LANSING - It is turning into an "upward climb" to get the Legislature to move on a proposal to encourage state workers to retire, Gov. Jennifer Granholm told reporters Tuesday, but winning approval of that proposal is preferable to cutting funding to schools. Granholm rejected allegations from some Democratic House members that the proposal, which
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results today announced that it has added a Social Media Value Calculation to its core product offering. The Social Media Value Calculation allows ForeSee Results' clients to understand the impact of their social media marketing efforts on revenue. "Most businesses have accepted the marketing value of social media without any real
LANSING - In announcing a number of new corporate projects that she said would bring or retain more than 10,800 jobs to the state, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the state can hope that it is finally starting to emerge from the long economic downturn that has plagued it like no other state. Speaking to the
TROY - The group is open to all Walsh Students, Alumni, and the public and is provided free of charge. This is a great opportunity to learn about developing web sites, configuring Linux servers, discussing design patterns, plus numerous other topics related to Internet technology. If you're already an expert in one of these fields,
YPSILANTI ? MichBio announced that Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will keynote the 2010 MichBio Expo & Conference this October at the Marriott at Eagle Crest in Ypsilanti. "Dr. Shuren's visit will be particularly timely as the FDA's CDRH continues with
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems announced Tuesday that Mike Twarozynski, the company's chief financial officer, has been named CFO of the Year by Crain's Detroit Business. Twarozynski will accept his award at a celebration at the Henry Ford in Dearborn on Wednesday, June 16. Seven winners and five finalists will be honored in a variety
WASHINGTON DC - We don't know yet whether whistle-blowing Web operation Wikileaks has hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. State Department documents provided by U.S. Army Specialist Bradley Manning or whether it will publish them. But in the meantime Wikileaks' Julian Assange is providing ammunition to those who believe that the fragile new world of
SAN FRANCICSCO - Mozilla released a new Firefox 4 prototype late Monday that builds in support for Google's WebM video technology and several other changes planned for the open-source Web browser's next major version. With WebM, Google hopes to liberate Web video from patent-related royalty constraints of today's prevailing video compression technology, H.264. Mozilla and
LANSING - State officials are estimating as many as 19,000 teachers and eligible school personnel could retire under the incentive/penalty plan adopted by the Legislature. The state had seen 16,000 retirement applications as of noon Friday, said Kurt Weiss , spokesperson for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Weiss said the Office of Retirement
ANN ARBOR - In-Pore Technologies won the inaugural $100,000 SmartZone Award Thursday night at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan writing contest awards program, the top prize in a night when $250,000 in checks were handed out. The SmartZone Award, sponsored by the Michigan SmartZones and funded through the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a