LANSING - Michigan elected officials should focus on what they can control in the state's floundering economy and change Michigan's tax structure, an economist told the House Tax Policy Subcommittee on Tax Restructuring Tuesday. Testimony by Gary Wolfram, president of the Hillsdale Policy Group, set the stage for further discussions on what the state must
TROY ? Tuesday is the deadline for the glima ICE Awards, which honor the best web sites created last year in Michigan. The ICE Awards offer recognition to the best Web sites designed and developed by local interactive agencies. Submitted Web sites are judged by an expert panel according to criteria specified for five categories:
PLEASANT RIDGE ? In what could possibly be the largest angel capital investment ever made in a Michigan technology company, ePrize announced Monday that four Detroit-area business leaders invested $32 million into the interactive promotions agency. The $32 million investment was done by local investors Brian Hermelin and Gary Shiffman, and joined by Livonia, Mich.-based
LANSING - A Request for Proposals was issued last week by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. on the first phase of a $396 million capital infusion into promising Michigan technology and life sciences companies called the 21st Century Jobs Fund. The $396 million has been appropriated for investments through fiscal 2007 with some $100 million
LANSING - The $150 million Venture Michigan Fund, which will invest in Venture Capital firms that in turn will pour money into promising Michigan technology companies, received its first $5 million cash infusion Monday, the deadline set by the Michigan legislature for the so-called Fund of Funds to become active. Michigan Treasury spokesman Terry Stanton
LANSING - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, stepping up her criticism of the response by President Bush to requests to help the auto industry, said Friday she hopes to bring pressure on the federal government with the combined efforts of governors of other manufacturing states. The governor told reporters she was astonished at the remarks by
LANSING - There is still a year before Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm hopes to be able to provide health coverage for some 550,000 uninsured residents, but her State of the State address Wednesday left a laundry list of questions for those who might be providing the coverage and those who would have to approve any
WASHINGTON DC. - Universities, libraries and technology companies are asking a federal court to block controversial wiretap rules designed to facilitate police surveillance of the Internet. In a 71-page brief sent to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, they ask the judges to overturn a wiretap ruling from the Federal Communications
RESTON, Va. - America Online on Friday said it has landed two new partnerships with high-speed Internet service providers to offer AOL broadband service. AOL has signed deals with telephone providers BellSouth and AT&T to offer a bundled service that includes high-speed Internet access and exclusive programming and security features at prices that range from
DETROIT - Michigan's largest native software company, Compuware Corp., on Thursday announced a management shakeup aimed at boosting sales and the company's sagging bottom line, which dropped 10 percent in the third quarter. Wall Street trimmed Compuware's stock price by 4 percent Friday. Compuware said it earned $37.7 million, or 10 cents per share, for