WASHINGTON DC - After months of secrecy that has rankled public interest groups, the Obama administration is revealing limited information regarding a multilateral anti-counterfeiting treaty currently under negotiation. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday released a summary of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a treaty for which negotiations began in 2006 with the
ANN ARBOR - A Chicago summit on April 14-15 will look at ways to help communities to identify and capture government and nonprofit funds to help cushion the blow of a rapidly declining auto sector. The summit is co-sponsored by the Center for Automotive Research and the University of Michigan. It is called Roads to
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech & UHY LLP have partnered with Automation Alley for a seminar exclusively for CIOs and IT Directors of publicly held companies or firms servicing public companies on how to survive a SAS 70 Audit, a nationally recognized audit standard for evaluating process and security control procedures throughout the data center.
ROCHESTER - The Earth Day Expo will be held in downtown Rochester the weekend of April 18-19 to showcase the efforts of local business, non-profits and government to create a brighter, greener future for Michigan. Admission if free. EarthDayExpo.Org is expected to attract more than 50,000 people who will be able to discover healthy, earth-friendly
DETROIT - Al Bacon, Director of Finance for Wayne State University's TechTown incubator, is hosted a Faith-Based Business Forum April 14 to teach non profits how to act like for-profit businesses. He?ll also discuss how non-profits can get qualified advice on finances. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - The companies and other entities receiving start-up grants and loans in 2006 under the state's 21st Century Jobs Fund created over 1,000 jobs between 2007 and 2008, according to a performance report about the fund recently given to lawmakers. When the businesses, universities and non-profit organizations were awarded $120 million in the fall
LANSING - With just three weeks left for Chrysler LLC to meet a deadline set by President Barack Obama to finalize an arrangement with the Italian auto-maker Fiat, Gov. Jennifer Granholm has called on those that hold the car company's debt to agree to concessions on those bonds. Speaking in Washington, D.C., Granholm said the
DETROIT - Chrysler is struggling to get its banks to accept stock instead of getting $5 billion in cash, the Associated Press reports. Chrysler is also having problems getting its bondholders and the UAW to accept stock instead of the cash that they're owed. But the banks own Chrysler assets like factories and equipment. So
ANN ARBOR - Domino's Pizza has a program that pays you while you learn all aspects of how to run a successful store. As part of its new Franchisee in Training program, Domino's is looking for college graduates in entrepreneurial programs and military veterans to train for 24-36 months. Candidates who successfully complete the training
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest set a record on March 30 when 170 teams applied to compete in the spring 2009 business-plan writing contest. The previous mark was 111 applications set in in winter 2008. GLEQ also heard on this week that the Michigan Economic Development Corp. will provide the contest with two