GRAND RAPIDS - Next week, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the West Michigan Chamber Coalition to host the 2008 West Michigan Regional Policy Conference. Jared Rodriguez Vice President Public Policy & Government Affairs for the Grand Rapids Chamber discusses this coalition of chambers from Kalamazoo To Traverse City To Lansing
LANSING - A $100 billion national green energy program could add 60,000 jobs in Michigan over two years in businesses developing alternative energy sources, providing more energy efficient buildings and electric transmission systems and boosting mass transit/freight rail programs a report released Tuesday said. The proposal before Congress analyzed by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst's Political
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest and MichBio, Michigan's life science membership organization, held a joint Open House on August 21 at their new location on the fourth floor of the Altarum Building at 3520 Green Court in Ann Arbor. Diane Durance, executive director of GLEQ and Stephen Rapundalo, president and CEO of MichBio
DETROIT - The US Small Business Administration says business start-ups are the single most important factor driving a state's economic success ? making E2detroit on Oct. 8 a must-attend for new and growing Michigan businesses. The most recent studies dramatically show that the success or failure rates of small businesses have a profound impact on
TROY - Business Intelligence dashboard software developer iDashboards has released iDashboards 6.0, which features enhanced capabilities for next generation BI. With this enterprise dashboard application, users can identify trends at a glance and drill down into data sets to view more detailed information, facilitating quick, easy and well-informed decision making. The increasingly complex and expensive
KALAMAZOO - ConnecTech Greater Kalamazoo is hosting its first Tech 5:01 business mixer of the fall on Sept. 10 at Bell's Brewery in the downtown area. The program is sponsored by Nexus Business Solutions. It's free to attend. When: 5:01PM, Sept. 10 Where: Bell's Brewery, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave in Downtown Kalamazoo To register online,
DETROIT - Butzel Long has collaborated with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association to develop the 2008 OESA N.A. OEM Production P.O. Terms and Conditions Comparative Analysis, which will debut during the OESA Comparative Analysis Conference September 10 in Troy. The Comparative Analysis compares the terms and conditions of purchase orders of BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford,
LANSING - A report from an ad hoc Senate committee on the proposed Detroit River International Crossing will likely say the state should allow the study on the proposal to be completed, but then do nothing else on the proposal, sources have indicated. Making a decision on a the DRIC is the last main element
LANSING - As Michigan workers continue to lose their jobs and look toward re-training or additional education as part of their next career move, there are not many options for those people to receive financial aid to achieve their goals, says a new report by the Michigan League for Human Services. The league's report, released
LANSING - With just one dissent, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld the result of the Court of Appeals decision to take the Reform Michigan Government Now! proposal off the November ballot, though with varied reasons. Supporters of the proposal said they have not yet made a decision on whether to seek federal court action in