RESTON, VA - Online spending over the most recent weekend - Dec. 20-21 - total $677 million, nearly twice as high as the weekend nearest Christmas last year, reports comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world. Holiday season spending online for the first 51 days of the November - December 2008 holiday season have
GRAND RAPIDS ? Are you in touch with the current workplace trends? As the current workforce is changing, so are the roles of IT departments. Companies are challenged with not only attracting and retaining valued IT professionals, but also meeting new industry demands. Interact with a panel of West Michigan CIO's and hear their thoughts
ANN ARBOR - LA2M, Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing, has announced an exciting line up of topics for January and February 2009 that will explore digital marketing tools and tactics. LA2M is a weekly meeting of marketing professionals from both digital and traditional backgrounds. Founded in January 2008, LA2M will be taking a twist on its
ANN ARBOR - LTI Information Technology has been re-certified as a Cisco Premier Certified Partner and Certified Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization in the USA. LTI Information Technology has been a Cisco Partner for 5 consecutive years and has again met all requirements for achieving Cisco Premier Certification, including personnel, support, training, client recognition and
LANSING - As bad as the economy has been in Michigan, a study assessing economic distress among the states based on the foreclosure rate, changes in unemployment and the number of people receiving food stamps shows a number of states rank higher in terms of overall distress. The study, part of the Kaiser Family Foundation's
LANSING - In an effort to help the state's economy, Governor Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday signed legislation expanding job training opportunities in high demand fields, by working with companies that need to develop training for job openings. The bills, SB 1342 (PA 359) and HB 6185 (PA 360), were part of some 48 bills signed
LANSING - Consumers Energy will be able to charge more for its natural gas service and Detroit Edison more for electricity, but both increases were substantially below what the utilities requested under orders issued Tuesday by the Public Service Commission. Edison was allowed an $83.6 million increase in its rates, but that was below both
BENTON HARBOR - Verizon Wireless has activated four new cell sites that expand network coverage and capacity in Berrien County, and two new cell sites that expand network coverage in Kalamazoo. In Benton Harbor, the new cell sites improve Verizon Wireless�?? voice and data network coverage around the Four Winds Casino and along the following
DETROIT- Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Maureen Taylor will be a moderator and featured speaker during an ICLE Partnership Seminar on January 13 in Ann Arbor. Taylor talk is called "E-Discovery Update 2009" and will be webcast as well. Other featured speakers include Hon. Steven D. Pepe, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
LANSING - As the self-described toughest year of her administration comes to an end, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Monday that the state had to be "relentless" and "obsessive" in its efforts to restructure the economy, and that despite all the struggles Michigan will be all right in time. "We're a tough state, a tough people,