LANSING - A combination of extra revenue and spending lapses from government departments could mean Michigan is left with a surplus from the 2010-11 fiscal year of well more than $1 billion, state budget officials said Monday. Final numbers will not be available until the state's books for 2010-11 are closed. A preliminary book closing
DETROIT ? Last week, we picked up a story from our content partner, Autoline Daily, that reported General Motors was going to switch suppliers for the batteries in the Chevrolet Volt. But GM said Monday it will not be using batteries from A123 in its Volt, rather in the upcoming EV, the Spark. LG Chem
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? The 25 percent Michigan Small Business Investment Tax Credit expires on Dec. 31, but if you are an investor and want to learn how to qualify for the credit attend the Great Lakes Angels' meeting Monday night. GLA President David Weaver said he can help high net worth individuals get qualified as
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3), a Detroit-based global IT and business services company, is partnering with MITechNews.Com to list available IT and business services job openings in Michigan. These jobs are not limited to, but include those offered by several of S3's Fortune 500 customers in financial, health care, energy and government industries. S3
GRAND RAPIDS ? In a startling Holiday headline, British TV news reports that Santa's network was hacked and his Naughty List stolen. The names of these bad boys and girls ? and you know who you are ? were published online. To view this humorous video, click on Vimeo.Com a>>
DETROIT ? If you're looking for a great Holiday read for that auto enthusiast in your life, you might want to check out a new book co authored by Detroit-area auto writer Lillie Guyer. The book is called, "Outraged: How Detroit and the Wall Street Car Czars Killed the American Dream." The book is a
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers are exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Reader to attack computers running Windows, Adobe said. A patch for the critical vulnerability in Reader and Acrobat is expected by next week, the company said in a blog post. The vulnerability, which is being exploited in "limited, targeted attacks in the wild against
LANSING ? The Pure Michigan winter advertising campaign will spend nearly $1.7 million in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin with billboards, following in January by TV and radio spots. The actual numbers are $1,666,149, which includes $30,000 in funding committed by the Michigan Snowsports Industries Association as part of the Travel Michigan Ad Partnership
LANSING - Saying they are losing business everyday to Internet stores that do not maintain physical sales locations and do not charge sales tax, a number of small Michigan retailers said Tuesday the state should act on legislation that would require Internet sellers to collect sales tax in Michigan. The storeowners said they were not
ATLANTA - With security of personal information on the Internet a major concern, Poll Position wanted to know if Facebook users are comfortable with the personal information they provide on Facebook. In a Poll Position national scientific telephone survey, 70 percent of Facebook users said they were comfortable with personal information they give out on