LANSING - Residents can sign up for unemployment benefits and food assistance grants through a single portal on the state's website and officials are working to move more services there, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday. The Helping Hand Web Site compiles all of the human services programs available through the state and some local non-profit
GRAND RAPIDS - Serving has yet another barometer of Internet ad activity, Internet Ad Network Adtegrity.com reported Wednesday lower net income on lower sales for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with a year ago. But both revenues and income were up slightly from the previous quarter. The Company�??s unaudited results included net income
LANSING - Legislation that would allow state economic development officials to offer more Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credits this year while mandating greater transparency was unanimously approved Wednesday by a Senate committee. Meanwhile, a House committee reported legislation designed to lure a major advanced battery manufacturing operation to the site of the shuttered Ford
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. continues to gain traction for its Green Power Express transmission project by announced Wednesday that it has signed an expression of interest to collaborate by tapping the wind energy farms operated by NorthWestern Energy. The NorthWestern partnership is one of several ITC anticipates signing in support of the 3,000 mile,
DETROIT - This soap opera over what's going on at Opel keeps getting more and more interesting. Now, General Motors says it may not sell Opel, and will try to raise $4 billion on its own to keep it, by mortgaging its assets in China. This, of course, is going to further anger the German
LOS ANGELES - Sony Corp., hoping to steal some of Amazon.com Inc.'s thunder in the electronic-book market, unveiled a wireless reader that could be the strongest competitor to Amazon's Kindle this holiday season. Priced at $399, the Sony Reader Daily Edition is $100 more expensive than the entry-level Kindle, but one-ups the market leader with
BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Amazon announced on Wednesday two new security features for its Amazon Web Services aimed at luring new enterprise business. The big news is a feature called Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, or Amazon VPC, which enables businesses to connect to Amazon's flexible AWS resources using an industry-standard virtual private network connection. Amazon also
LANSING - Two alternative energy companies want to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory in southeast Michigan and convert it into a renewable energy park that could employ at least 2,800 workers within five years. The $725 million project involves Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif., which are
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economic recovery gathered steam in July, according to better-than-expected reports issued Wednesday on manufacturing and the housing market. The two segments of the economy that were among the weakest during the depths of the recession - new-home sales and durable-goods orders - both registered big gains last month to bolster the
SPRING LAKE - TGW-ERMANCO, which provides integrated logistics solutions, announced Wednesday that John Clark has joined as Director of Marketing. Clark will be responsible for all external communication. "John is a great addition to our team," said President Larry Strayhorn. "His 15 years' experience in Marketing and Corporate Communication in the automated material handling industry,