LANSING - Now that the Republican-led Legislature and Governor Rick Snyder have swallowed a hard pill and enacted a minimum wage increase they preferred not to pursue, the big question Tuesday evening at the Capitol is whether doing so would assure Democratic support for a major increase in transportation funding. The early answer from the
LANSING - Most Michigan voters currently favor a ballot proposal to boost the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, including for tipped workers, and oppose the idea that a legislative initiative could make that initiative likely meaningless, a poll released Tuesday found. The poll by the Lansing-firm of EPIC/MRA was released several hours before lawmakers
LANSING - Pure Michigan and Coca-Cola are teaming up on two efforts to promote summer activities in Michigan. MyCokeRewards vacation package sweepstakes will be beefed up with the Cup Full of Savings in conjunction with Wendy?s at participating Michigan attractions. ?Coca-Cola keeps coming back to the table to work with us on new ways to
SOUTHFIELD ? Two teams from Melvindale High School and another from Hamtramck High School took the top three places in the third annual Engineering SMArT Michigan Competition, sponsored by The Engineering Society of Detroit. The competition was held Tuesday at Lawrence Technological University where first place went to Precursors from Melvindale High School. Another Melvindale
HOLLAND - Coastal Container and Coastal Automotive Corporation Tuesday announced that Paul Doyle has joined the company as chief executive officer. Doyle brings more than 20 years of manufacturing leadership experience to the company. ?We are very pleased to welcome Paul to our team,? said Brent Patterson, who is stepping down as Coastal CEO and
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. may split the company into two units: one that would support its mainframe business and the other to focus on applications performance management. The news came Thursday night during the computer-services company?s quarterly teleconference call after the markets had closed, the typical way Compuware reports its financials. CEO Bob Paul did
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google is developing a new, cutting-edge tablet as it continues to experiment with advanced vision capabilities for mobile devices, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The company plans to produce about 4,000 of the prototype tablets beginning next month, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The device would come with
LANSING - The Cyber Civilian Corps, a group aimed at helping both the state and businesses prevent computer-aided attacks, officially launched Wednesday. The program, announced by Governor Rick Snyder in October, will begin as a rapid response team for data breaches. "We are on our way to realizing the vision of the Cyber Civilian Corps
DETROIT - Comerica Bank?s Michigan Economic Activity Index declined in March, falling 2.5 percentage points to 120.9, the fifth straight consecutive decline. ?Payroll employment in Michigan was little changed over the 12 months ending in March,? said Robert Dye, Comerica Bank Chief Economist. ?This is worrisome because stalled payroll employment levels in Michigan are most
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND ? The United States, reflecting the resilience of its economy, better employment numbers, and its dominance in technology and infrastructure, retains the top spot in 2014 in a survey by the IMD World Competitiveness Center. The survey ranks 60 economies and also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do