LANSING - Michigan could see up to 3,512 new jobs because of developments and expansions announced Tuesday, including the new North American headquarters of Spanish aeronautics manufacturer Aernnova Engineering Incorporated. Aernnova is planning, in Pittsfield Township (Washtenaw County), a $10 million aerospace engineering facility that is planned to have 600 employees. The company expects to
LANSING - Late Wednesday afternoon there are still no agreements between lawmakers and the administration on budget and tax proposals for the Michigan 2007-08 budget. The Senate finished a brief session earlier Wednesday and Senate leaders said the chamber would be in session on Sunday to act on bills the House passed Tuesday night. The
LANSING ? A Michigan income tax increase would cost the average family $1.33 a week, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said, but that amount would keep the state from gutting social services, public safety and education in Michigan. She also said the state can only afford to cut "a bit more" than $300 million from the upcoming
LANSING - The Michigan Senate recessed Monday waiting to see if the House has a plan to resolve the 2007-08 budget - if the House does not, Senate Republicans will attempt to push a plan of their own. Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) told reporters that based on comments made Monday by House Speaker
KANSAS CITY - U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel said on Monday it would offer a new Microsoft Web and local business search application on its phones using a technology that pinpoints a caller's location. Starting Tuesday, the No. 3 U.S. wireless company is offering customers a download of a new voice-recognition search product from Microsoft
LANSING - The party lines were set Monday on the issue of a continuation Michigan budget for 2007-08, with the Senate passing two bills creating a one-month continuation budget and Gov. Jennifer Granholm saying she will veto such a budget unless a tax increase is passed as part of the proposal. The state has been
TROY - Automation Alley on Friday announced the winners of its Seventh Annual Awards Gala at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. Winners included Charles "Chip" McClure of ArvinMeritor Inc., as Legend CEO, and George W. Jackson Jr. of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation as CEO of the Year. Legend CEO (Lifetime Achievement Award) was
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business tumbled this year from No. 1 to No. 7 in the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of top MBA programs. Recruiters complained about both the haughty attitude of students and the complacent attitude of the career-services office for the sharp decline. Several other Big
WASHINGTON - One of the leading U.S. Senate proponents of Net neutrality laws said Monday that he's not giving up on enacting the divisive antidiscrimination rules. To a standing ovation, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) urged attendees at the Future of Music Policy Summit here to "fight back and say this is something that's important for
LANSING - Local governments could be forced to layoff as many as 5,000 police and fire fighters if an all cuts solution to the 2007-08 budget is enacted, GoV. Jennifer Granholm said in a radio interview Thursday. But she also expressed confidence that the House will enact a total plan to resolve the budget issue