LANSING - The chairman of the Michigan House Subcommittee that oversees the Michigan Economic Development Corp. budget said the tax abatements and grants awarded by the MEDC do not encourage businesses to move to the state or to stay here, but instead are a way for businesses to play states against each other to gain
SAN FRANCISCO - Global IT spending growth is expected to slow slightly from 2005 due to a natural cycle shift, while China and India will see double-digit gains. IDC predicts a 6.3 percent increase in IT spending for 2006, attributing global gains to robust emerging markets and strong economic stability in the U.S., Europe and
GRAND RAPIDS ? CQL Inc. and Innerspace/Datel have developed a new product to expand CQL's hospital inventory tracking system - called spaceTRAX - that uses RFID technology. Through RFID, spaceTRAX will more easily track inventory in hospital storage units and improve revenue cycles, inventory turns, and compliance. ?The spaceTRAX product is recognized in the marketplace
REDMOND, Wa.- Microsoft has delayed the shipment of its new Windows Vista operating system, which will replace Windows XP, to consumers until after the holiday shopping season, which could mean some consumers don't buy the PC they had intended to purchase in 2006, and are tapped out and unable to buy when Vista machines do
DEARBORN - More than 120 people turned out for the inaugural meeting of Michigan Survives, a new organization that has been formed to help laid-off professionals in metro Detroit, and to show them that there is life after lay-off. One of the organizers, Eudora Adolph, said that she found the response, ?overwhelmingly positive and we
LANSING - Michigan House Democrats are working on a package of bills that would require the full disclosure of prescription drug tests for all drugs sold in Michigan. The legislation also would impose civil fines of $250,000 for the first offense and upward of $1 million for the third and subsequent offenses for companies that
GREENVILLE - Energy Conversion Devices is expected to announce on Wednesday it will build and open a new production facility in Greenville that could employ several hundred workers, a God send to a community hard hit by factory closures. Gov. Jennifer Granholm is slated to be present for the announcement at 9:45 a.m. in Greenville.
LANSING - If the strict high school curriculum proposal passed by the Senate on Thursday becomes law, Michigan would have one of the most stringent high school graduation requirements in the nation. A Senate Fiscal Agency study of high school curriculum requirements across the nation shows that the Senate legislation (which includes a foreign language
ANN ARBOR - Techstreet.Com, which provides technical standards online, has added a new client, the Fluid Controls Institute. Techstreet, a business unit of Thomson Scientific, will design, build, promote and manage the new online store and provide digital document delivery and customer service for FCI members and customers worldwide. This is the first time that
ROCHESTER ? Technology leaders and decision makers from across Michigan will meet in May for the Michigan Technology Leaders 2006 conference, a two-day showcase that will feature 30-minute private meetings between tech decision makers and solution providers. The event is a non-political platform that will bring together only 125 attendees to network and do deals.