NEW YORK - Stocks staged comeback Tuesday, recovering more than half of Monday's record losses amid widespread hope that a bailout plan for Wall Street will be revived in Congress and in place by week's end. The prospects for government intervention to prop up the U.S. financial system continued to dominate traders' attention Tuesday, although
DETROIT - AT&T on Monday announced the launch of AT&T U-verse Total Home DVR in Metro Detroit, giving U-verse TV customers the ability to play back Standard Definition and High Definition recorded programs on any connected TV in the home, at no additional charge. ?If you?re a family who fights over the DVR or just
AUBURN HILLS - On-demand Automation software provider Plexus Systems has announced the availability of the newly published 2008 ERP in the Mid-Market Benchmark Report from industry analysts Aberdeen Group. Plexus Systems sponsored the report now available as a free download for a limited time at Plex.Com In the face of rising energy costs and a
KALAMAZOO - On October 8, the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center and the ConnecTech Greater Kalamazoo Chapter are hosting a workshop for business owners who are just starting or have been in business for many years. With the slowing business environment in the State for the past several years and perhaps for the next several, it
WASHINGTON DC. - Congressional leaders announced a plan on Sunday to help stabilize American financial markets - including cutting in half the Bush Administration's initial request for $700 billion and requiring Congressional review for any future commitment of taxpayers' funds. If the government loses money, the financial industry will pay back the taxpayers. The plan
LANSING - If the Legislature and Michigan voters approve a constitutional amendment changing the way property taxes are assessed, homeowners will see relief but it will be at the expense of services provided by local units of government, municipal officials said Friday. Bill Anderson, legislative liaison for the Michigan Townships Association, said his preliminary estimates
LANSING - Michigan Senate Republicans launched an effort Thursday to begin restructuring the Michigan Business Tax, hoping to reduce the burden of that tax and spread it more evenly across the businesses of the state. But that effort began on a sour note with the defeat by the Senate of SJR E to provide a
LANSING - Michigan Ballot Proposal 1, which would legalize the use of marijuana for chronically ill patients under a doctor's care, appears poised for approval by voters in November. Two polls this week showed overwhelming support for Proposal 1. Dianne Byrum, a spokeswoman for the Coalition for Compassionate Care, the grassroots organization that placed the
LANSING ? Matthew Hill, CEO and Founder of Liquid Web, has been named to the "10 Over the next 10" ? one of the top Lansing area young professionals who, over the next 10 years, will contribute significantly to the Lansing community and become one of tomorrow's leaders. The award is given by the Lansing
TROY - PR agency John Bailey & Associates on Thursday named Sam Locricchio, the former Chrysler PT Cruiser PR Manager, president of the company effective immediately. John Bailey becomes chairman. Locricchio will direct strategic planning for JB&A's continued growth as well as with the agency's clients; Bailey will serve as senior counselor to clients and