BOSTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff defended a federal move toward a secure driver's license identification system Wednesday before state legislators who are actively opposing the proposal on both financial and philosophical grounds. Two hours after Chertoff's speech at the National Conference of State Legislatures, delegates called for repeal of the law unless
LANSING - Business leaders on Wednesday implored members of the House Tax Committee to pass what they called a technical fix to the Michigan Business Tax that, if left unchecked, could cost state corporations millions. Meanwhile, Ann Marsden, CEO of the Michigan League for Human Services, said that the proposed change businesses ask for is
TRAVERSE CITY - Opening the Monday session on manufacturing in the era of Discontinuous Change, CAR CEO Dr. Jay Baron quoted from Thomas Freidman's book, "The World Is Flat." Freidman claims globalization "is good for everyone." Not everyone in the audience appeared to agree, however. Joseph R. Hinrichs, Ford's V-P for North America Manufacturing, and
TRAVERSE CITY - Tuesday?s Designing for Customization briefing was chaired by John Waraniak, vice president of the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association. This marked the first major participation in CAR's annual international conference by automotive aftermarket forces. It's a multi-billion dollar market that's getting bigger as the Generation Z population climbs toward 100 million. SEMA's big
GRAND RAPIDS - MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan has taken the KVEST Technology challenge in an attempt to break 100 during his second year as a golfer. He interviews his instructor, Scott Seifferlein, a PGA golf teaching pro at The Mines golf course near downtown Grand Rapids. Seifferlein describes a new golf technology, called
SOUTHFIELD - R. L. Polk & Co. on Tuesday launched Polk's On-Line Media Reports-a new tool providing on-line access to interactive reports to provide automotive industry insight to media companies so they can better consult with automotive advertising buyers. The information in these reports helps media personnel quickly understand automotive buying trends, market share and
LANSING - Michigan's tourism web site - michigan.org - in July set a record for volume with 1.7 million sessions, a daily average of 55,000 sessions. Click-throughs from the site to Michigan tourism industry web sites also set a record,averaging 31,000 per day, a total of 950,000 during the month. In addition, michigan.org retains the
ANN ARBOR - Michael Spink, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, discusses how bankruptcy and affect the ownership of technology licensing. With the Michigan auto industry consolidating, forcing many auto parts makers into bankruptcy, the fate of technology licensing becomes an important issue. Listen to all the details in this special
ANN ARBOR - Jim Cleland, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, talks about when to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement. One wrinkle he explores is you don?t have to own the technology to file a lawsuit. This is a special Newsmaker Interview sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione. To
BOSTON - A report from the National Conference of State Legislatures said Monday that lawmakers should seize the opportunity to lead reform of a U.S. higher education system that no longer is the best in the world. A 12-member NCSL "Blue Ribbon Commission" said that in dealing with higher education policy-making, legislators react rather than