WASHINGTON D.C. - Starshowz Corporation has been selected for the 2008 Best of Auburn Hills Award in the Entertainment Bureaus category by the U.S. Local Business Association. The USLBA Best of Local Business Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing
BIRMINGHAM - In a spot survey last week of 270 supplier executives representing 185 companies, 76 percent said they support a federal government bailout of General Motors. Without it, they said they'd have to downsize or close, resulting in over 275,000 people losing jobs at their companies. While the survey focused on GM, 71 percent
WARREN - Survivability Team Leader Heather Molitoris of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, has received the prestigious Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year Award for 2007. ?Heather was selected for her outstanding work using many different modeling and simulation [M&S] tools for developing
LANSING - The domestic auto industry that the United States has known for decades, dominated by three major Detroit manufacturers, is no more, economic analysts said on Tuesday as a combination of continued sales collapse and the uncertainty of federal assistance means that even under the best circumstances "radical restructuring" of the companies will be
ANN ARBOR - Auto industry rescue plan or not, Michigan's economy will continue to be stuck in reverse until 2010, say University of Michigan economists. "The confluence of recession in the U.S. economy and the tenuous position of the domestic nameplate automakers is a troublesome gateway to the year ahead," said U-M's George Fulton. "Regardless
ANN ARBOR - Deadlines to enter two additional business-plan competitions hosted by groups other than Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest loom on Nov. 21, says GLEQ Executive Director Diane Durance. Both the Society of Automotive Engineers and the University of Michigan are hosting contests in December. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
TROY - Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said life sciences, and health care are both big business in Oakland County and growing rapidly. Patterson was a keynote speaker at the MichBio Expo in Novi. Patterson also talked about the importance of bailing out the Detroit Three automakers, and other changes afoot in the second
BIRMINGHAM - What's in a name? Well a million dollars for a Southeast Michigan Internet entrepreneur who paid seven figures to buy the domain name Vibrators.Com. Tom Nardone, founder of ShopInPrivate.Com, could barely afford the purchase, especially in these tough economic times. But there is something special in the combination of PriveCo's business strength and
WASHINGTON - In 2009, we are certain to see an effort to pass comprehensive reform legislation, and all of the players in the health care system (companies, universities, suppliers, economic developers, venture funders and the general public) will be affected. White House Will Lead the Way Health care reform is a top priority for Barack
LANSING - Michigan's business tax structure changed radically on January 1, 2008. The new tax created a business income tax of 4.95 percent, a modified gross receipts tax of 0.8 percent, and tax credits for payroll, property, research and development, and other factors. It was intended to increase revenue, while decreasing the tax burden on