LANSING - Low-income customers of Consumers Energy would have more time to repay back utility bills and would not have power disconnected in summer as well as winter under a program approved Tuesday by the Public Service Commission. The new shut-off protection plan requires applicants to sign up for 18 months, but also then provides
LANSING - While job losses in the manufacturing sector may have triggered residents leaving Michigan, the impact of their departure has contributed to another 15,855 jobs and $1.9 billion in economic activity lost, according to a new study by Michigan State University researchers. The report found that in addition, the state lost $585 million in
LANSING - A frustrated Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday during a radio interview that she hoped business leaders could succeed in moving the Legislature toward compromise on the state's budget and revenue situation "where I have not." In the interview, Granholm said some change needs to be made to the state's tax structure to help
BIRMINGHAM - The ConnecTech Greater Detroit Launch 2010 Holiday Party is scheduled for Dec. 9 at the Hamilton Room in Birmingham. The Holiday mixer runs from 5:30 to 9 pm. The cost is free for ConnecTech Members and just $20 for non members. Location: Hamilton Room. To register online, click on ConnecTech.Org Meanwhile, ConnecTech Greater
ANN ARBOR ? It's a busy first week of December for Ann Arbor SPARK, which is hosting a series of entrepreneurial and business networking events, including sessions focused on Alternative Energy and BioArbor. Entrepreneur Education 2.0: The Management Team/Hiring Date: Wednesday, December 2 Time: 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Speaker: Scott Trossen Location: SPARK Central, 330 East
SAN FRANCISCO - Shopping online does carry some risk, but so does shopping at brick-and-mortar stores. At least online shoppers don't need to worry about fender-benders in the parking lot, pick pockets at the mall, or getting the flu from all those fellow shoppers. But the nice thing about shopping online is that by following
ANN ARBOR ? Jennifer Owens, a former vice president with the Michigan Economic Development Corp., will join Ann Arbor SPARK as its new vice president of business development, starting Dec. 7. Her job will be to support efforts to attract and retain new businesses in the Ann Arbor area. "Jennifer's experience in economic development is
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has chosen Greenview Data's award-winning SpamStopsHere anti-spam solution to provide an affordable and effective e-mail spam prevention option for its members. As a nonprofit organization, Merit provides more than 250,000 email boxes to colleges, universities and K-12 public and private school districts across the state of Michigan and the U.S.
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft on Monday said it is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer after exploit code that allegedly can be used to take control of computers, if they visit a Web site hosting the code, was posted to a security mailing list. Microsoft confirmed that the exploit code affects IE 6 and
LANSING - Thirty-seven percent of Michigan Society of Association Executives members believe the state's economy will worsen over the coming year, and about that many believe it will stay the same, according to a new survey. About 27 percent of members believe the economy will improve heading into 2010. The group represents more than 600