SAN FRANCISCO - Consumer data broker Acxiom plans to introduce a service that will reveal to people what it knows about them, according to a Financial Times report. The company, which is based in Little Rock, Ark., bills itself as an enterprise data, analytics, and software-as-a-service company. It serves 47 of the Fortune 100 companies,
LANSING ? The Pure Michigan campaign had its biggest impact to date in 2012, attracting 3.8 million out-of-state visitors to the state, who spent a record $1.1 billion at Michigan businesses according to a just-completed report by Longwoods International. The report, released at this year?s Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism being held in Detroit,
EAST LANSING - The importance of improving the Great Lakes, cleaning its waters and beaches and ridding it of invasive species, is magnified by the recognition that the entire Great Lakes region is equal to the fourth-largest economy in the world. At a forum on threats to the Great Lakes, sponsored by the Institute for
LANSING ? The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved an expanded gas main replacement program and pipeline integrity program, as well as the recovery of the costs of those programs and the ongoing meter move out program for DTE Gas Company, formerly known as Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. As a result, a residential customer
LANSING - Tourist spending in Michigan increased about 6 percent in 2012 and should see a similar increase of 5.5 percent in 2013, an annual report by Michigan State University released on Tuesday has found. The report is more good news for the state's tourism industry coming a day after a Pure Michigan campaign report
LANSING - Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) on Wednesday introduced a bill (SB 322 ) to increase Michigan's Renewable Portfolio Standard from the current 10 percent by 2015 to 22 percent by 2022. The legislation comes after an election in which renewable energy proponents lost a battle to try to up that mandate to 25 percent
ROCHESTER ? The MI Green Team announced the winners of the third annual MI Green Hall of Fame Awards, which recognize dedication and achievement of some of Michigan's green leaders in business, community service, academia and media. The 2013 MI Green Hall of Fame inductees include: Kenneth Cockrel Jr. - Detroit City Council president, founder
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan's ninth annual Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card reports very promising progress for both small businesses and the Michigan entrepreneurial economy at large. Vigor in the Michigan entrepreneurial economy parallels Michigan?s economic turnaround since 2009. Between 2009 and 2010 the number of business establishments grew 18.1 percent, and a
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LANSING - With the anticipation that unmanned aerial drones will soon move from foreign battlefields to domestic police work as well as engineering and scientific applications, legislation to regulate the use of drones in Michigan drew both praise and concern before the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth Township), the