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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

Perficient

Perficient developed the La Puerta portal framework as a way of giving back to the Detroit community and to pave the way for students to benefit from a college education. In Detroit, that number is even lower – 6.1%. MiHC is doing important work to advance education and career placement within Detroit’s Hispanic community.

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Driving STEM Education and Career Opportunities through the Perficient Bright Paths Program

Perficient

I sat down with Tom Hogan , chief operating officer, and Andrea Lampert , vice president of people, to discuss the program in more detail. Tom Hogan, Chief Operating Officer, Perficient. More information about the Perficient-sponsored Hackbright Academy in Detroit, including applications, can be found on the program landing page.

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Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai

PYMNTS

Intel subsidiary Mobileye is working on updates for its autonomous vehicle program, planning to launch test fleets in Detroit, Tokyo, Paris and Shanghai, TechCrunch reported. In 2018, the company expanded to include robotaxi operations. That’s why we put our cars in the U.S.

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Tesla To Have Robotaxi Fleet By 2020; Waymo To Build Self-Driving Cars In Detroit

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In other self-driving news, Reuters is reporting that Waymo, a company under the umbrella of Alphabet, which owns Google, has picked a Detroit factory to make self-driving cars.

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Amazon Seeks 100K Workers For Operations Roles

PYMNTS

As it plans to bring 100 new operations facilities online in September, Amazon announced on Monday (Sept. It has also directly developed over 600,000 employment positions domestically throughout operations locations and company offices. “We 14) that it is hiring for 100,000 new regular positions across the U.S.

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Huntington Teams With TCF Financial In $22 Billion Bank Merger

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The newly-combined company will operate under the Huntington name and brand. This partnership will provide us the opportunity for deeper investments in our communities, more jobs in Detroit, an increased commitment in Minneapolis and a better experience for our customers,” Torgow said.

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Amazon Go, One Year Old, Has Attracted a Host of Cashierless Imitators

Bank Innovation

The Seattle startup went so far as to open a Detroit office to cozy up to the auto industry. Mighty AI spent much of its first five years building software that helps self-driving cars recognize real-world objects.

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