KALAMAZOO - InterCom, a Kalamazoo-based association of professional communicators, continues its 20th season with a luncheon presentation on April 3 that will provide a primer for social networking. Reservations are required by March 31. The presentation - The New Rules - Zero Cost Marketing and PR Through Social Networking, with John Clark from Wow Web
TROY - Join Automation Alley and Walsh College for a one-day conference on cyber security with nationally-recognized information security experts Tom Peltier, president of Peltier Associates and Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst of IT Harvest, who will address the growing need for businesses to take steps to protect company data and other sensitive information. Topics
TROY - High business taxes and training and preparing the workforce are among top issues that confront Michigan's growth industries, according to a Walsh College and EPIC-MRA public opinion survey. The 350 respondents surveyed during the fourth quarter represent advanced automotive materials and manufacturing; life sciences; alternative energy; and defense contracting and homeland security. Respondents
YPSILANTI - Ensure Technologies and ERT Systems signed an agreement to develop radio tags designed specifically for the emergency services market. ERT Systems has licensed Ensure Technologies' hardware for more than a year for use in its ID tags and Drop Readers. This agreement calls for the two companies to co-develop a new tag specifically
LANSING - Alternative energy could be one of the saviors of the Michigan economy. Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth Director Skip Pruss is working to turn that could into is. In the meantime, he is also working to see that much of the federal stimulus money coming to the state is put to
LANSING - Any tax cuts the Legislature enacts must be paid for in a way that does not slash state revenues, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday. Granholm told reporters cutting revenues at a time when there are critical needs in the state would be irresponsible. Granholm made the comments at the end of a week
WASHINGTON DC - Existing-home sales rebounded in February, climbing above expectations, but prices plunged again. Regionally, sales rose 15.6 percent in the Northeast, 6.1 percent in the South, 2.6 percent in the West and only 1 percent in the Midwest. Home resales climbed to a 4.72 million annual rate, a 5.1 percent increase from January's
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is offering participants the opportunity to get their questions about the business-plan writing contest answered directly by investors. The deadline to enter the spring contest - where a cash prize of $25,000 is offered - is March 30. The GLEQ Ask-The-Judges Roundtables will let participants learn what they
WASHINGTON DC - Noting that the U.S. financial system "is still working against economic recovery," the Treasury Department Monday revealed details of its plan to address toxic assets weighing on banks' balance sheets. Treasury said one major reason the financial system is still facing challenges is because of "legacy assets" and securities that are compromising
DETROIT - More on the GM bailout, and GM bondholders are not happy. The AP reports bondholders say GM's turn around plan is too optimistic. They worry about getting paid in GM stock, because if GM eventually ends up going into bankruptcy that stock will be worthless. The irony, of course, is that if GM