LANSING - As word spread Tuesday that the online retail giant Amazon might be looking to hire more workers in Michigan, news that was heralded by the administration, another group continued to press the Legislature to close what it says is a tax loophole that Amazon and others exploit to the detriment of small businesses
LANSING - Expanding Medicaid eligibility as the federal Affordable Care Act wants but effectively can no longer require, is more a decision based on policy than fiscal issues because the expansion could actually save Michigan money, a memo from the Senate Fiscal Agency says. Because the expansion would allow the state to shift general fund
SAN ANTONIO - By a three to one ratio, IT decision makers surveyed prefer a cloud provider with strong customer service and technical support even if that provider has higher prices. That is one of the findings of a new survey commissioned by Rackspace Hosting. This view was consistent by IT decision makers regardless of
ANN ARBOR - Pure Visibility co-founder and COO Catherine Juon is leaving the company to pursue consulting opportunities with second stage companies and will be replaced by General Manager Dunrie Greiling. ?Like the businesses we help grow, Pure Visibility has experienced a tremendous evolution over the last 18 months,? said co-founder and president Linda Girard.
TROY - SunTel Services announced it has achieved Platinum FortiPartner status with Fortinet, a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management. The Platinum FortiPartner certification, which is the highest level of certification achievement, demonstrates that the SunTel team is expert in delivering Fortinet?s superior, next generation multi-threat security
TROY - The Michigan state budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, signed last week by Gov. Rick Snyder, includes a $2 million provision for Automation Alley, which will use the funds for business accelerator activities in areas including international trade, defense, manufacturing and entrepreneurship. The budget also includes an additional $500,000 Oakland
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan's latest June 2012 Small Business Barometer survey of 600 small business owners finds entrepreneurs reporting higher sales and profits, and increased hiring, compared to last fall. Twenty-two percent said that over the past six months they increased their number of employees, compared to only eleven percent who
DETROIT ? A new survey shows across-the-board improvement among Michigan business owners regarding their outlook for sales, profits, hiring and wages, including the expectation that growth will continue for many months, with the strongest expectations in the Metro Detroit region. The caveat, among small and medium-sized business owners, is with the Michigan economy recovering, where
LANSING - While it seemed the attention of the political world was on the issue of whether the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could impose a mandate on individuals to acquire health insurance, from the standpoint of the state, possibly the most significant aspect of the ruling is its effect on Medicaid. Because
LANSING - The waiting and the confusion surrounding the creation of a state health exchange that existed before Thursday's historic ruling on the federal health care law still remains as House Republicans did not have a firm answer for what they would do next. House Republicans had resisted moving forward on the exchange for months,