ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK recently celebrated the conclusion of its 19th Boot Camp program with participant investor pitches and a reception. At the Ann Arbor SPARK Boot Camp Celebration, Brio Device was selected as the Best of Boot Camp winner, based on the quality of its investor pitch and business plan. As winner,
LANSING ? A disaster recovery test at the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget turned into a disaster when a link to a mainframe computer was broken at noon Wednesday crashing the computers at many state offices, including 131 Secretary of State branch offices, until 5 pm Thursday. State employees and contractors worked around
LANSING - Using some one-time money, reducing some proposed cuts and setting the stage for potential line-item vetoes, Governor Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders announced a target agreement for the 2011-12 fiscal year that essentially clears the way for the budget to be completed by May 31. Under the agreement, the effective cut to
WIXOM ? Youngsoft, a fast growing software consulting and services company, has more than 60 open positions now all over the United States. Youngsoft provides cost-effective IT solutions. The company also has its product and services for serving Health Care Industry under H2H Solutions and has many job opening for Health Care IT sector .
LANSING - The revised Michigan film incentive program is expected to receive $25 million under the budget negotiations that have been ongoing the last two days, Gongwer News Service has learned. Governor Rick Snyder proposed replacing the film tax credit under the Michigan Business Tax, whose repeal will occur under the tax legislation Snyder will
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Energy and Technology Committee is expecting quick movement on legislation that would further deregulate the state's telephone industry. The bill (HB 4314 ) is expected to see a few changes based on discussions between the various parties, but the main thrust of considering wireless and voice over Internet protocol as
LANSING - Citizens and environmental groups have joined forces in an attempt to slow down the natural gas rush they say is underway in Michigan. Representatives of Clean Water Action, the Sierra Club and Progress Michigan want hydraulic fracturing methods used to extract gas from deep wells stopped until safety and health concerns are addressed
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder and top legislative leaders have not yet reached a formal target agreement on the education aspects of the budget, but they are getting close, Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville said Wednesday morning. Richardville (R-Monroe) said he, House Speaker Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), Governor Rick Snyder, Lt. Governor Brian Calley and the
LANSING - All Michigan public employees would have to pay for at least 20 percent of the cost of their health benefits under legislation passed Wednesday by the Michigan Senate. The Senate, as expected since Republicans make up a two-thirds supermajority of the body, mustered the two-thirds majority needed to adopt the constitutional amendment SJR
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction with online banking increased its lead over customer satisfaction with the overall banking experience, according to the U.S. 2011 ForeSee Results Online Banking Study. As the financial sector and the economy slowly recover from a crisis that nearly froze credit markets and cost hundreds of billions of dollars in bank