LANSING - House Republicans said Monday they will pursue legislation to delete the real estate transfer tax, stop property taxes from going up when home values are down and make homestead exemptions immediate in an effort to spark home sales in Michigan. Along with those initiatives, GOP lawmakers also said they want the "pop-up" tax
TRAVERSE CITY - Verizon Wireless said Monday it has expanded the national rollout of its high-speed wireless network across the rest of its Traverse City and Petoskey coverage area. The multi-million dollar expansion includes the installation of high-tech wireless hardware and software in wireless transmission sites throughout the area. That means the following cities, towns
LANSING - To help spur innovation throughout the mid Michigan, the Prima Civitas Foundation, along with the Mid-Michigan Innovation Team, is offering a $5,000 grant to regional organizations to develop and sponsor Entrepreneur and Inventor Days programs. The application deadline is Jan. 18, 2008. ?This grant opportunity offers area higher-education institutions and organizations a chance
ANN ARBOR ��� The 2008 version of the Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurship has just released the highlights of its Jan. 17 program at Washtenaw Community College. The lead sponsor again next year is Butzel Long. Other partners include the New Enterprise Forum, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Great
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Women's Marketplace is Michigan's online resource for women business owners and those supporting woman-owned businesses. By providing a comprehensive Women's Business Directory, statewide Events Calendar, a list of business resources, and an online Training Center, the Michigan Women's Marketplace believes that women business owners, women business organizations, and corporations will
LANSING ? Eligible Michigan municipalities or school districts could create their own educational promise zones under legislation that cleared the House on a 71-34 vote Thursday before the chamber adjourned for the year. Eligible areas would be considered those where the percentage of families with children under 18 years of age that are living at
REDMOND, Wa. - Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills, according to the results of a survey commissioned by Microsoft. In the survey of approximately 500 board-level executives, 61 percent said interpersonal and teamworking skills were more important than IT skills, CNET News.Com reported. However, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said that
GRAND RAPIDS - The Center for Molecular Medicine announced it is one of the first laboratories in the nation to offer a new test to help guide the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The CMM is offering the CellSearch System from Veridex to physicians as a vital new tool in managing patients with metastatic CRC.
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center has hired Jennifer Deamud as its new marketing manager to replace Jill Wallace who left the SBA-backed training group last summer. Deamud, the former marketing manager for Praxis Packaging in Grand Rapids, starts her new job on Jan. 3, 2008. Her first goal is
ANN ARBOR ? Diane Durance, the former president of the Ann Arbor IT Zone, is the new executive director of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, a business-plan writing contest that has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Michigan entrepreneurs for nearly a decade. Durance was approved on Tuesday by the GLEQ board of directors. She