NEW YORK - Though recent reports suggest retailers are optimistic about holiday sales and expect to see better year-over-year results, shoppers disagree and are planning to be more frugal than they were last year when it comes to holiday spending, according to a survey released today by global business-advisory firm AlixPartners LLP. The survey of
TROY - Join hundreds of Michigan business leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations and top growth companies from Michigan's emerging sectors Nov. 17 as they gather for a day of peer-to-peer networking, keynote presentations, informative break-out sessions at the Michigan Emerging 2010 Conference. Michigan Emerging, once known as the Celebrate Michigan Expo, is being produced by Arzika in
SOUTHFIELD ? If you sign up to host your own Salvation Army virtual red kettle you can be entered into the chance to win an expense-paid trip to Dallas on Thanksgiving Day to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. The Salvation Army?s Online Red Kettle has helped provide approximately
FARMINGTON HILLS - Beringea, Michigan's largest venture capital firm, is introducing the popular open investor pitch forum known as "Office Hours" to the state in a months-long tour of Michigan's entrepreneurial hotspots. Similar to the office hours format used by university professors, these sessions will provide the Michigan entrepreneurial community open access to Beringea venture
PORTAGE - Manatron, which provides integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, Tuesday announced that the City of Cape Town, South Africa, is now using the company's software to help figure out property values, the first customer for Manatron in Africa. Manatron GRM customCAMA is a comprehensive property appraisal software
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center announced Tuesday the creation of several new Business Resource Centers in Wayne, Oakland and Monroe Counties In its ongoing effort to assist residents looking to start their own business. In order to develop a BRC, support is needed by a community partner such as a
LANSING - The top staffers announced Monday by Governor-elect Rick Snyder are Lansing veterans with his choices for chief of staff, legal counsel and communications director having a combined more than 60 years of experience working in or around state government. For the critical post of chief of staff, Snyder turned to one of the
LANSING - Governor-elect Rick Snyder said Monday that he plans to present a two-year budget, one for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 fiscal years, to the Legislature next year. "There's no reason to wait," he said at a Capitol news conference. "We can't afford to wait. Let's get going on this new process." Going to a
WASHINGTON DC ? Henry Crumpton, former Director of Counterterrorism at the State Department, and Todd Keil, Assistant Secretary of Infrastructure Protection at the Department of Homeland Security, will keynote the Critical Infrastructure Protection Congress November 30 - December 2 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. More than 400 CIP security professionals representing all
DETROIT ? The University of Detroit-Mercy is hosting workshops on Saturday mornings for Southeast Michigan University students, out of work IT professionals, ICSEC Community College students, and high school students. Topics will range from how to use security software, how to use security hardware, nuts and bolts of wireless communications, how to create bootable USB