WASHINGTON DC - Washingon's new U.S. Cyber Command is prepped and ready but is still waiting for Senate approval of its new commander before it can open for business. The new command would unify and administer the U.S. Department of Defense's vast computer networks to better defend against cyberattacks, CNET News.Com reported. In June, Defense
WASHINGTON DC - The United States is hemorrhaging millions of jobs as a result of the nation's growing trade deficit, in part due to currency manipulation by China, according to a report issued by the Economic Policy Institute - and Michigan is one of the states that have suffered substantial job losses. Since China joined
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the winner of its 2010 Michigan Small Business Person of the Year and its other awards. They will be presented on April 29 during the sixth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards event at The Lansing Center in Lansing. Gov. Jennifer Granholm will be the keynote
GRAND RAPIDS ? It's every entrepreneur's dream. Build a company with sweat equity, sell it in an all-cash deal. Well now it's the story that Jason Pliml, founder of MockDraftCentral.Com, can tell. Pliml, who started MockDraftCentral.Com in 2002, sold his company in late January to rival Roto Sports of Madison, Wisconsin. The deal was announced
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, the No. 1 rated ERP software for manufacturers, announced Monday that it will host a live demonstration of Plex Online's ERP solution for precision metalformers and fabricators Thursday from 2 ? 3 p.m. ET. The demonstration will showcase how implementing an industry-leading ERP system helps improve operations, while seamlessly linking
GRAND RAPIDS ? Internet advertising agency Adtegrity.com said a weak fourth quarter depressed both net profits and revenues for the full year ended Dec. 31. Adtegrity's audited full-year results included net income of $139,415 on net revenues of $11.38 million, compared with net income of $251,371 on total net revenues of $15.7 million in 2008.
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced Thursday the winners of its 2009-2010 business plan competitions - Michigan Business Challenge awards and Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grants. Award winners and grant recipients receive funding totaling nearly $100,000
ANN ARBOR - Register for the GLEQ Business Plan Competition by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 5, and be matched with a business coach, receive feedback from venture investors, and compete for cash prizes up to $25,000 and possibly win the new $100,000 SmartZone Award. Michigan-based entrepreneurs are encouraged to participate. Join the GLEQ competition
LANSING - University funding may have been spared the axe in Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2010-11 proposed budget, but student financial aid was not, and that caused several members of the House Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee to worry about the ability of the state to pull itself out of its economic malaise. One subcommittee member, Rep.
LANSING - Despite hopes that the national economy is beginning to turn around, states anticipate total budget gaps of nearly $54 billion that will have to be closed in the 2010-11 fiscal year, according to a survey released by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget Officers. That will come after