DETROIT ? A new survey shows across-the-board improvement among Michigan business owners regarding their outlook for sales, profits, hiring and wages, including the expectation that growth will continue for many months, with the strongest expectations in the Metro Detroit region. The caveat, among small and medium-sized business owners, is with the Michigan economy recovering, where
LANSING - While it seemed the attention of the political world was on the issue of whether the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could impose a mandate on individuals to acquire health insurance, from the standpoint of the state, possibly the most significant aspect of the ruling is its effect on Medicaid. Because
LANSING - The waiting and the confusion surrounding the creation of a state health exchange that existed before Thursday's historic ruling on the federal health care law still remains as House Republicans did not have a firm answer for what they would do next. House Republicans had resisted moving forward on the exchange for months,
MARSHALL ? What's particularly impressed Steve Dodge, president of Stelmi America Inc., with working in Marshall, is the quality of life and the support offered by the community for business. Stelmi has been a tenant of The Brooks, an industrial and research park south of the city of 7,103. His company, a steel bar processor
BRIGHTON - Fortech Products, which provides corrosion-resistant coatings, metal-forming lubricants and contract packaging services for the auto industry, is expanding its production, laboratory and office facilities in Michigan, and adding new hires. The company recently moved into a new 80,000-square-foot headquarters on a 27-acre tract in Brighton, nearly tripling its production capacity, adding 25 percent
ANN ARBOR - Barracuda Networks announced that it will double its employees in Ann Arbor, creating 184 high tech and engineering jobs over the next three years - part of the company's commitment to invest $6 million in downtown Ann Arbor. ?Barracuda Networks continues to thrive, and Ann Arbor is critical to that success,? said
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute said researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published a study detailing how Parkinson's disease spreads through the brain, bringing researchers one step closer to a disease-modifying drug for Parkinson's. Experiments in rat models uncover a process previously used to explain mad cow disease, in which misfolded proteins travel
SAN FRANCISCO - The Nexus 7 tablet was unveiled Wednesday at the Google I/O Conference. The device was built by Asus and comes with a 7-inch 1,280-by-800 HD display, runs the Tegra 3 processor and has a front-facing camera for video chatting. Wi-Fi connectivity, as well as Bluetooth and near-field communication support are also included
LANSING - With most of the testimony it heard Wednesday favoring building a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, the Strategic Fund Board approved the agreement that would allow preparation for the bridge to begin. Under the agreement, the Strategic Fund's primary role would be helping to acquire the property needed to land the bridge
GRAND RAPIDS - Kuyper College and Davenport University announced Tuesday an agreement that will allow eligible students from each institution to transfer credits toward a bachelor or master degree program at the other school. For some students, this agreement also will allow them to earn two degrees ? one from each institution ? in just