LANSING ? Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, as expected, joined the CLEC Association of Michigan in appealing a Public Service Commission order allowing local service providers to set their own rates in many of the state?s urban centers. Both argued to the Court of Appeals that the commission misinterpreted the Michigan Telecommunications Act in finding
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged Marathon Oil, operator of the only gasoline refinery in the state, to lower its prices now that crude oil supplies are flowing again after Hurricane Katrina slammed the oil producing southern states. Marathon responded by rolling back prices for regular gas to $2.99 a gallon at its Speedway stations.
PITTSBURGH - US-CERT has received reports of multiple phishing sites that attempt to trick users into donating funds to fraudulent foundations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Phishing emails may appear as requests from a charitable organization asking the users to click on a link that will then take them to a fraudulent site that
LANSING ? Michigan House Republicans passed their plan Wednesday to provide tax relief for Michigan businesses, but Gov. Jennifer Granholm remains opposed to the proposal and Senate Republicans are uneasy with it, both because of its budget implications. Granholm proposed her own plan to rework the Single Business Tax in January. She and legislators from
LANSING - Negotiations continue on legislation that would sell one-quarter of the state's annual payments from the national tobacco settlement to fund promising tech start ups and create jobs. The House Commerce Committee moved some of the bills implementing this proposal to the full House on Wednesday, but they do not reflect the deal that
SAN FRANCISCO ? As suspected, it turns out the Zotob worm that bedeviled Internet users two weeks ago, including Daimler Chrysler, is linked to a crime ring, the FBI contends. Atilla Ekici, a 21-year-old Turk who used the nickname Coder, may be affiliated with people thought to be part of a credit card fraud ring
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Business networking group Entrepreneur & Investor Exchange opens its fall season of monthly workshop and cocktail mixers by rolling out a new format that could help business people catch the attention of angel and early-stage investors. The Tuesday, September 13 forum will feature three, 10-minute Showcase Presentations by entrepreneurs seeking capital for
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University researchers will use a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to try and figure out the relationship between children and the information technology tools and toys with which they interact. The Children and Technology Project is a research project designed to determine the consequences of using IT on
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan called on members of the Michigan House to approve the tax reform package reported out of the House Tax Policy Committee. The package maintains the existing statute that repeals the Single Business Tax (SBT) on Dec. 31, 2009. ?Regardless of whether the SBT is ever actually repealed,
DETROIT - Though engaged in an ongoing employee-discount promotion to clear 2005 models and 2006 trucks from its lineup, GM should see a stronger sales year in 2006, thanks to a range of new products. GM CEO Rick Wagoner told analysts Tuesday that he believes that while the U.S. market will continue to be a