KOKOMO, IND. ? The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer government guaranteed loans to finance inventory for eligible auto, recreational vehicle, boat and other dealerships under a new pilot program announced today by SBA Administrator Karen Mills. Dealer Floor Plan financing will be available beginning July 1, according to Mills. She announced the new program
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Taxation and Succession Planning Institute is hosting a half-day seminar June 4 designed for tax practitioners. The program will focus on Responding to the Challenges in the Economic Downturn. The half-day seminar will take place from 7:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 4 at the Troy Marriott at 200
TROY - Ken Theis, CIO for the State of Michigan, will keynote the Fifth Annual Midwest Technology Leaders conference held June 3 at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit. Theis will address the ways in which Michigan has continued to deliver increasingly higher standards of service in the face of shrinking budgets and tough economic
CARLSBAD, Calif.- Microsoft Corp. Thursday unveiled a major overhaul to its Internet search engine, as it enters a new chapter in its rivalry with Google Inc. Microsoft is rebranding its search engine, currently called Live Search, as Bing as part of a range of steps to make its search technology more appealing to consumers. The
DETROIT - An ad hoc committee of General Motors Corp. bondholders expressed support for 10 percent of the restructured auto maker under a revised plan. The new proposal, contained in a regulatory filing Thursday, envisions an initial 72.5 percent stake in a new GM being held by the U.S. Treasury in return for enhanced aid,
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The Business Improvement Team, a consortium of outstanding consultants has affiliated with Logos Communications, which produces press releases, marketing collateral, web sites, and scripts of white papers. Joining the Business Improvement Team is Dave Bilbrey, a Michigan based sales consultant, sales trainer, sales coach, public speaker, author and mentor is now a
LANSING - Another stab at restructuring state government, this time under a realization that Michigan's economy will never be what it has been as an auto-dominant culture, is underway with the expectation it will lead to a series of gubernatorial actions late this year and early next to shrink the number of departments and realign
AUBURN HILLS - Mark Symonds, CEO and President of Plex Systems, has been named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Central Great Lakes region. As an Entrepreneur of the Year award finalist, Symonds will be honored at the June 11 gala event at the Ritz-Carlton Dearborn on June 11.
DETROIT - The Midwest Technology Leaders cocktail reception on June 3, co sponsored by MITechNews.Com, is one of the top networking events of the year. Hosted again at the MGM Grand Casino in downtown Detroit, at the cocktail reception you'll have the chance to: Hear from two top-notch CEOs - Keith Cooley from NextEnergy and
ANN ARBOR - Unsuccessful bankruptcies filed by Chrysler, and soon to be filed by General Motors, would reduce employment in the United States by more than 1.3 million jobs by December 2009 according to a new analysis, released by the Center for Automotive Research. CAR researchers estimate the impact on the U.S. economy of the