LANSING - Legislation pending in the Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee will tell renewable and conventional energy entrepreneurs that Michigan is closed for business, Customer Choice Coalition supporters said at a news conference Monday. "Competition, choice and free markets are better solutions to Michigan's energy policies than monopolies, increased regulation and restrictions on entrepreneurs,"
KALAMAZOO - The 2008 Kalamazoo Valley Community College Employment Expo has more than 62 employers signed up so far offering tech jobs in computer technology, engineering, and hospital equipment. The expo at the Texas Township Campus is scheduled for March 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is a no-cost opportunity for students, KVCC
LANSING - Despite ongoing economic woes and a major budgetary and fiscal battle in 2007, Michigan was awarded one of the highest rankings among the states in the annual Government Performance Project conducted by the Washington. D.C.-based Pew Center for the States. Michigan's government was ranked with a B+ grade, the highest ranking of any
LANSING - Studies show that young, highly educated persons gravitate towards regions that do not have just jobs, but jobs with higher average pay and where "possibilities and opportunities abound," an economist at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said. Weather and other natural features also play a role in attracting younger, educated workers, an article
MIDLAND ? The BlueWater Angels investment group, in conjunction with Michigan Entrepreneurship Week, as designated by Governor Granholm, is sending out a call for applications from Michigan entrepreneurs and start-up companies interested in financial support. The deadline is March 7. The BlueWater Angels investment group has more than $1 million in capital available to invest
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK will be hosting six educational, entrepreneurial and talent networking events in March ranging in topics from marketing and social networking to talent matching and business planning for start-ups. All events except Hot Shots will be held at SPARK Central. March 5 - Spring Training for Start-Ups: Business Planning for
DETROIT - Compuware Corporation has entered into an agreement to work with Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft's personal health technology platform. Covisint will provide physicians with better, more efficient and secure access to patients' records by enabling patients to grant provider access to their HealthVault records through Covisint's OnDemand platform. HealthVault is a software and services health
DETROIT ? Wayne State University?s TechTown is hosting its next First Friday technology and business mixer March 7. The informal networking get together starts runs from 4-6 pm at TechTown?s headquarters, located at 440 Burroughs, between Cass & Second Ave. For more information, click on TechTownWSU.Org a>>
LANSING - U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff congratulated the Michigan Legislature, Governor Jennifer Granholm and Secretary of State Terri Land for bolstering "security through secure identification," as the Legislature wrapped up its work on bills dealing with Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Land is asking the federal government to allow the enhanced driver's
LANSING - Adopting a Michigan renewable portfolio standard that would require that at least 10 percent of the state's energy came from renewable sources by 2015 could force energy cost increases of as much as 39 percent, a spokesperson for the auto industry told the Senate Energy Policy and Public Utilities Committee on Thursday. But