TROY - Ken Theis, CIO for the State of Michigan, will keynote the Fifth Annual Midwest Technology Leaders conference held June 3 at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit. Theis will address the ways in which Michigan has continued to deliver increasingly higher standards of service in the face of shrinking budgets and tough economic
CARLSBAD, Calif.- Microsoft Corp. Thursday unveiled a major overhaul to its Internet search engine, as it enters a new chapter in its rivalry with Google Inc. Microsoft is rebranding its search engine, currently called Live Search, as Bing as part of a range of steps to make its search technology more appealing to consumers. The
DETROIT - An ad hoc committee of General Motors Corp. bondholders expressed support for 10 percent of the restructured auto maker under a revised plan. The new proposal, contained in a regulatory filing Thursday, envisions an initial 72.5 percent stake in a new GM being held by the U.S. Treasury in return for enhanced aid,
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The Business Improvement Team, a consortium of outstanding consultants has affiliated with Logos Communications, which produces press releases, marketing collateral, web sites, and scripts of white papers. Joining the Business Improvement Team is Dave Bilbrey, a Michigan based sales consultant, sales trainer, sales coach, public speaker, author and mentor is now a
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, the maker of Plex Online, a factory automation software tool, continues to win clients in a down economy. Plex Systems CEO Mark Symonds explains why in this Plex Systems edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - What does a company need to know about Trade Secrets? Katie Blakley Goedertier, an Intellectual Property Attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione�??s Ann Arbor office, provides a Trade Secrets update in this Brinks edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - With President Barack Obama's top official to help distressed auto communities present, Gov, Jennifer Granholm said it was impossible to overstate Michigan's need for federal assistance as General Motors considers filing for bankruptcy. Ed Montgomery, named by Obama to oversee aid to auto manufacturing communities, participated in a meeting with Granholm and officials
LANSING - Most Michigan residents would back the state switching to a graduated income tax, an opinion poll released Tuesday showed. The poll, conducted by the Lansing firm of EPIC/MRA for the Detroit News and WXYZ-TV, found that the largest number of those polled did not think Michigan's economy would turn around in three to
LANSING - Legislation aimed at getting a regional authority for Detroit's Cobo Center back on track, in hopes of keeping the North American International Auto Show in the city, was reported from the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee Tuesday, even as a proposal to allow the city to lease the center to a regional authority
LANSING - Another stab at restructuring state government, this time under a realization that Michigan's economy will never be what it has been as an auto-dominant culture, is underway with the expectation it will lead to a series of gubernatorial actions late this year and early next to shrink the number of departments and realign