ROCHESTER - The 4th Annual Earth Day Expo brought well over 50,000 area residents interested in green and healthy living to downtown Rochester last weekend. Visitors enjoyed local food, family fun, educational and networking opportunities, and exhibits by 170 exhibitors during the two-day event. The Earth Day Expo was, by far, Michigan's largest Earth Day
BURLINGAME, Calif. - PowerGenix has made its mark by commercializing nickel-zinc batteries for cameras, electric scooters and power tools, many of which will be shipped this fall. But its long-term goal is to tackle the battery market for hybrid electric vehicles as well. As of now, San Diego's PowerGenix doesn't have its battery technology developed
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google released a new version of its Chrome browser Thursday to fix a high-severity security problem. The problem affects Google's mainstream stable version of Chrome and is fixed in the new version 1.0.154.59. Google has built Chrome so it updates itself automatically with no user intervention, though the software must be
YPSILANTI - The NewVenture program is being offered for dislocated workers in Southeast Michigan to help them evaluate business opportunities and develop an action plan for creating their own businesses. Dislocated workers will develop a business concept through each step of the business planning process. Through readings and research, activities and action steps, entrepreneurs will
DETROIT - The U.S. Treasury, in an escalating back-and-forth that may determine whether Chrysler LLC avoids liquidation, has quickly responded to Chrysler lenders that rejected an earlier Treasury bid to slash the car maker's debt. The Treasury now proposes that the banks and other lenders accept as payment 22 percent of the $6.9 billion they
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. plans to idle most its plants for about two months this summer as the company races to cut costs and production to keep pace with sinking demand, said a person familiar with the plan. The car maker typically closes its plants for a two-week summer vacation. A GM spokeswoman declined
LANSING - Banks that are owed millions of dollars by Chrysler Corporation are trying to force the automaker into bankruptcy, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday, declaring the situation unacceptable. She told reporters the position of banks that were on the receiving end of billions of federal dollars to bail out the industry are threatening the
DETROIT - The negotiations over what happens at Chrysler are getting to be contentious. The Wall Street Journal reports that Chrysler's banks rejected the government's request that they slash the company's debt by 85 percent. No dice, say the bankers. They offer to cut that debt by only 35 percent, plus they want 40 percent
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Butzel Long has entered into a new venture that broadens its resources in the Washington, D.C. market by joining forces with the former Tighe Patton Armstrong Teasdale PLLC, which has been renamed Butzel Long Tighe Patton, PLLC. The entity, of which Butzel Long is a member, includes a total of 22 attorneys,
LANSING - With the state's fiscal year now more than half-over, legislative leaders and their caucuses are working as quickly as they can to develop proposals to bring to Governor Jennifer Granholm later this week to solve an estimated $785 million budget deficit. Officials are also hopeful Granholm will soon issue a budget-cutting executive order