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
DETROIT ? Noah Alper, who founded Noah's Bagels, later purchased by Einstein Brothers Bagels for $100 Million, talks in this special interview from the E2Detroit Entrepreneurs summit about how using the golden rule in business reaps golden results. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT - Tom Murphy, the former mayor of Pittsburgh, said there are a lot of parallels between the Steel city and Detroit, both from where they came from and where they are headed - towards the new normal. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
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
DETROIT ? Tom Murphy, the former mayor of Pittsburgh, said there are a lot of parallels between the Steel city and Detroit, both from where they came from and where they are headed ? towards the new normal. When the United States comes out of recession this time ? and some noted economists say were
DEARBORN ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology is now taking reservations for its signature event ? the fundraiser for its Foundation which supports girls and women entering or continuing in technology fields. This year's black-tie gala is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn on Nov. 7 at 6 pm and the music
DETROIT - The journalism program at Wayne State has named former Detroit Free Press reporter Bill McGraw the 2009 Journalist of the Year. McGraw recently joined Compuware Corp. as director of media relations. Canadian reporter Laura Lowe, a videographer at CTV in Ottawa, Ontario, was named the program's Alumna of the Year. She began her