LANSING - The federal government should transfer management of the housing bailout portion of the giant financial bailout package to the states, Governor Jennifer Granholm has said in an interview with Michigan Public Radio. All the states have housing arms of their governments and once the federal government recreates many of the mortgages that now
LANSING - Clerks across the state are gearing up for higher than anticipated voter turnout in the election, by trying to get more poll workers to precincts and adding additional voting stations. Although final voter registration figures for the state are not yet available, the intense interest in the presidential race is driving the anticipation
GRAND RAPIDS - Ray DeWinkle, well know vice president of business development for the Right Place economic development program in Grand Rapids is leaving that job to become President and CEO of GreaterFindlay, an economic development group that serves Findlay and Hancock counties in Ohio. DeWinkle assumes his new post on Nov. 17. "Ray served
WASHINGTON - The state of Michigan will be honored during space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming STS-126 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour is targeted to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 14. NASA is honoring all 50 states during the remaining flights of the space shuttle, which will be retired in
LANSING - The fifth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards event, the state's premier awards ceremony for entrepreneurs and supporters of small business is now accepting nominations for the 2009 awards. But you need to act quickly. The nomination deadline is Nov. 14. Michigan Celebrates Small Business is a cooperative effort of the Michigan Small
LANSING - Here's a list of the 17 companies that will split nearly $30 million from the 21st Century Jobs Fund. They are listed in order of how they were scored by the screening committee that came from the National Center for Manufacturing Science. Accuri Cytometers, Ann Arbor Life Sciences, $ 1,950,000, Projected Jobs 88
LANSING - Ann Arbor-based Life Sciences companies won the lion's share of nearly $30 million available from the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund 2008 Commercialization Business Plan Competition. Final results show a total of 17 Michigan companies will split $29,676,016. Eleven Ann Arbor-based companies were awarded 21st Century funds, with seven from the Life Sciences
LANSING - Regional chambers of commerce from across the Midwest announced on Wednesday they were promoting a national initiative to help rebuild the region's economy, an initiative that includes efforts to clean and maintain the Great Lakes. The Detroit Regional Chamber is the lead group in the effort that also includes chambers from Cleveland and
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are in talks with the Justice Department in an effort to head off an antitrust challenge to their proposed advertising agreement. The settlement negotiations are at an early stage and it isn't clear whether they will resolve U.S. objections or be acceptable to the two companies,
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is expected to take stakes in the nation's top financial institutions as part of a wide-ranging effort to restore confidence to the battered banking system, following similar moves by European governments that sent global stock markets soaring. As part of its new plan, the government is set to buy preferred