LANSING - The Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund is out of money and, rather than try to build it back up, the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth is seeking to have it repealed. The fund was designed to protect homeowners from liens by paying subcontractors if the general contractor did not. But as
SOUTHFIELD ? Rick Snyder, Technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist and a Republican candidate for Michigan governor in 2010, will keynote the TiE Detroit Holiday mixer Dec. 4 at the Southfield Westin Hotel. The deadline for online registration is Dec. 3. The Snyder appearance is part of TiE Detroit's Leaders and Legends Series, which also includes Entrepreneurial
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. announced on Monday the mainframe computer software company will award $1 million to a business customer of its mainframe software with the best story about its use and cost savings. The contest is meant to increase awareness by customers of cost savings and efficiencies possible by using Compuware's products. The rules
DETROIT - Butzel Long attorney and shareholder David DuMouchel has been named as the "Detroit Best Lawyers Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year" for 2010. DuMouchel chairs Butzel Long's Corporate Compliance, Internal Investigations and Criminal Defense practice. DuMouchel has been listed in each edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the last 25
NEW YORK - IBM said Monday that it has acquired database security firm Guardium, a leading vendor in monitoring and protecting databases for large enterprises. Guardium's technology can automate certain tasks to assist businesses with regulatory compliance, IBM told CNET News.Com. Big Blue expects the acquisition to help its customers better shield their critical databases
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft has begun a campaign to actively urge users of its 8-year-old Internet Explorer 6 browser to upgrade. After launching IE 8 in March, Micosoft has concurred with critics that IE 6 is outdated. Many people have dropped the older browser, but the remaining users are often the tough cases-those who don't
SPRING LAKE - TGW-Ermanco, a provider of integrated logistics solutions, has released the Mustang Evo, the next generation of the company's Mustang single-mast automated storage and retrieval system. The all new Mustang Evo combines well-proven technologies with fundamentally new approaches of handling machine engineering to create one of the fastest AS/RS solutions in the industry.
SOUTHFIELD - The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit is giving its 118-year-old Red Kettle Campaign a 21st Century facelift with the introduction of Coin Catch, an interactive, online game that will help raise money for metro Detroiters in need. The game is the first Salvation Army fundraiser of its kind in the country. "The Coin
LIVONIA - If you'd like to spend your dollars in Michigan this Holiday Season, and help the state economy, BuyMichiganNow.Com has come out with its Gift Guide that gives consumers 101 ideas in 27 categories to buying goods sold by Michigan-based companies. "It's the third year we?ve done this," said founder Lisa Diggs. "We started
LANSING - The Michigan Legislature began its final push Tuesday on passing a series of education reform measures in hopes of winning $400 million in federal funds for schools through President Barack Obama's "Race to the Top" program. In the Senate, the Education Committee approved bills that would enable the state to take over failing