DETROIT - Throughout the year Rick Broida, a columnist for CNET, is on the hunt for the best deals that can be found. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been two post Thanksgiving days when stores have traditionally lowered prices with hopes of ending the year on a profitable note. In fact, however, Rick
ANN ARBOR - OK. I promised not to publish any Holiday stories before Thanksgiving, but this one is about Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, and all the marketing hype starts this week. A survey shows most survey participants overwhelmingly prefer to buy from Amazon - and buy Samsung. The results came from Pollfish, a
ANN ARBOR—In Donald Trump's first three quarters as president the U.S. economy has averaged a solid 2.4 percent growth rate, still well short of the 4 percent he promised as a candidate and under the 3 percent his first federal budget proposal assumed. University of Michigan economists are projecting that overall economic output growth, as
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy continues to show positive growth, and the national industrial economy remains very strong, according to a Grand Valley State University expert. "This is probably as good as it's going to get," said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business. "If we continue this
ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley is hosting a global conference focused on Industry 4.0 technologies on Nov. 9 that will include a variety of industry leading speakers and hundreds of tech and manufacturing professionals. Integr8 will focus on the integration of eight major components of Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution —
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment surged in October, reaching its highest level since the start of 2004, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. This was only the second time that the Sentiment Index was above 100.0 since the end of the record 1990s expansion. The October gain was due to the most
DETROIT – There’s good news for jobseekers; employers in southeast Michigan are hiring. From April through June, the region’s unemployment rate reached 3.8 percent—a low not seen since 2001. Yet, even with the number of job postings on an upward trend year-to-year, a stagnant labor force portends more workers will be needed to meet future
LANSING - Conversations with Foxconn Technology Group over locating a plant in the state are continuing and a large incentive package is necessary to remain competitive for such large projects, Jeff Mason, the chief executive officer of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said this week. Michigan missed out on an initial multibillion dollar plant that's
DETROIT - Cutbacks in Defense Department procurements have resulted in a $2.23 million grant to help defense contractors diversify and expand into other industries and expand job opportunities. The grant goes to the Advance Michigan Defense Collaborative to provide immediate and sustained assistance to defense contractors and their employees in southeast Michigan. AMDC coordinates assistance
ROYAL OAK - Businesses have become far too reliant on social media automation to the point they believe it is the end point of their marketing process. Businesses are broadcasting into social communities as though it was a radio station. The problem is no one is listening on the other end, Melih Oztalay, President of
