LANSING - After what one GOP official called the moral equivalent of a landslide victory in the South Carolina primary by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the February 28 primary in Michigan has taken on a renewed importance in the scheme of presidential politics. Before Gingrich won the primary with 40 percent of the
LANSING ? Michigan companies that pre-pay state gas sales tax will get a break beginning March 1, as the new rate the state will charge for bulk purchases of fuel takes effect. The Department of Treasury earlier this month issued Revenue Administrative Bulletin 2012-1 setting a change from the prepaid sales tax rate from the
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, provider of Plex Online FSMS, an enterprise food safety management system, Tuesday announced the first in a new food safety webinar series, "Hear the Latest on the Food Safety Modernization Act," on Jan. 31. With new regulations for 2012 set to be released, food processors, importers, and growers will need
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Tuesday announced that eight teams will advance to the semi-finals of the annual $60,000 Michigan Business Challenge. The multi-round business plan competition attracted 45 teams of 145 students from across the University
DENVER - American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado ruled in what could become a precedent-setting case. Judge Robert Blackburn ordered a Peyton, Colo., woman to decrypt the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop computer no later than February
DETROIT ? Michigan could add 500,000 new jobs and see personal incomes rise by $18,000 per person in the next eight years, predicts the Business Leaders for Michigan in a report released Tuesday. The report, backed by research conducted by McKinsey & Co, provides a 10-year vision for growing the New Michigan economy. Ford Motor
LANSING - Now that some of the smoke has cleared over the state's film incentive program, moviemakers should be getting back in line to work in Michigan, Film Commissioner Carrie Jones told the House Appropriations General Government Subcommittee on Tuesday. The state has only seen two applications for incentives since it began accepting applications on
DETROIT ? NextEnergy announced Tuesday that Kenneth Lundberg has joined the alternative energy group as vice president, finance and administration and chief financial officer. Lundberg?s key responsibilities will be to manage approval and maintenance of accounting systems; maintain relationships with financial institutions, and control banking operations, investment portfolio and related activities; manage insurance coverage; and
DETROIT - Daniel Radomski has returned to NextEnergy as Vice President, New Market Services. He had previously worked at the alternative energy group in value-chain mapping and economic development strategy. Radomski?s key responsibilities will be to oversee the development, delivery, and generation of NextEnergy?s value-chain analysis and business-growth services to suppliers, ventures, and OEMs operating
DETROIT - Wayne State University announced the appointment of Harl R. Tolbert of Pittsford, N.Y., as associate vice president of technology commercialization in the Division of Research. Tolbert began his new job Jan. 18. Tolbert joins Wayne State from his most recent post as associate director for biological sciences in the University of Rochester (N.Y.)