CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple reported record revenue of $46.33 billion and profits of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, nearly double the $26.74 billion, or $6.43 per share, the company reported in the same quarter a year ago. "We're thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of
LANSING - Now that some of the smoke has cleared over the state's film incentive program, moviemakers should be getting back in line to work in Michigan, Film Commissioner Carrie Jones told the House Appropriations General Government Subcommittee on Tuesday. The state has only seen two applications for incentives since it began accepting applications on
KALAMAZOO - Ben Angelo grew up listening to music from his folks' giant collection of vinyl records. But when CDs took over the music scene in the 1990s, he left analog recordings behind. Now Angelo, 31, has joined millions of people who again are buying albums and hybrid turntables that let them download their records
DETROIT ? Michigan could add 500,000 new jobs and see personal incomes rise by $18,000 per person in the next eight years, predicts the Business Leaders for Michigan in a report released Tuesday. The report, backed by research conducted by McKinsey & Co, provides a 10-year vision for growing the New Michigan economy. Ford Motor
ANN ARBOR - Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, will be in Michigan on January 31st for the launch of Startup Michigan at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs. ACE'12ACE is a yearly event that celebrates entrepreneurism in the state with education and networking with peers, funding sources and support resources. Attendance at ACE
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder made clear Thursday that he will not rush a still under development plan to eliminate the industrial portion of the personal property tax, declining to insist it even be passed this year. Separately, Snyder, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said his top policy initiative for 2012 is winning
LANSING - A report surfaced Thursday that a film production facility in Pontiac may fall short of making its bond payment on which the state pension fund is the guarantor, but Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville says if lawmakers and the governor committed $100 million or more to the film industry incentives, it could come
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers in Israel and other Middle Eastern countries are in the middle of a cyberwar that has led to disruptions of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, several Israeli banks, and an airline. As a result, some Israeli banks have blocked or are threatening to block international access to their sites to avoid
PLEASANT RIDGE - ePrize has announced its second acquisition in six months, buying Cellit, a Chicago-based mobile marketing agency. The deal adds 16 employees to ePrize, which will top 400 employees in 2012 forcing the digital marketing company to look for new headquarters. Cellit?s expertise in mobile marketing and customer relationship management products and services
LANSING - Having already offered a long list of major policy proposals in his first year in office, Governor Rick Snyder departed from the traditional State of the State address model of offering new ideas to guide the year and instead delivered more of a report card on where the state stands and a call