LANSING - After months of work behind the scenes, a pair of House lawmakers announced Tuesday they are introducing an eight-cent per gallon gasoline tax increase, coupled with a 12-cent increase for diesel, in order to fill the expected hole in state transportation matching dollars. The proposal, which has not been formally introduced, would raise
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's new tablet computer, to be unveiled by Steve Jobs Wednesday, holds a lot of promise for advertisers. The computer-maker has kept the new gadget under wraps, leaving consumers and marketers to speculate how they'll use it, Forbes magazine reported. But one thing is certain: The Apple tablet will offer a new
WARREN ? Corp magazine and MITechNews.Com will recognize on Jan. 26 the companies and organizations leading the way on making Michigan a more alternative energy friendly state. Sponsored by Allied PhotoChemical, Corp! will recognize the recipients of the 2010 Michigan?s Going Green Awards presented to companies and individuals who have demonstrated exemplary efforts in eco-friendly
DETROIT ? Entrepreneurs now have a better way to get their business message in front of potential investors at a new web site called PitchCorner.Com, which will award $5000 for the top pitches posted. Each video-elevator pitch posted on PitchCorner.Com by March 31, 2010, is automatically entered in the contest. The judging starts with PitchCorner.Com
LANSING ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest has a new business competition that will award a cash prize of $100,000 in June. At a packed Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, hosted this year at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor rather than as year's past at Washtenaw Community College, Ned Staebler, a Michigan Economic Development Corp. vice
ANN ARBOR ? Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize Thursday night in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category. The winner of the New Business Category was Global Energy Innovations, a
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released a patch to protect Internet Explorer users from attacks like "Operation Aurora" which targeted Google Inc.'s China business and caused widespread Internet panic. "This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer," the world's largest software company said in a
DETROIT ? The National Automotive Center, part of TACOM, the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, is showcasing at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit an electric-powered Army scout vehicle. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm and other Great Lakes governors called Tuesday for a summit at the White House to determine how to address the threat of the Asian carp to the Great Lakes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected motions from the state to close locks connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. "The
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