LANSING - After months of work behind the scenes, a pair of House lawmakers announced Tuesday they are introducing an eight-cent per gallon gasoline tax increase, coupled with a 12-cent increase for diesel, in order to fill the expected hole in state transportation matching dollars. The proposal, which has not been formally introduced, would raise
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's new tablet computer, to be unveiled by Steve Jobs Wednesday, holds a lot of promise for advertisers. The computer-maker has kept the new gadget under wraps, leaving consumers and marketers to speculate how they'll use it, Forbes magazine reported. But one thing is certain: The Apple tablet will offer a new
LANSING - Michigan saw some $1.15 billion more in the 2008-09 budget year because of early childhood education spending over the last 25 years, and those investments must continue to see those savings in the future, according to a report released Monday by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation. The report, by Wilder Research of St.
LANSING - Motorists would be banned from sending and reading text messages while driving under a bill passed Tuesday by the Senate after a passionate debate on whether to make the violation a primary or secondary offense. Senators narrowly rejected an amendment proposed by Sen. Bruce Patterson (R-Canton Twp.) to make the violation a primary
LANSING - For the third consecutive year michigan.org, the state of Michigan's official travel and tourism Web site, has earned the title as most popular state tourism Web site in America. According to Hitwise, an online measurement company, michigan.org received more visits than any other state tourism Web site in 2009. "Our Pure Michigan marketing
WARREN ? Corp magazine and MITechNews.Com will recognize on Jan. 26 the companies and organizations leading the way on making Michigan a more alternative energy friendly state. Sponsored by Allied PhotoChemical, Corp! will recognize the recipients of the 2010 Michigan?s Going Green Awards presented to companies and individuals who have demonstrated exemplary efforts in eco-friendly
DETROIT ? Entrepreneurs now have a better way to get their business message in front of potential investors at a new web site called PitchCorner.Com, which will award $5000 for the top pitches posted. Each video-elevator pitch posted on PitchCorner.Com by March 31, 2010, is automatically entered in the contest. The judging starts with PitchCorner.Com
LANSING ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest has a new business competition that will award a cash prize of $100,000 in June. At a packed Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, hosted this year at Skyline High School in Ann Arbor rather than as year's past at Washtenaw Community College, Ned Staebler, a Michigan Economic Development Corp. vice
ANN ARBOR ? Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize Thursday night in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category. The winner of the New Business Category was Global Energy Innovations, a
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released a patch to protect Internet Explorer users from attacks like "Operation Aurora" which targeted Google Inc.'s China business and caused widespread Internet panic. "This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer," the world's largest software company said in a