NEW YORK - Many of the most popular applications on the social-networking site Facebook have been transmitting identifying information - in effect, providing access to people's names and, in some cases, their friends' names - to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The issue affects tens of
GRAND RAPIDS ? aimWest is hosting its 2010 Midwest Social Media Confab Nov. 10 at the JW Marriott where talented business, media and communications professionals will talk about the latest trends in social media. Keynote speaker is the author of The Mirror Test" and former Kodak CMO, Jeffrey Hayzlett. Hayzlett has appeared on Celebrity Apprentice,
DETROIT ? Nearly two-thirds of Michigan adults favor shifting away from the state's current flat income tax to a graduated income tax plan, while just under a third support raising Michigan's current flat income tax rate. The study was done by Wayne State University's Center for Urban Studies. It showed 64.3 percent favor shifting away
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center formed a team of experts to assist manufacturers with planning for growth and diversification. The Manufacturing Assistance Team provides support to manufacturers in three specific areas: financial analysis, capital access and strategic actions. "Michigan's small business manufacturers are facing times when financing options are
GRAND RAPIDS ? The deadline for nominations for the 2011 Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program, a prestigious annual competition that recognizes successful small businesses and their supporters, is Nov. 2. The winners will be honored at the 7th annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event on April 28, 2011. Award categories for business owners include
ROCHESTER - Faculty at Oakland University are taking advantage of nearly $1.8 million in recently approved grants to support science-related projects in explosives detection, microwave signal processing and development of summer research programs. Associate Professor Xiangqun Zeng, for example, received a $1,054,638 grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop sensors to detect
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results has resigned New York & Company to measure online satisfaction using its American Customer Satisfaction Index. "We are very serious about turning online browsers into online and offline buyers. ForeSee Results has helped us improve our online conversion rates by accessing attitudinal data to understand who is coming to our
DETROIT - The Michigan Women's Foundation board of trustees announced its support for the formation of a Women's Angel Fund providing access to capital to start or expand transformative businesses and give the Michigan economy a needed infusion of jobs and change. Michigan Women's Foundation will support the investment in early stage women-owned businesses owned
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 Dare to Dream Grant Program, where students apply for funding to advance their innovative, high-potential business concepts toward launch. Grant recipients were awarded funding totaling
EAST LANSING - A.J. Boggs & Company, an East Lansing-based internet technology company, has added four staff members, David Kuhn, Jacob Jang, Jason Rigdon and Jessica Parks. Kuhn brings over 25 years of experience in software development to the A.J. Boggs? team. As a graduate of Bowling Green State University, Kuhn provides significant industrial and