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LAFCU Earns National Recognition As Finalist for Credit Union Times Luminaries Award

Michigan Business Network
November 4, 2024 4:00 PM

Innovative 'Shields Up!' cybersecurity campaign educates employees and strengthens fraud prevention 

LANSING, MI – LAFCU has been named a finalist for the Credit Union Times Luminaries Award in the category of Innovation in Tech – AI/Cybersecurity/Mobile Banking, recognizing the credit union’s cutting-edge efforts to protect its operations and members from the ever-evolving threat of cybercrime.

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NLEA | Reminder: Regional Small Business Outlook Panelists Announced!

Michigan Business Network
November 4, 2024 1:00 PM

Regional Small Business Outlook Panelists Announced

The NLEA is excited to cohost a Regional Small Business Outlook event with Charlevoix Area Chamber of Commerce and Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, taking place on November 8th at Gypsy Distillery.

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MEDC | Placemaking Projects Approved to Build 450 New Housing Units in Detroit and Wyandotte

Michigan Business Network
November 4, 2024 11:00 AM

Increasing Supply to Help Lower the Cost of Housing in the Region

LANSING, Mich. – Recently, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced approval for placemaking projects that will increase housing and community vitality in Detroit and Wyandotte, as well as additional federal funding to support startups and innovators.  

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Bay Future Hires New Operations Manager

Michigan Business Network
November 4, 2024 10:00 AM

BAY CITY, Mich. – Bay Future, Inc., the countywide economic development organization responsible for business retention, attraction, and expansion efforts throughout Bay County, is pleased to announce its recent hire of Sarah Priem, who will join the team as Operations Manager.

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MEDC | Baldwin Achieves MEDC's Redevelopment Ready Communities "Essentials" Status

Michigan Business Network
November 1, 2024 6:00 PM

Designation signals communities have identified redevelopment goals, created master plan for the future

LANSING, Mich. – For its efforts in establishing a more streamlined development process and overall community development vision, the Village of Baldwin achieved the Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC) Essentials designation, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today.

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MEDC | This Just In: Michigan Cracks Top 10 in National Site Selection Ranking

Michigan Business Network
November 1, 2024 3:00 PM

Michigan Cracks Top 10 in National Site Selection Ranking

The state continues to reap the rewards of its Make It in Michigan economic development strategy, moving up two spots in Site Selection’s 2024 Business Climate Rankings

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PNC Chief Economist Gus Faucher: Very Weak Job Growth in October as Hurricanes, Boeing Strike Are Drags;

Michigan Business Network
November 1, 2024 1:00 PM

Employment Should Rebound in November

  • Job growth was just 12,000 in October, the smallest gain in almost four years. But Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the Boeing strike distorted the numbers.
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ICYMI: Media Business | Jeff Casey - How the Media Deals with Wealth Management & Financial Strategies

Media Business
November 1, 2024 8:00 AM

Tony Conley is a newer content contributor and show-host for Michigan Business Network. To wrap up his seventy-ninth episode, Tony has a three-segment conversation about  Michigan’s wealth management, election impacts on assets, savings advice, and CG Financial Services' adaptive planning approach.

He welcomes Jeff Casey, President of CG Financial Services and has been in the financial industry for over 25 years.

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MMDC | Join Us for the Clare County Breakfast November 5th

Michigan Business Network
October 31, 2024 2:15 PM

for our 2024 Clare Breakfast at the Doherty Hotel in Downtown Clare, MI

Have you registered yet for our Clare Breakfast?

MMDC hope you will join us on November 5th, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. at the Doherty Hotel in Downtown Clare.

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PNC Senior Economist Jay Hawkins: Initial Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Decline

Michigan Business Network
October 31, 2024 1:00 PM

  • Initial jobless claims declined to 216,000 for the week ending October 26 from an upwardly revised 228,000 in the prior week. While claims have settled down after rising in the first two weeks of October, they remain elevated in Florida due to the devastation of Hurricane Milton. The insured unemployment rate was unchanged at 1.2% for the week ending October 19.
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