AUBURN HILLS ? Gibbs Technologies is hiring around 100 people to help the company build the protypes for its new high-speed, power-sports amphiquad called the Gibbs Quadski ? a cross between an all terrain vehicle and a jet ski. Gibbs Chairman Neil Jenkins said the company expects to hire up to 100 new salaried and
SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. said its Kindle device and e-book sales business were accelerating, despite competition from other dedicated e-reading devices and multi-purpose devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad. In a rare glimpse into sales for the device, Amazon said the growth rate of Kindle device unit sales had tripled since the company lowered its
LANSING - Andrew Levin, currently deputy director for workforce transformation, will head the department of Energy, Labor and Economic Development beginning next week, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Monday. Skip Pruss, who took the helm of the agency when it was restructured about two years ago, will retire effective July 23 to join a new energy
LANSING - If Congress fails to approve $525 million in Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage funds to assist with Medicaid costs, cuts would not fall on Medicaid, but other general fund programs, a top Medicaid official said. Steve Fitton, the state director of Medicaid, said the state will have to look elsewhere for cuts because federal
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan private equity finance group called Momentum, founded by Rick DeVos, will be showcasing its latest batch of start-ups at its 2nd annual Demo Day on July 26 at Grand Valley State University's downtown campus. Momentum?s 12 week bootcamp provides web start-ups with mentorship, intellectual capital and pre-seed funding to
LANSING - The medical marijuana law only allows a defense for possession to those people in possession of the drug after the law took effect, a Court of Appeals decision said on Wednesday. In the unpublished case (People v. Campbell, COA docket No. 291345) appellate judges reversed a trial court opinion that lifted charges against
LANSING - An 11-year-old state requirement that school districts collect information like pupil counts and financial data and submit it to the Center for Educational Performance and Information violated the Constitution's prohibition against the state placing unfunded mandates on local governments, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling disposes of the last piece of
LANSING - The anticipated loss of Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage funds could leave the state with a general fund deficit of more than $525 million in the 2010-11 fiscal year, a memo from the Senate Fiscal Agency warns. The memo based its estimate on the proposed budget that has so far passed the Senate and
GRAND RAPIDS ? With Michigan's unemployment rate still among the highest in the nation, Davenport University is helping the unemployed prepare for new careers by offering them a 25 percent reduction in tuition. The recent demise of the Michigan Works retraining program and funding has prompted Davenport University to step forward and provide support to
MUSKEGON - ACD.net has opened a collocation site in Muskegon that can provide low-cost data and voice services in West Michigan over industry standard T1 lines for as little as $199 per month. Customers also can order phone service at prices below rates charged by incumbent telephone carriersm, such as AT&T. As part of its