TROY ? Today is the deadline for members of ConnecTech, the successor organization to the GLIMA Network, to join a members-only technology mentoring program to partner with some of the state's top chief information officers. Eligible mentees include current ConnecTech members in information technology; the $50 application fee and first round of applicant materials (resume,
LANSING - Changes to the Michigan Business Tax that could cost the state anywhere from $550 million to $850 million this fiscal year passed the Senate on straight party line votes on Thursday. Supporters said the four bills - SB 1038 , SB 1053 , SB 1054 and SB 1058 - would correct some issues
LANSING ? Michigan legislation to allow foreign residents living legally, but temporarily, in the United States to get a driver's license was signed into law on Friday by Governor Jennifer Granholm. An official with the Department of State said that by the middle of next week the state should be able to take applications for
WASHINGTON DC - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday signaled further rate cuts may be in the offing because the economy continues to be buffeted by slow growth in housing, employment and credit markets. But he appeared more upbeat on the economy's prospects for later this year and next when the combination of fiscal
LANSING - Charging that rules denying driver's licenses to temporary legal residents of Michigan are unconstitutional as well as a misinterpretation of law, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Terri Land in Ingham Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking an injunction against the rules implemented last month that barred temporary
DETROIT - Finding experienced IT professionals tops the list of staffing concerns for technology executives, a new survey shows. Nearly one in four (24 percent) chief information officers (CIOs) polled said finding skilled information technology (IT) professionals is their greatest staffing challenge. Providing employees with adequate skills training ranked a close second, cited by 23
WASHINGTON DC - Comcast, AT&T, and other network operators would be expected to refrain from "unreasonable discriminatory favoritism" of content on their networks under a revised Net neutrality proposal introduced Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. But this time around, the new bill sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of a House Internet
GRAND RAPIDS ? Internet advertising specialist Adtegrity.Com posted a small profit in 2007 after posting a small loss the year before ? after serving up more than double the ads from 2006. The company reported net income of $50,358 on total net revenues of $11.6 million, compared with a net loss of $32,381 on total
WATERLOO, Ontario ? If you own a BlackBerry, you already know this story. Research in Motion, which makes the BlackBerry, experienced a significant outage of its wireless email service on Monday, its second nationwide disruption in the last 12 months. The company notified its customers of the problem Monday afternoon, saying that the outage was
LANSING - Michigan has some terrific assets that need to be better utilized to nurture job-creating entrepreneurs, contends the 2007-2008 Entrepreneurship Score Card from the Small Business Foundation of Michigan. Mark Clevey, foundation executive director, said that the state has thousands of entrepreneurs starting small businesses every year?and they need more help than the state