LANSING - Have you or someone you know, re-invented themselves by starting a new career or opening a business after a layoff or downsizing? Have you retired and took up a new job? Do you know of a company that helps people re-invent themselves to find a new career or pursue their passion? Corp! magazine
WASHINGTON DC - A growing number of states are considering laws to tax digital goods, such as iTunes songs, Amazon MP3s, or electronic books. Yet at a time when governments say they want to encourage broadband adoption and the development of a low-carbon economy, opponents say taxing digital goods sends exactly the wrong message. Mississippi
DETROIT - An investment firm is interested in buying Saturn, the Detroit News reports. Telesto Ventures says it wants Saturn, and would have GM continue building the current models through 2011. Then it would get other automakers, (Chinese perhaps?), to build cars to sell under the Saturn brand through its 439 dealers in North America.
LANSING - Millions of low-skills jobs have been eliminated in the national recession but there has been growth in the number of jobs that require advanced education, a report issued Tuesday by Michigan Future Incorporated found. While the number of jobs created is less than a tenth of those lost, 162,000 compared to 3.75 million
LANSING - The driving factors in attracting workers in the "new economy" are different between metropolitan communities and rural areas, according to a final report out of the Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University. As Michigan looks to recover from the loss of more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs over the past eight years, falling
LANSING - Development of advanced batteries and the vehicles that will use them is an important sign of the future viability of the U.S. automotive industry, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters shortly after the Michigan Economic Growth Authority approved tax breaks for four advanced battery manufacturing centers in the state, Granholm said
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - EBay Inc. said it would spin off its Internet-calling business Skype through an initial public offering in the first half of next year, after the online auctioneer faced calls for months to unload the company, which has fallen short of expectations. "Skype is a great stand-alone business with strong fundamentals and
LANSING - Members of the Mid-Michigan Creative Alliance announced plans to open their doors to area businesspeople interested in learning more about the very active and well-respected marketing and advertising community in Lansing. It's all part of the second annual Studio Crawl, which will take place April 23 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Each
DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher received $127,874 from the National Science Foundation to develop the framework for a network that connects pervasive, embedded sensors that are highly diverse in function, with the ultimate goal of communicating information directly to the Internet. The network sensors, which can be placed virtually anywhere, can detect light
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - In its' annual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec says it expects that malicious code developers will continue to increasingly adapt attacks in order to evade detection and that some overt attack activities could be abandoned or pushed further underground. Malicious activity will be increasingly pushed to regions with emerging infrastructures that