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
LANSING - Low-income customers of Consumers Energy would have more time to repay back utility bills and would not have power disconnected in summer as well as winter under a program approved Tuesday by the Public Service Commission. The new shut-off protection plan requires applicants to sign up for 18 months, but also then provides
LANSING - While job losses in the manufacturing sector may have triggered residents leaving Michigan, the impact of their departure has contributed to another 15,855 jobs and $1.9 billion in economic activity lost, according to a new study by Michigan State University researchers. The report found that in addition, the state lost $585 million in
LANSING - A frustrated Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday during a radio interview that she hoped business leaders could succeed in moving the Legislature toward compromise on the state's budget and revenue situation "where I have not." In the interview, Granholm said some change needs to be made to the state's tax structure to help
ANN ARBOR - Government web sites outperformed private sector web sites in a healthcare benchmark report released Tuesday by Ann Arbor-based ForeSee Results. The survey measured the customer satisfaction of nearly 40,000 visitors to healthcare web sites during the month of October. On the benchmark?s 100-point scale, government websites scored 79 (in aggregate), while pharmaceutical
STAMFORD, Conn. - The energy, space and technology problems currently facing data center managers are set to worsen in 2010, according to analyst firm Gartner, Data center and IT managers need to find pragmatic ways in which to deal with them. "Energy costs are the fastest-rising cost element in the data center portfolio, and yet
SAN FRANCSICO - With most computers threatened by attacks coming through Web applications, it's no surprise that security would be a key piece of Chrome OS, Google's browser-based operating system that stores data in the cloud. In this video, Google security engineer Will Drewry explains how Chrome OS separates user data from root or system
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