LANSING - AT&T Michigan put added pressure on the Michigan Senate to approve the new cable TV legislation by announcing plans to invest $620 million in Michigan over the next three years and hire 2,000 employees because the Michigan House approved the bill on Nov. 14. AT&T President Gail Torreano on Friday, citing House Bill
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Grand Rapids City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to award a citywide wireless contract to Clearwire LLC, which operates high-speed wireless networks in about 30 U.S. cities. Called WiMAX, the new technology boasts better penetration in buildings and neighborhoods than Wi-Fi, said city officials on Friday, who chose Clearwire from nine proposals
LANSING - Michigan's proposed new business tax will allow the state to compete more effectively with other states, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday, due to a rate that is among the lowest in the nation and preservation of incentives. In submitting the $2.4 billion plan to the Legislature, the governor continued to draw a hard
LANSING - A package of bills creating a network of umbilical cord blood stem cell banks in Michigan and help finance the network with $5 million from the state's 21st Century Jobs Fund was reported to the Senate by the Health Policy Committee on Wednesday. In moving SB 1353 and SB 1354 and HB 6291,
LANSING - Legislation expanding the kinds of energy that are eligible for Michigan tax credits, including for personal property tax credits that many cases aren't now available was approved by the House Energy and Technology Committee on Wednesday. The committee approved SB 583 and 584, which amends the five-year-old energy act to include technologies such
WASHINGTON-A federal judge on Thursday continued to press the Department of Justice to explain why he should approve twin mergers involving some of the nation's largest telephone companies ? including AT&T and SBC Communications in Michigan - but did not say when he will make a final decision. Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court
LOS ANGELES - With his keynote speech at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show, Wednesday morning, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is expected to strike a decidedly "green" theme. It's likely to be a note echoed by many of GM's competitors in the days to come. Sources tell TheCarConnection.com that the giant automaker is readying
LANSING - There are plenty of happy holiday myths: Santa Claus, elves, flying reindeer, toys that come fully assembled. Now you can add "Cyber Monday" to that end-of-year fantasy list. Another year has come and gone and, as many predicted, by late in the day on the West Coast, Cyber Monday appeared to be just
LANSING - The Granholm administration will formally outline its proposed rewrite of the Single Business Tax on Wednesday in briefings to reporters and in a presentation to Senate Finance Committee. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming), who expressed a willingness to work on the SBT but also wants changes in school health care provisions, said
CLEVELAND ? The Ann Arbor, Detroit region?s reputation as a source of quality health care investment deals improved in 2006, a new study by BioEnterprise indicates. The study also ranks the Midwest highly for medical device opportunities, average for health care services and software, and weak for biopharmaceuticals. Among investors active in biopharmaceutical investments, Minneapolis