AUBURN HILLS - The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Wednesday reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract only six hours after union workers went on strike to accelerate the talks. The pact calls for Chrysler to create a multibillion-dollar trust fund to cover the cost of health care for UAW retirees, The Wall Street
LANSING ? Michigan House Tax Policy Chair Rep. Steve Bieda (D-Warren) is working with business groups and others on potential legislation that would tighten definitions of the new tax on 26 categories of services that is to go into effect December 1. Bieda, who has held several private sessions on the subject, said his work
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Taxation and Succession Planning Institute is hosting a seminar on Oct. 25 that will teach attendees how to preserve future wealth. The program even includes CPE credits. The program is designed for Certified Public Accountants, Chief Financial Officers and financial planners. The attendance fee is $100 per person and includes
DETROIT ? Registration closes Oct. 12 for a two-day seminar at Wayne State University that will explore how nanoscience will impact future technology and biomedicine applications.The event is scheduled for Oct. 15-16 at the McGregor Conference Center. Keynote speaker, Dr. Helmuth M�hwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany, headlines the event on
LANSING - An initial meeting of more than 60 Michigan business organizations is trying to build a coalition to repeal the state's newly enacted expanded sales tax on services, even if that means focusing on a voter-initiated repeal in November 2008. Following the meeting that was held Tuesday morning at the offices of the Small
DEARBORN - If you missed the first day of SecureWorld, there is still time to attend tomorrow. If you did attend today, make sure not to miss the exciting events happening on Day 2. Don't miss the Conference breakfast keynote featuring Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security
DETROIT - While they don't have a sexy name for it - Stolen Vehicle Slowdown - what OnStar does have is the future eradication of an entire subset of social misbehavior. Vehicle theft in our country is so rampant that it is celebrated by popular video games like Grand Theft Auto. But that dark side
INKSTER - Wolverine Advanced Materials LLC on Monday said it has named Jim Ding as engineering manager of noise, vibration and harshness/noise, shock and vibration application development. "Jim?s NVH computer-aided engineering (CAE), experimental abilities, application solution experience and project management skills will provide a valuable technical leadership role in achieving our growth targets,? said Director
NEW YORK - It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver. Today, in order to have a commanding presence with universal access on e-commerce, domain names must act like very special golden keys as without it, the entire exercise of Internet-centric commerce
ANN ARBOR ? High tech public relations firm Eiler Communications has acquired two new clients: NSF International and The Linux Box Corporation, both based in Ann Arbor. "Linux Box is introducing itself to the public for the first time after eight years of successful growth and NSF brought Eiler on to build national visibility of