LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday directed four natural gas utilities to participate in a collaborative proceeding dealing with the creation of a gas choice price comparison website and invited alternative gas suppliers, other regulated natural gas utilities, and others to participate. The directive (Case U-17580) was specifically pointed at Consumer Energy
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions is offering the first ever Certified Contingent Workforce Professional, an 11-module groundbreaking certification program, is now available to help staffing industry professionals develop best practices and thought leadership to attract the best and brightest. This first-ever program available in Detroit on May 1-2 at the Detroit Athletic Club. As an
DETROIT - AT&T Friday announced that the company is looking to hire more than 150 people in Michigan, including 92 new jobs. The positions will be primarily focused on call center staffing, retail opportunities and technicians and are a result of AT&T?s continued investment in Michigan to support both wireline and wireless network customers. ?AT&T
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions is providing the resources for the Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit?s internationally acclaimed Mosaic Singers to compete in what has become known as the Olympics for Choirs when they head to Riga, Latvia, in July to participate in the World Choir Games. Nearly 500 choirs from 60 countries have registered
GRAND RAPIDS ? The West Michigan industrial economy continues to grow, according to a monthly survey done by a professor at Grand Valley State University?s Seidman College of Business. Brian G. Long, director of supply management research at GVSU, said his survey is based on data collected during the last two weeks of February. In
DETROIT ? Employers in Metro Detroit, West Michigan and around the state are expected to do a lot of hiring in the second quarter, contends Manpower in its latest Employment Outlook Survey. In the Detroit-Warren-Livonia Metropolitan Statistical Area, 21 percent of surveyed companies interviewed plan to hire more employees, while just 6 percent expect to
LANSING ? Some $215 million will soon be available to repair Michigan?s crumbling roads as part of a supplemental appropriations bill unanimously adopted by a conference committee on Wednesday and passed in both chambers by wide margins. It is now headed to Gov. Rick Snyder?s desk for his signature. The final agreement on SB 608
NEW YORK - CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that his company's namesake broadcast network could go "over the top," or be delivered via the Internet, if Aereo's model of streaming over-the-air programming is ruled legal. "If there are systems out there that try to hurt us, then we could go to OTT," he
LANSING - Tourists in Michigan, lured to the state in large part because of the Pure Michigan ad campaign, generated a record $1.2 billion in economic development, a report said. The report, by a research firm, Longwoods International, which specializes in the effect of tourism advertising, said the Pure Michigan ad campaign attracted 2.4 million
LANSING - The Michigan House passed a controversial measure on Tuesday that would streamline the process of allowing telephone companies to drop landline services. SB 636 passed 71-39. The Michigan Senate must concur in the House changes before the bill goes to Governor Rick Snyder for approval. The legislation, which wouldn't go into effect until