LANSING - With the proposed cap on credits available under the state's film incentive, the Film Office is looking for projects that do more for the state, under guidelines announced late Friday. Among other criteria, the office will be looking more favorably on projects that use facilities here in the state for filming and production
ANN ARBOR - Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Tuesday announced it has agreed pay $35 million in fines and to reduce manufacturing and sales of several of its medical devices after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered numerous violations at the company's Scio Township headquarters. The Japanese owned company signed a consent decree agreeing that it
ANN ARBOR - Join a Web chat March 29 at noon with Rob Fowler, president and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan, and Jennifer Owens, vice president of business development at Ann Arbor SPARK. To take part in the web chat on Tuesday, go to FreePopinion.Com a>>
SAN FRANCISCO - In every disaster scammers see an opportunity, and the crisis in Japan is no exception. Already there have been fake Red Cross e-mails circulating and there will no doubt be more scams coming. Those e-mails appear to come from the British Red Cross. They provide some news on the earthquake and tsunami
FRAMINGHAM - The home office market will add nearly 2 million home-based businesses and more than 3 million corporate home office households between 2011 and 2015, a new report shows. According to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, as the home office household landscape continues to change, so too does the type of technologies
NEW YORK - In a blockbuster mobile deal, AT&T announced Sunday it had agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The acquisition will bolster AT&T's dominance with the addition of more than 33 million subscribers to its 95.5 million customer user base, giving it a new total of more than 129
LANSING - An agreement to wait until September 1 for the repeal of the state's item-pricing requirement to take effect ensured enough votes to resolve a mini-standoff on the bill in the Senate and send it to Governor Rick Snyder. Twice, the Senate had fallen one vote short of the two-thirds majority necessary to give
LANSING - The Michigan Education Association has asked its local members to vote on giving the MEA authority to initiate "crisis activities" including "job actions" that might mean a work stoppage. MEA spokesperson Doug Pratt said Thursday that the move comes in response to actions in the Legislature. "MEA will not stand silent while Michigan's
ANN ARBOR - A Michigan Economic Growth Authority Tax Credit of $731,244 will spur Lakeside Software, which develops systems management and virtualization software, to expand to Ann Arbor and also expand its existing operations in Bloomfield Hills. Lakeside Software plans to invest $6.1 million to expand existing operations in Bloomfield Hills, as well as locate
DETROIT - Wayne State University announced Tuesday the launch of the Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program, combining two years of full-time employment with executive development education, to help renew Detroit. The deadline to apply is April 15. With initial support from The Kresge Foundation and the Hudson-Webber Foundation, and potential support from foundation partners, the fellows