LANSING - A top priority for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce for the coming year will be repealing the surcharge on the Michigan Business Tax that helped to balance the current budget and to urge the Legislature to cut spending to make up the loss. But the Chamber, among its 10 goals, will push for
ADA, Mi. - Quixtar, the online business site for Alticor, reported Wednesday that its sales fell slightly in 2007, but remained above the $1 billion-mark for the fifth consecutive year. But the company did not provide any further financial guidance on the exact sales figure for Quixtar or net income. Quixtar in North America will
ST. PAUL ? Northwest Airlines, the dominant air carrier at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Gerald R. Ford Airport in Grand Rapids, is in merger walks with Delta Air Lines, and a deal could be announced as early as this week. The news was reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. The report was based
LANSING - Against the backdrop of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Michigan Senate approved a series of bills that will enact provisions of the controversial federal Real ID Act, as well as clarify that legal foreign residents can obtain driver's licenses. In passing SB 962 , SB 963 , SB 964 ,
LANSING - Michigan has a fledgling video services market now, a year after legislation opening cable TV services up to greater competition was enacted, a report issued Friday by the Public Service Commission said, and the three commissioners expressed the hope that greater competition would develop through 2008. "While many parts of the state still
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. In its response, Yahoo called the Microsoft bid "unsolicited" but did not reject it. The move comes as Microsoft and Yahoo have both struggled to compete against Google, which has its Ad Words headquarters in Ann Arbor. Microsoft's offer,
ANN ARBOR - Doctors and healthcare workers, editors and lawyers, chefs, computer programmers, police officers, postal clerks and professors are all among the wide array of jobs the Michigan Higher Education Recruitment Consortium has gathered in a new central online portal. The new Web site, MIchiganHERC.Org opens with more than 1,200 job postings at 24
LANSING - Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison together would invest $6 billion in new generation, but only if the Legislature passes the mandatory 10 percent renewable standard Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed in her State of the State Address on Tuesday. But it is still not clear that mandate will reach her desk. Granholm had asserted
LANSING - The Michigan economy, the housing collapse and what that means for state budgets are running themes in State of the State messages delivered by governors across the country this year. While Michigan remains among the worst states in economic performance and consistently at the bottom in unemployment rates, the growing concern about the
LANSING - Brendon Ringlever of BL Government Affairs' Lansing office analyzes Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's State of the State Address Tuesday night. Granholm usurped some common Republican themes by pushing for jobs for every worker, no new taxes or fees, and one-stop shopping for businesses looking to relocate or expand in Michigan. To find out