EAST LANSING ? Telecommunication reform in Michigan could save consumers hundreds of millions of dollars annually on their cable bills, pour billions of dollars into the state and create as many as 34,000 new jobs over the next decade, according to a study released last week by Michigan State University and Ball State University. "The
LANSING - The expected repeal of the Michigan Single Business Tax could potentially gut the state's economic development efforts, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday in a special message to the Legislature that called on lawmakers to quickly pass legislation that will guarantee continued development incentives. The message said that the Department of Treasury will send
SAN FRANCISCO - A new worm that targets Yahoo e-mail users is on the loose, taking advantage of an JavaScript flaw, a Symantec said in an advisory released Monday. The Yamanner worm targets all versions of Yahoo Web-based mail except the latest beta version, CNET News.Com reported. At the time of the advisory, there was
KALAMAZOO ? InStadium, a Chicago sports marketing company that posts ads for its clients in restrooms at major stadiums across the country, has landed Peter Schweitzer as chairman of the board after a successful career spanning three decades with ad agency J. Walter Thompson. TGap Ventures, a Kalamazoo Venture Capital company, has invested in InStadium.
LANSING - AT&T officials told the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee on Wednesday that they need changes to the state's cable television franchise system to be able to reasonably enter the video market. Cable officials countered that the only thing holding AT&T back is the hope for a legislative leg up into that market
LANSING - Members of the Michigan House Republican caucus unveiled a package of bills Wednesday that they say will be a boon to adult stem cell research. The bills would create a statewide umbilical cord bank network with $5 million in funding from the state's securitized tobacco settlement monies, allow cord banks to apply for
ANN ARBOR ? Rapid BioSense, which makes a sensor that could be used in the fight against terrorism, won the grand prize of $25,000 Wednesday night at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan writing contest ? the highlight of a night that saw more than $60,000 in cash and in-kind contributions given to promising Michigan
SOUTHFIELD - Airfoil Public Relations, which earlier this year promised it would open a Silicon Valley office, said the doors swig wide on its new Bay Area office June 15. Airfoil specializes in representing technology companies, including Microsoft and eBay. Airfoil co founder and President Janet Tyler will lead the West Coast team as general
WASHINGTON DC - Internet companies that have been lobbying for stiff Net neutrality regulations might be having second thoughts right about now. A new proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives takes the concept of mandatory Net neutrality that companies like Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have publicly embraced-and extends it to, well, those
Lichtman, 39, will assume responsibility for the company's investor relations activities as well as corporate treasury operations and management. Lichtman continues to oversee TechTeam?s financial functions, including global accounting operations and internal controls, financial budgeting and forecasting processes, and Security and Exchange Commission reporting activities, which he has been managing since 2004. Prior to joining