiring. The government and education sector showed the largest drop in expected hiring, from 53 percent for
