LANSING - Incumbent telecommunications providers have continued to experience a decrease in their traditional wireline customer lines, a trend that began in 2002, while competitive providers have experienced a small decrease in their overall lines after three years of increasing wirelines, according to a report released Monday by the Public Service Commission. Competitive providers appear
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office is garnering a greater deal of interest from big names in Hollywood, Film Office Director Margaret O'Riley said in a recent interview, and the plan to diversify incentive investments could yield an even greater return by keeping the state's graduates in a new, exciting and potentially growing industry. In
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Monday reported U.S. sales in May leaped 11 percent from the same month a year ago, the group's best May sales since 2007. May 2013 unit sales totaled 166,596, compared with 150,041 in May 2012. The Jeep, Dodge, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each posted year-over-year sales gains in May
DETROIT - Comerica Bank?s Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in March, up 1.8 points to a level of 119.9. The March index reading is 49 points, or 68 percent, above the index cyclical low of 71.2. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for 2011. February?s index reading
MACKINAC ISLAND - Policy-makers will look at education reform differently if they view the system from the student's perspective, a variety of speakers told those gathered for the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference. While the focus has been on failing schools on most states, the entire education system is failing, Michelle Rhee, CEO of
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed at a California conference that Apple has sold more than 13 million Apple TV devices - half of those set-top box devices were sold last year. He also hinted Apple may soon offer a wearable computer. But when pressed for specifics about Apple's vision for the device,
MACKINAC ISLAND - Any discussion of selling art from the Detroit Institute of Arts is premature, but the art "could be in play," if Detroit finds itself in a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Treasurer Andy Dillon told reporters here. But the spokesperson for Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said the discussion that began a week ago
MACKINAC ISLAND - Better educating Michigan children and welcoming immigrants are among the keys to improving the state's economy, Governor Rick Snyder and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said in opening the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference. The conference is organized around three "pillars" of discussion: cultural change, education and the 21st Century global
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers' name had surfaced as a possible choice for President Barack Obama to name as FBI director, but Obama went in a different direction, announcing Wednesday his nomination of James Comey, a former top official in the U.S. Department of Justice, for the post. Rogers (R-Brighton) had the support
LANSING - The Michigan Senate Wednesday gave final approval to the School Aid Omnibus budget, which includes funding for K-12 education, community colleges and higher education, along mostly party lines. The bill now goes to Governor Rick Snyder. Sen. Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw Township), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, praised HB 4228 as a bipartisan