LANSING - AT&T, through its participation in the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund – has extended high-speed Internet service to more than 69,000 homes and businesses in rural parts of 61 Michigan counties. “AT&T is proud to keep people and businesses connected during this unprecedented time,” said David Lewis, President of AT&T Michigan. “While
DETROIT–Benzinga, the largest financial news vendor to North American brokerages, announced Friday that it will partner with Stake, an online brokerage platform that provides its global customer base with opportunities to trade the United States market in a safe, reliable way. Stake’s product is bolstered by an extensive catalog of over 3,700 stocks and ETFs
GRAND RAPIDS — One-third of Michigan's charitable nonprofits have less than one month of cash on hand, according to an analysis of tax return data by the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University. Researchers say until nonprofits are fully operational again, Michigan’s return to “normal” employment will be at risk.
GRAND RAPIDS - Gleaves Whitney, who has served as director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University since 2003, has been chosen to fill the role of executive director for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation effective Sept. 1. He will replace Joe Calvaruso, who will retire after serving as
GRAND RAPIDS - Amana Regnerus, an Executive VP at US Signal, talks about the Grand Rapids-based company's new multi-tenant and private cloud services in US Signal’s Grand Rapids, Southfield and Detroit Metro, Michigan data centers. The enhanced services support large-scale adoption of cloud-first, hybrid and off-premise data center strategies--which are particularly important following the COVID-19
GRAND RAPIDS. – After a decade of operating out of an office space in Grand Rapids, The KR Group opened a second location in Spring Lake. CEO Matt Keeler explained this move was something the company has been considering for a while. As the company’s customer base grew to include more customers along the lakeshore,
NOVI—ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC), the country’s largest independent owner of high-voltage power transmission lines, announced the appointment of Ronnie Hawkins Jr., a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, to its board of directors. Ronnie Hawkins Jr. ITC Holdings photo. Lt. Gen. Hawkins currently serves as President and CEO of the IT and
ANN ARBOR - Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing in Birmingham, Michigan, joined the team from M2 TechCast to discuss digital marketing during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. Melih is suggesting that cutting your digital marketing and advertising spend during the pandemic is not a good idea. “You want customers to know you will be there
DETROIT - If you are a cannabis, hemp or CBD-business, or any business that needs equipment, purchase order and invoice financing, and you need cash now to expand or as bridge financial to stay afloat, CBDBob may be able to help. Finance specialist Bob Moore offers a variety of financing tools now when business needs
NOVI—Charles L. Marshall has been named vice president of transmission planning by ITC Holdings Corp., the Novi-based owner of power transmission lines. He succeeds Thomas W. Vitez, who retired from ITC on May 1. At ITC, Marshall’s responsibilities have ranged from regulatory policy and stakeholder relations to project engineering and business unit planning. His experience and committee
