MARQUETTE ? Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said the state's tourism Pure Michigan marketing campaign would be fully funded under his Value for Money budgeting proposal, which would prioritize state spending to those programs that return value to taxpayers and would eliminate the annual status-quo budgeting process that often times lacks rhyme or reason. Snyder
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) is bringing back the TiE Women's Forum at TiECon Midwest 2010, Michigan's largest Conference on entrepreneurship to be held Oct. 28-29 at The Henry in Dearborn. Recognizing the economic impact of women-owned businesses, TiE Detroit is organizing an exclusive track for women at TiE's
WASHINGTON ? Loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to small businesses and entrepreneurs continued to rebound in fiscal year 2010 as a result of the successful loan enhancements first put in place under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and extended last week in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
DEARBORN ? The two-day SecureWorld Expo conference kicks off Wednesday with a keynote at 9:30 am from William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant Information Assurance; Associate Professor - Naval Postgraduate School, focused on Essential Security Practices. The Day One Luncheon Keynote at 12:15pm features Patrick Gray, Senior Security Strategist, Cisco Systems who will be covering Security
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to malware infections by industry sector, education took the lead during the first half of 2010, according to the findings of the Trend Micro semi-annual 2010 threat report. Nearly 50 percent of all malware infections occurred within schools and universities where IT and security staffers face the challenge of
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University has received a grant of $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to upgrade the life sciences research laboratories in its College of Arts and Sciences. Lawrence Tech's next-generation Life Sciences Research Facility will include a molecular and cell biology research lab, a chemistry lab, an instrumentation room, and a
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless has named John Granby president?Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky Region, Verizon Wireless, with responsibilities for sales, marketing, operations, financial performance and customer service. Granby's 16-year career with the company has included several positions with increasing responsibility in sales, customer service and financial services. Most recently, he served as director of customer service for the Georgia/Alabama
WASHINGTON D.C. ? Ninety-two nonprofit organizations from around the country received $8 million in grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help low-income and very low-income entrepreneurs with training and technical assistance to start, operate and grow their businesses. The grants, delivered under the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs, also will provide capacity-building services
LANSING - An online publication that focuses on business and investing has ranked Michigan 47th overall in terms of management, citing factors like its drop in home value, its credit rating and crime rate, but a spokesperson for Gov. Jennifer Granholm said the study done by 247wallstreet dealt largely with factors that had nothing to
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her administration deliberately committed unfair labor practices when they decided to rescind a 3 percent pay raise to nonunion state employees, an administrative law judge ruled Tuesday. But the move will not lead to a restoration of the raise, at least not yet. The state dropped the raise for