LANSING - A study that says Michigan's current economic woes are due almost entirely to problems in the automotive industry and that eliminating the Single Business Tax could have little effect on boosting the economy, also indicates the path the state has taken to boost higher education is the right one for Michigan's long-term future.
LANSING - The Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority has added new sophisticated mapping features to its web site where consumers search for tax reverted properties available for purchase. DLEG?s Land Bank Fast Track Authority worked in partnership with the Michigan Department of Information Technology to make it easier for interested buyers to find key
GRAND RAPIDS ? Grand Rapids bested the Detroit metropolitan area ? including Ann Arbor ? as the best big city for entrepreneurs to do business in the September issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Michigan, unfortunately, ranked 26th nationally. The Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland metropolitan statistical area ranked 26th in Entrepreneur magazine?s 12th annual Hot Cities report. The Detroit-Ann
LIVONIA ? A new Management Information Systems degree program will be launched this fall at Madonna University to help meet the increasing demand for IT jobs, which are expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2014. ?Interestingly, industry predictions show a shortage of qualified IT people by 2010,? said
ROCHESTER HILLS ? ECD Ovonics Co Founder Iris Ovshinsky died August 16 at her home in Bloomfield Hills. She was 79. Iris and Stan Ovshinsky, her husband and fellow scientist, founded ECD Ovonics in 1960 to research and use new science and technology to solve serious societal problems. Since the company's founding, Iris played a
ANN ARBOR - Although U.S. economic growth has been brisk in recent years, expansion will be moderate through 2008, University of Michigan economists said Thursday in their annual mid-year forecast. The report predicted U.S. economic growth of 2.2 percent during the second half of this year and throughout 2007-the weakest growth rate in five years.
SPARTA ? Geek Aid, a one-day music event to help challenged kids get plugged into technology, still has some seats left for the big show on Saturday, which will feature rising country western star Travis Meadows. Event chairman Keith Brophy, president of NuSoft Solutions, said the Sparta Band Shell can accommodate up to 350 people.
LANSING - Now that Michigan's single business tax is headed to oblivion two years earlier than originally expected, the push to seek out an alternative tax takes on a more serious bent. Business organizations are working on proposals and guidelines for the Legislature to consider, the special joint committee to prepare recommendations on a replacement
LANSING ? The long awaited $150 Million Venture Michigan Fund finally became reality last Friday when the fund, which will pour money into promising Michigan technology companies through Venture Capitalists, finally closed. Jan Garfinkle, president of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, said Requests for Proposals from Venture Capitalists will be released by the state in
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK has named Amy Cell director, talent acquisition. She will develop programs to attract, develop and retain managerial, professional and technical talent to drive innovative businesseses in Washtenaw County. Prior to joining Ann Arbor SPARK, Cell served as senior associate director, Office of Student Life, at the Ross School of