MACKINAC ISLAND - Several of the proposals Governor Jennifer Granholm has made in the past three years have bogged down in the Legislature, so Friday she asked members of the Detroit Regional Chamber to help her get those issues moving. In one case she offered a direct payback for that help. Though she did not
DETROIT - Dan Mulhern, First Gentleman for the State of Michigan, will honor finalists and winners of the Midwest Collaboration and Corporate Commitment To Michigan awards June 4 at the Midwest Technology Leaders cocktail reception at the Detroit MGM Grand Hotel. The Midwest Collaboration Award honors partnerships between Midwest companies and local individuals or groups
MACKINAC ISLAND - Given that most of the routes through North America flow through the Detroit Metro region, the state needs to fill any holes in those routes to attract shipping and logistics companies, Detroit Regional Chamber President Richard Blouse said on Mackinac Island on Thursday. Toward that end, Blouse announced the launch of TransLinkeD,
MACKINAC ISLAND - Gov. Jennifer Granholm will unveil a plan Friday to cut Department of Corrections spending and move that money to other budget priorities. She is seeking to generate business support for the plan at the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference by making the surcharge on the Michigan Business Tax one of the
WARREN - Bill Kozyra was named chairman and CEO of TI Automotive on Thursday, following the planned retirement of Bill Laule. Kozyra comes to TI Automotive with more than 30 years of automotive experience, including leadership positions at Budd Company, Allied Signal, Bosch, ITT Automotive and Continental AG. Kozyra most recently was president and CEO
ANN ARBOR - More than $60,000 in cash will be awarded to Michigan's top technology start ups on June 12 when Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest hosts its Grand Prize Award ceremony at the James B. Henry Center at Michigan State University. Co sponsors include Automation Alley, NextEnergy, and Southwest Michigan First. GLEQ First Place teams
FLINT - AT&T has announced an expansion of its third-generation mobile broadband wireless network across Genesee County, including greater Flint, Montrose, Clio, Burton, Grand Blanc and Linden. With the addition of 3G technology to 34 cell sites enhancing this new service along I-75, I-475, I-69, US-23, Miller Road, Pierson Road, Saginaw Street and strengthened in
LANSING - A day after officials from the film community asked Michigan lawmakers not to change the newly created tax incentives for their industry, which include the biggest tax credit in the country, the chair of the Michigan House Appropriations Committee said he has spoken with the speaker and is asking for a limit to
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan, and the Detroit Metro Region in particular, have lost their standing at the top of the income scale over the past decade in large part because they have not kept up with changes in the world economy, officials told those gathered for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference Wednesday. The
ANN ARBOR - Borders Books on Tuesday launched an e-Commerce web site, after a seven year online partnership with Amazon.Com. One of the big changes is a new service called Magic Shelf, which allows customers to view online book, music and movie titles, much the way they browse book tables, displays and shelves at Borders