LANSING - Electric utilities in Michigan would have to provide 10 percent of their power from renewable sources under legislation expected before the House Energy and Technology Committee. Sponsors of the legislation, which had not yet been introduced at the time of the committee meeting, said the goal was to urge development and use of
LANSING ? Teri Takai, director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology since February 2003, has resigned to take a job in California. She has been replaced by Kenneth Theis, who was Takai?s deputy. Theis assumes his new duties on Jan. 1. "I thank Director Takai for her five years of dedicated service to the
LANSING ? The deadline for applications for the Michigan 50 Companies To Watch recognition program has been extended from Dec. 7 to Dec. 14 to get a bigger response. Each year, Michigan 50 Companies to Watch recognizes and celebrates the contributions, innovation and energy of 50 diverse second-stage companies in Michigan. Michigan 50 Companies to
LANSING - Though the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee only started discussions on one of the bills in a package to implement renewable energy standards and conservation programs for state electric and natural gas utilities, committee Chair Rep. Frank Accavitti Jr. (D-Eastpointe) said he expects to see the bills begin to move next week.
LANSING - Michigan would adopt upgraded driver's licenses and identification cards and optional cards with additional security measures to meet standards under the federal REAL ID act and national Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative under legislation announced this week by Secretary of State Terri Land and legislators from both parties in the Senate and House. In
LIVONIA - As part of MTV Networks' niche programming strategy to super-serve targeted audiences, the award-winning NOGGIN and The N, two of Nickelodeon's and MTVN Kids and Family Group brands that currently share a single channel, will be separated into two 24-hour services on Bright House Networks beginning New Year's Eve. On December 31, the
DETROIT - A net 8 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the first quarter of 2008, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. Thirteen percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 5 percent
GRAND RAPIDS ? Dec. 5 is your last day to register for the Dec. 10 seminar by Ron Alvesteffer from Service Express who will discuss using the Balanced Scorecard method to achieve 20 percent annual revenue growth and 98 percent customer retention. Alvesteffer will tell you about his journey, show his dashboard, and share his
ANN ARBOR ? If you'd like to hear more than a dozen entrepreneur's pitches and mingle with potential investors, the Dec. 5 Mingle & Match at Ann Arbor SPARK may be the event for you. The program starts at 5 pm and runs until 7 pm. It is sponsored by the Zell Lurie Institute and
TROY - The Automation Alley Technology Business Committee is once again hosting its popular Business to Business series on Dec. 12 ? the episode is called Connecting with Potential Customers. This session will focus on selling to big companies and will discuss: - List Building - Developing referral sources - Networking/relationship building - Strategic account