Snyder Says World-Class R&D Is Going On In Detroit
"...I don't think we give people in our own state enough credit," said Gov. Rick Snyder, talking to WWJ at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
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"...I don't think we give people in our own state enough credit," said Gov. Rick Snyder, talking to WWJ at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
Michigan's University Research Corridor schools -- Michigan, Michigan State and Wayne State universities -- are cranking out entrepreneurs at twice the national rate of college graduates.
Amway Corp. is building an $81 million manufacturing and warehouse facility near the company's headquarters in West Michigan.
The United States has to encourage immigration because it's the only way to avoid the economic stagnation caused by declining population.
The American auto industry is on a "slow and steady growth path up," even though it now accounts for a mere 12 percent of global auto production, a panel said Wednesday at the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference.
African-Americans and other minorities will be better represented in the ranks of corporate leaders as they get more of today's corporate leadership to give them a shot.
Macomb County Exec. Mark Hackel says they want to grow the existing defense industry business -- and they're using two highway billboards to help make it happen.
Congressman Gary Peters is pushing for further studies to confirm the chemical piles are safe.
The former head of the Detroit Medical Center has been arrested in Panama--in connection with criminal charges in Montreal.
Dodging raindrops and amid the occasional ominous rumble of thunder, around 300 runners took to the Detroit Grand Prix race course Tuesday evening in the 20th annual Grand Prix Shakedown, a five-kilometer run sponsored by the Detroit tech staffing firm Strategic Staffing Solutions.
Among those community and business leaders gathering on Mackinac Island will be Tom Watkins, former state school superintendent now US-China business and education consultant.
More than one thousand people will head north for the annual event, which runs from Wednesday through Friday.
County Executive Mark Hackel says that he wants Macomb known as a regional player.
It's called the Mowtown Mowdown and the plan for this volunteer group is to cut the grass at about 10 abandoned playgrounds in Detroit within 24 hours.
Detroit is locked in a battle with three other cities in a bid to host the X Games.