LANSING - Public funds in Michigan could not be invested in companies that do business in countries listed by the U.S. Department of State as sponsoring terrorism under a series of bills and a constitutional amendment Senate Republicans announced on Tuesday. The series of 15 measures could affect the state's use of Credit Suisse as
DETROIT - A net 14 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the fourth quarter of 2007, a 3 percent increase from the third quarter, the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report contends. The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on
LANSING ? With less than three weeks before the start of Michigan's fiscal year, state officials are scrambling on a number of fronts to both resolve the budget and prevent a shutdown of the government on October 1. Sources indicate there is a chance that a move to put a sales tax increase before the
REDMOND - Microsoft's next release of Office for Mac, due in January, will include business features that PC users have taken for granted for years. That will include the ability to set up out-of-office messages, according to a preview in Microsoft's Office for Mac team blog reported by CNET News.Com. "With Entourage 2008, you now
LANSING - The only way to implement the recommendations of Michigan?s 21st Century Energy Plan is to re-regulate the state's electric market, Public Sector Consultants said in a report to be presented Wednesday to the House Energy and Technology Committee. For the plan, developed by former Public Service Commission Chair Peter Lark, to work, all
GRAND RAPIDS - On Wednesday, regional investors, academicians, business and government leaders, and philanthropists will meet to have a conversation, hosted by Grand Angels, about how to address Michigan?s sagging economy. Creating a Statewide Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ? Leveraging Change for Michigan?s Economy will bring more than a hundred regional leaders to the
WARREN ? Michigan InfraGard will host an interactive exercise on Sept. 27 in four cities that will test how first responders might react to an influenza pandemic. This special exercise will be broadcast over videoconference at one of four locations. Those locations are: Davenport University - Warren (Main Site) Davenport University ? Dearborn Davenport University
LANSING - Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland), who worked on a workgroup developing the new Michigan Business Tax, said Friday that if the expiring Single Business Tax is an example, modifications to the new business tax structure will continue on forever into the future as industries and policies change. Speaking on Michigan Public Television's "Off the
LANSING - House Democratic leadership on Friday introduced nearly a dozen tax bills, some of which could likely be used as vehicle bills for a revenue increase, including a proposal to place a use tax on services at a rate of 6 percent. Dropping the legislation into the hopper before the weekend means the bills
LANSING - Urging lawmakers to "invest in what works for Michigan," the University Research Corridor presidents on Monday released an independent analysis showing the state's three research universities helped create 68,803 Michigan jobs and produced $12.8 billion of net economic benefit in 2006. "This report documents how Michigan's URC universities have become a vital economic