LANSING - A $100 billion national green energy program could add 60,000 jobs in Michigan over two years in businesses developing alternative energy sources, providing more energy efficient buildings and electric transmission systems and boosting mass transit/freight rail programs a report released Tuesday said. The proposal before Congress analyzed by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst's Political
LANSING - Various legislators and interest groups worked much of the day Friday trying to answer Governor Jennifer Granholm's call that they deal with changes to Michigan's electric regulations before the election. But there were no indications that any agreements had been reached. Sources indicated that meetings were ongoing late Friday afternoon on both HB
LANSING - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will travel to Japan on Sept. 15 for the third time in a trade mission to promote the state and encourage development in the state ? with particular focus on alternative energy and advanced manufacturing. The Executive Office has not yet issued details of the trip. But in several
DETROIT - Butzel Long has collaborated with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association to develop the 2008 OESA N.A. OEM Production P.O. Terms and Conditions Comparative Analysis, which will debut during the OESA Comparative Analysis Conference September 10 in Troy. The Comparative Analysis compares the terms and conditions of purchase orders of BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford,
MENLO PARK, Ca. - Eleven percent of chief information officers surveyed for the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report expect to add staff in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 3 percent forecast personnel reductions. The net 8 percent increase compares with a net 10 percent increase projected last quarter. The majority
TROY - Friday is your last chance to add to your trophy case or promote your clients' talents. Do you have or do you design web sites with killer graphics, great content or innovative technology? You could be a 2008 winner of the Troy Chamber's Helen eWards for Web Excellence. The submission deadline is 5
LANSING - With the resignation of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she hoped that a new chapter can begin for the state and city both, "to see this as an opportunity to build a great city and region together, city and suburb, east and west, north and south." With her statement,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google's new Chrome browser is for PCs today, but company co-founder Sergey Brin expects the technology will make its way to Android, the company's mobile phone operating system and software suite. Chrome and Android were developed largely separately, Brin said in an interview at the Chrome launch event Tuesday covered by
LANSING - With a growing gap in jobless rates between those with a four-year degree and those without, the state should do more to bolster benefits to people without advanced education and should increase training opportunities for adults who want to return to school, the League for Human Services said in a recent report. The
SAN FRANCISCO - The auto-suggest feature of Google's new Chrome browser does more than just help users get where they are going. It will also give Google a wealth of information on what people are doing on the Internet besides searching. Provided that users leave Chrome's auto-suggest feature on and have Google as their default