GRAND RAPIDS - AimWest, a technology networking group, is hosting a discussion Oct. 21 on how West Michigan companies are using technology to continue to grow their businesses. Panelists include: David Dorner started his career working at Smiths Aerospace as an embedded software and digital design engineer for seven years. David then founded DornerWorks in
LANSING - Already nearly halfway through a one-month continuation budget, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop will meet Wednesday in an effort to resolve a stalemate on six critical budget bills. The six bills have passed both houses of the Legislature in identical form and ordinarily would have been sent to Granholm,
LANSING - Encouraged by the Senate's action to eliminate the surcharge on the Michigan Business Tax, some of the largest business groups in the state called on the House to follow the Senate and approve the three-year phase-out. And responding to criticism that the action by the Senate in SB 838 helped businesses at the
LANSING - State and local government in Michigan rely on property taxes more than other states to fund operations, a study released by the national organization the Tax Foundation said. In fact, Michigan is the sixth most reliant state on property taxes in the nation. In contrast, the state relies less heavily on income, general
LANSING - The presence of federal stimulus money in Michigan created or saved almost 20,000 jobs, mostly in education, according to a report the state submitted to the federal government that was released Monday. The figures reflect the impact of $620.5 million of the $2.1 billion in total state spending of stimulus funds in Michigan
BURLINGAME, Calif. - Big Silicon Valley names like Vinod Khosla and Marc Andreessen managed to raise cash for new venture-capital funds in the just-ended third quarter. Lots of other aspiring dealmakers, though, were out of luck, raising more questions about the long-term health of the Venture Capital industry. VCs managed to raise just 17 new
LANSING - Funding priorities such as the Michigan Promise Grant are so critical that Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Monday she is prepared to veto other areas of the budget to help free up funding to cover those priorities if the Legislature will not approve new revenues. In a press conference, Granholm would not detail what
ANN ARBOR - What's the process for determining valuation, and who sets it? How do you get the best valuation for your business - or can you? Join the New Enterprise Forum on Oct. 15 to learn what the realities of valuation and how that affects your investment in your business. Panelists: Timothy Damschroder, Partner,
SAN JOSE, Ca. - A new zero-day exploit targeting Adobe Reader, as well as 9.1.3 and earlier versions of Adobe Systems' Acrobat, drops a backdoor onto computers using JavaScript, Trend Micro researchers warned on Friday. Trend Micro identified the exploit as a Trojan horse dubbed "Troj_Pidief.Uo" in a blog post reported by CNET News.Com. It
DEARBORN - On Monday, jexbo.com, a site for self-published authors, and SmallBiz America, a streaming radio channel for small businesses, announced that they are working together to help authors market and sell books online with the new channel, jexbo - Help for Self-Published Authors. "By teaming with jexbo, we can offer self-published authors a cost-effective
