LANSING - The Michigan Senate moved Wednesday toward acting on legislation that would expand the state's ability to issue tax credits for economic development this year, require greater disclosure about the nature of those deals and extend specific credits to lure the creation of an alternative energy park in Wixom. But even as the Senate
DEARBORN - The Michigan Department of Information Technology in partnership with two other Michigan agencies on Thursday officially announced an initiative to develop, attract and retain IT jobs and investments in Michigan. MDIT Director Ken Theis, in an interview from the CIO Summit in Dearborn, will work to make Michigan a destination for growing information,
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is investigating reports of a zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Vista. The flaw in Windows 7 could allow an attack which would cause a critical system error, or "blue screen of death," according to researcher Laurent Gaffie, reported by CNET News.Com. Gaffie wrote in his
LANSING - Legislation that would provide stronger penalties for identity theft is expected to be queued up for votes in the House this week as lawmakers in both chambers return for four scheduled weeks of session. The 12-bill package is sponsored by members of both parties and includes HB 4325 , HB 4326 , HB
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm made public her proposed solution to the 2009-10 and 2010-11 budgets on Tuesday, calling for a 1-cent per bottle tax on bottled water, extending the sales tax to tickets for live entertainment and a 25-cent per pack increase in the cigarette tax. Granholm's much-anticipated proposal, coming after she took weeks
LANSING - Wages, measured in real terms, have dropped for all Michigan workers during the last three decades, but for black workers wages have fallen by nearly 25 percent. That is the conclusion of a report issued for the Labor Day weekend by the Michigan League for Human Services. The report also said that while
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats huddled for about five hours Wednesday, receiving a detailed update about where the budget stands, how much revenue certain tax increases could raise and discussing their options, but caucus leaders did not present a concrete plan. Meeting at the Radisson Hotel Lansing behind closed doors, sources, speaking on condition of
LANSING - A bill to provide up to $100 million in tax credits to firms that have offered to build an advanced battery and solar energy complex on the site of the shuttered Ford Motor Company Wixom plant won easy approval Wednesday from the Michigan House. With the 90-17 vote, HB 5275 goes to the
PARIS - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Thursday said the global economy is emerging from its worst slump since Second World War faster than it had forecast only three months ago. In a twice-yearly update to its main economic forecasts, the OECD said the drag on growth from the drawdown on inventories appears
BEDFORD, Mass. - iRobot Corp. Tuesday announced that it received its biggest order ever from the military, a $35.3 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren to build nearly 500 special robots that pick up and identify improvised explosive devices. The order falls under the $286 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)