LANSING - Despite inconsistent sales trends this summer, Michigan Retailers reported the highest level of optimism since 2004 in the future outlook component of the June Michigan Retail Index, which rose to 79.3 on a 100-point scale. There doesn't seem a reason to be optimistic - MRA president and CEO James Hallan said Michigan Retailers
LANSING - A proposal unveiled late Wednesday to help control Asian carp from getting in the Great Lakes is not strong enough because it does not call for isolating the lakes from the Mississippi River, officials said. Attorney General Bill Schuette issued some of the strongest statements against the proposal outlined, saying it would not
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Transportation is reaching out to businesses interested in creating a public-private partnership for two rest areas, highway lighting, bridge work and timber management. In a release sent on Thursday it says the department is accepting letters of interest until mid-August from interested businesses, and Jeff Cranson, spokesperson for the
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. surprised Wall Street and beat first quarter earnings estimates, which has been rewarded with more favorable ratings from some analysts. The computer software and services company reported this week adjusted earnings per share increased 100 percent to a penny in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 ended June 30 compared
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. This is the second consecutive year Davenport was recognized as a ?Great College to Work For? by The Chronicle. Davenport University won honors in three categories: ?
SAN FRANCISCO - The Syrian Electronic Army sent out a warning over Twitter earlier Tuesday that said, "If you have 'Viber' app installed we advise you to delete it." The hacking group was claiming responsibility for both breaching Viber's database and defacing its Web site, according to The Hacker News and reported by CNET News.Com.
LANSING - Sen. Roger Kahn on Wednesday presented a Senate Medicaid workgroup proposal that keeps critical components of the House bill to expand and reform Medicaid while ensuring the reforms remain even if federal waivers are not granted or the Affordable Care Act is repealed. "Besides the ability to opt-out, it was important that we
LANSING - The project tied to a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund Board on Wednesday, with some words of encouragement from Governor Rick Snyder. The project, known as the Catalyst Development Project, includes arena where the Red Wings will play as well as a
ANN ARBOR ? Integrated digital marketing leader Pure Visibility has hired three new employees for key management jobs. Todd Hall is taking the helm as VP of Sales and Business Development. Hall joins the team from Cleveland, Ohio, and brings with him more than 15 years of digital marketing experience. Todd?s previous roles include Director
LANSING - Press conferences were held in Lansing and Detroit on Wednesday by activist groups in an effort to draw support for HB 4554 , which would raise the minimum wage in Michigan to $10 an hour by 2016. In Lansing, Danielle Atkinson, director of Mothering Justice, said that there is a need for the