LANSING - Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is expected to announce his choice for lieutenant governor Wednesday, and sources said Tuesday night that he had chosen Rep. Brian Calley of Portland. Calley did not return messages and the Snyder campaign would only say that Snyder had a town hall planned for Wednesday in Grand Rapids.
SAN FRANCISCO - When I read the news Thursday that Intel is buying McAfee for $7.68 billion, I was stunned by its national security implications. Intel has had a cozy relationship with the Russian government and its Federal Security Service (FSB) since 2002 with its sponsorship of a laboratory on wireless technology at Nizhny Novgorod
PLEASANT RIDGE ? ePrize, the worldwide leader of interactive promotions, is hiring again. The company has already hired about a dozen people and still has opening for eight. Headquartered in Detroit, ePrize also has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. OPEN POSITIONS Team Lead, Engineering ? Detroit The ePrize Team Lead
SAN JOSE - Intel plans to buy security company McAfee for $7.68 billion. The chipmaker said Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee's common stock at $48 per share in cash. McAfee's stock closed Wednesday at $29.93, making Intel's offer a 60 percent premium. The boards of both companies
ANN ARBOR ? A press conference on Aug. 24 at the Michigan Information Technology Center will announce that Merit Network, Michigan State University, and Bloomingdale Communications have won more than $80 Million in Broadband and Computing Stimulus Grants for rural Michigan. Merit Network will receive $69.6 million from ARRA to construct over 1,000 miles of
LANSING - Rep. Brian Calley of Portland is under serious consideration to be Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder's running mate as lieutenant governor, sources with knowledge of the situation told Gongwer News Service. Calley declined to comment when reached by Gongwer. However, sources speaking on condition of anonymity said he had interviewed for the position.
LANSING - The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are still considered among the top 100 universities in the United States, according to the latest rankings by U.S. News and World Report. U-M topped the list for Michigan at 29th, coming just behind Tufts of Medford, Massachusetts. MSU was tied for 79th with American
LANSING - With fewer than seven weeks remaining in the current 2009-10 fiscal year and the start of the 2010-11 fiscal year, Gov. Jennifer Granholm outlined a series of cuts, revenue transfers and revenue increases that she hoped would prove not too controversial for lawmakers to adopt to clean up a combined two-year general fund
LANSING - Chatter on Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Snyder's running mate increasingly is focusing on three current or former senators: Sen. Jason Allen of Alanson, Sen. Patricia Birkholz of Saugatuck and former Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema. There also has been some talk about Meijer CEO Mark Murray, a high-ranking official in the administration of
MIDLAND ? "Business Facilities" magazine has ranked the Midland area No. 3 in the country for economic growth potential and for Alternative Energy Industry Leaders. The rankings were for metropolitan areas with less than 200,000 residents. The news was reported Wednesday by Midland Tomorrow, the Mid Michigan economic development organization. "We're very pleased that Midland