TROY - With green technologies and initiatives gaining momemtum, it is hard to deny that the future looks green. Join Automation Alley to hear from Conan Smith with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance and Michele Soderstrom with NextEnergy as they discuss what's currently happening in green technology and where future opportunities exist. Several local companies in
GRAND RAPIDS ? Fourth Friday will host George Bosnjak, Business Development Manager of The Right Place, on Oct. 23 for a breakfast meeting at 7:30 am to discuss West Michigan Economic Trends, State Incentive Programs and Regional Programs. Bosnjak is the former Executive Director of the Grand Haven Main Street Downtown Development Authority. Bosnjak, who
WASHINGTON - Women who own small businesses will be able to use a new online U.S. Small Business Administration training course to learn how to identify and take advantage of federal contracting opportunities. The new training course, Winning Federal Contracts: A Guide for Women Entrepreneurs, is part of an ongoing government-wide initiative to promote opportunities
LANSING - Whether it's increased demand on government services during hard times or the way tax collections fall that may delay when personnel changes are made, government jobs have been more stable than private sector positions across Michigan since the official start of the national recession, according to a new report by the Citizens Research
LANSING - School aid payments went out Tuesday as scheduled, but Gov. Jennifer Granholm cut $54 million and said more cuts, or more revenues, will be needed to bring the budget into balance. Granholm urged quick legislative action to cure the remaining shortfall in the budget, which she said could reach $264 million. "Our schools
DETROIT - Rick Inatome, a long-time Michigan serial entrepreneur who founded one of the first computer sales start ups in the state, has spent all of his adult life starting and running businesses. His advice for both entrepreneurs and managers alike is this - empower and inspire innovation to get top results. To listen, click
ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.Com is offering MITechNews.Com readers a fourth-quarter special - 20 percent off the already low price - when listing their businesses at MichiganMall.com, which garners some 60,000 unique visitors monthly. Michigan's leading search directory offers small-to-medium sized Michigan businesses the opportunity to stretch their marketing dollars. An authoritative and highly relevant site
LANSING - The current state of the Michigan Business Tax is what legislators enacted, not anything the Department of Treasury created, Treasurer Robert Kleine said in response to recent legislator comments. Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland) recently told Gongwer News Service that he would not have voted for the MBT as it is being implemented by
BERLIN - General Motors Co.'s planned sale of Opel to Magna International Inc. was thrown into doubt late Friday after European Union regulators expressed concerns over Germany's offer to support the deal with Euro 4.5 billion ($6.72 billion) in state aid. Germany made its financing offer contingent on Magna's winning the bidding for the European
ANN ARBOR - The 2009-2010 Savvy Entrepreneur Series is produced and hosted by a number of the state's leading innovation accelerators and research institutions. The series provides early to mid-stage technology entrepreneurs with guidance on key topics that all start ups must navigate and master to reach success. The event series is five sessions in