LIVONIA - Davenport University is stepping forward to support several local communities it serves that have been particularly hard-hit by the economy, offering up to $1,000 in tuition assistance to new, incoming students preparing for new careers. "The economy has taken its toll on Michigan residents and we want to do everything we can to
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK is now accepting applications for fall Entrepreneur Boot Camp. In this 18th installment of the popular program, to be held November 4-5. Entrepreneur Boot Camp participants will receive intensive business coaching from experienced entrepreneurs and experts. "Ann Arbor SPARK's Entrepreneur Boot Camp program has a proven track record of
CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Where would America be without dreamers, without those who envisioned a new way? The Lorenzo Cultural Center will celebrate our great inventors and their innovations in a new program series, American Ingenuity: Embracing the Freedom to Dream. The series explores those past and present who have made their mark through invention, innovation
LANSING - On the same day that a major national newspaper highlighted the state's success in attracting film production, the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency released a detailed study of the impact of Michigan's controversial film credits that concluded there is no anticipated situation in which the credits could pay for themselves in terms of state
LANSING - With the state moving to end a 14-year policy of reimbursing community colleges for the property tax revenues they lose because of renaissance zones, college property taxes should be exempt from renaissance zones, a leading college official said Wednesday. The comments from Mike Hansen, executive director of the Michigan Community College Association, came
LANSING - The prospects for a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor appeared to come crashing down Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declared it unlikely that the Senate would vote on legislation authorizing it this year. Bishop's (R-Rochester) comments come as Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-Algonac), the Transportation Committee chair, has circulated a draft
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget will travel the remaining road of the Granholm administration with an interim director at the reins, as Director Ken Theis announced Thursday he was leaving the post effective October 1. Theis, who oversaw the combination of the departments of Information Technology and Management and Budget, has
DETROIT - Four years ago, a couple of brothers came up with the idea of creating a video online web site to play each other for money. On Sept. 15, GamerSaloon.Com launches its Madden 11 Tournament with $5000 in cash prizes up for grabs. The site has attracted some 300,000 members who have won nearly
DETROIT - Jonathan Browning, Volkswagen Group's international sales coordinator, has been promoted to chief executive of Volkswagen of America, the company announced on Monday at a news conference in Washington. Browning, 51, joined Volkswagen in June and was in charge of improving interaction between the sales arms of the group's 10 brands. He previously held
PITTSBURGH - The US-CERT warned Friday of a new mass-mailing worm that contains a link to what looks like a PDF file but instead is a malicious screensaver file that will interfere with security software on Windows-based computers and spread the message to everyone in the e-mail address book. Subject lines of the variants include