LANSING - Expressing hope that 2010 will be a better year for Michigan following the historic economic travails of 2009, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the state had to continue to focus on diversifying its economy or face total collapse. A key to that diversification is building a more knowledgeable workforce and key to that, she
DETROIT - General Motors Co. has hired an outsider to run its troubled finance operations, bringing in the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. Chris Liddell will join GM next year, GM CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. said in a statement Monday. Liddell, 51, brings depth and experience to the job leading GM's global financial and
NORTHVILLE - IT service provider Tera Networks has teamed up with The Children's Center of Wayne County to give a few young adults a reason to smile this holiday season. Tera Networks will donate four desktop computers to The Center's Young Adult Self-Sufficiency Program. The YASS program provides young adults transitioning out of the foster
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commerce Department's Patent and Trademark Office will pilot a program to accelerate the examination of certain "green" technology patent applications, Secretary Gary Locke announced on Monday. The new initiative will accelerate the development and deployment of green technology, create green jobs, and promote U.S. competitiveness in this vital sector. "American competitiveness
LANSING - Michigan put together a package of education reforms that should make it more than competitive to win a chunk of the $4.35 billion in federal education money that President Barack Obama is dangling through the "Race to the Top" program to entice states to overhaul public education, officials said Monday. Two days after
LANSING - The Muskegon Correctional Facility will still lose all of its Michigan prisoners as planned, but will take in as many as 1,000 prisoners from Pennsylvania early next year rather than closing, officials announced Monday. The imported inmates are set to begin arriving in February and could remain for as long as three years.
LANSING - The new automated security system for the Michigan Capital Complex buildings is live, but security guards will likely remain in the lobbies of those buildings for the next few months. The state is transitioning to a system where state workers will log into a website to provide the name and driver's license number
NEW YORK - American Express OPEN, the small business division of American Express, Monday launched AcceptPay.Com, an online invoicing and payment solution that can help business owners improve cash flow at a time when customers are taking a longer time to pay. AcceptPay is a new online solution that allows business owners to create, send
MIDDLEVILLE - LumenFlow on Monday announced it has been granted a U.S. patent for its 360 Degree View Imaging System that offers single image analysis of the interior or exterior of any cylindrical surface. The device is used in quality control for automotive and engineering applications and the company said has strong potential in the
LANSING - The hard-wrought changes to the state's educational system enacted in the "Race To The Top" package completed Saturday could be transformational to the state, legislative leaders said as they completed the exhausting work that left some tempers strained. Some critics said elements of the package were not needed, and that the state had