LANSING - Comerica Bank's tourism index showed Michigan tourism is at its lowest point since the last recession in 2001, while an index tracked by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation showed Michigan is ranked last in the nation for hotel occupancy so far this year. The Comerica index, which measures travel, lodging and entertainment spending,
WASHINGTON - Congress and the Bush White House appear headed for a showdown this week over how best to assist Detroit's troubled auto makers. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans on Monday to move forward with a bill that would give the auto industry access to the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program set up
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ANN ARBOR - Life sciences trade association, MichBio, on Friday announced two recipients jointly for its first annual Legislator of the Year Award. The award, which recognizes the state legislator who consistently supports and defends issues of importance to the biotechnology community - Rep. Rebekah Warren (D) and Sen. Randy Richardville (R). "We established the
DETROIT - Tighter budgets, fewer job openings and the lowest capital spending since 1975 have led to one of the longest consecutive readings of low optimism according to the Index of Small Business Optimism commissioned by the National Federation of Independent Business. This year's 88.2 reading is a sign of a depressed economy and outlook,
WASHINGTON - The prospect of a government bailout of General Motors Corp. before the end of the year dimmed Thursday, with a leading Senate Democrat pointing to a lack of political will for a package and the top House Republican assailing the plans. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said he knew of no Republicans
SOUTHFIELD - The Detroit Chapter of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, is holding TiECon Midwest 2008, a two-day business convention. This one of a kind business expo called, "Succeeding in a Dynamic Global Marketplace," will be held on November 21-22 at the Westin Southfield Hotel in Southfield. TieCon Midwest is dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship, global business
TROY - ConnecTech, Automation Alley's technology professional membership organization, is once again partnering with the Midwest Technology Leaders for its upcoming Mentor Program. The deadline to apply is Dec. 15. The program pairs participants in a one-on-one relationship with a local CIO and will begin with Kickoff Training from Executive Coach Barry Demp DempCoaching.Com who
GRAND RAPIDS - The nomination deadline for the fifth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program for entrepreneurs and supporters of small business has been extended to Nov. 21. In addition, the application deadline for the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch has been extended to Dec. 12. Nomination forms are available now at MichiganCelebrates.Biz Michigan
BIRMINGHAM - ProductBase and its innovative suite of Product Business Management (PBM) modules grew out of a market need for a solution to support better product decisions, and a recognition that current Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software could not achieve the compelling PLM vision - the promise of seamlessly flowing all of the information produced