LANSING - While most business and community leaders were in agreement with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's State of the State address on Wednesday, especially its optimistic but somber tone and its focus on helping entrepreneurs, the speech seemed more symbolic than revealing, they said. They said with her major reforms revealed last Friday and her budget
LANSING - Michigan is fully committed down the difficult path of renewal and rebirth, having endured some of the most heart-wrenching and painful economic times in history, and it will continue to a newly diversified economy to replace the industrial economy that has gone, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday in her final State of the
DETROIT - TechTown will host its monthly First Friday networking event on February 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at its new incubator facility, the former Dalgleish Cadillac building, featuring a panel discussion that will showcase entrepreneurs in its SmartStart program. Five entrepreneurs from the business accelerator program will share their stories of success, what
DETROIT ? Michael O'Neil of Detroit Logistics in Detroit is one of five SmartStart entrepreneurs featured on Feb. 5 at Wayne State University's TechTown's First Friday networking event. These entrepreneurs will discuss what they've learned in the business incubator program. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama rolled out a proposed $30 billion small-business lending program Tuesday, the next in a series of administration efforts to jump-start hiring by the nation's small businesses. The program, which Obama will detail at an appearance in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, would invest $30 billion from the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program
LANSING - Attorney General Mike Cox moved toward claiming frontrunner status in the Republican gubernatorial race as campaign finance reports filed Monday reflecting fundraising activity in 2009 showed him dominating in donations and leading the field in cash on hand. Cox's fundraising - he raised $1.83 million and had $1.47 million on hand - combined
ROYAL OAK ? Information security consultant Intelligent Connections has renamed its company, Sequris Group - to reflect the fact it has opened offices in Grand Rapids, Phoenix and Atlanta, and is now serving clients throughout the Midwest, Southwest and Southeast in a variety of industries, including healthcare, financial services, technology, and research and development. Sequris
LANSING - The Michigan House overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday ending the health care benefits lawmakers receive once they reach age 55, but Democrats backed away from earlier statements that the bill would affect those currently serving. Instead, in passing HB 4194 on a 103-1 vote, the bill would end the benefits for people starting with
LANSING - Both Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison saw increases in customers seeking power from competitors sufficient to bring the utilities to the statutory caps on competition during the past year, the Public Service Commission said in a report issued Tuesday. The report also showed Michigan commercial power prices had dropped relative to other states
LANSING - Changes to cable television regulations have meant more communities with competitive programming providers, but also more communities with no provider, according to a report released Tuesday by the Public Service Commission. The report said the number of complaints, and the types of complaints, held steady in 2009 from 2008. Cable competition appeared to