LANSING - Wholesale tax changes - implementing a graduated income tax, levying a sales tax on services and eliminating personal property taxes and the Michigan Business Tax surcharge for businesses - were some proposals pitched to the House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday as advocates said the initiatives would both address the state's structural deficit
DETROIT - Former AT&T Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Edward E. Whitacre Jr. will become chairman of General Motors Corp. when the company leaves bankruptcy, GM said Tuesday. Interim Chairman Kent Kresa, who will continue in that role until the launch of the "new" GM, said in a statement the appointment is "a very auspicious
DETROIT - Anyone in Southeast Michigan who's thinking about their next career move is invited to attend FastTrac to the Future - The First Day of Your Entrepreneurial Adventure, a free all-day conference at Wayne State University that will provide a jump-start on the road to entrepreneurship. FastTrac to the Future is June 24 from
DETROIT - Michigan Chief Information Officer Ken Theis said the state government is transforming itself through the use of technology that not only includes business Internet access, but also personal Internet access now in development. a>>
LANSING - A state economy that continues to mire in gloom has created a gloomy public as well, with a record number of people responding to a survey saying they were worse off now than they were a year before. The latest iteration of the State of the State Survey, conducted by the Institute for
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delayed Chrysler LLC's sale to Fiat SpA at the request of several Indiana pension funds and some consumer groups opposed to the transaction. Ahead of the decision, Chrysler and the federal government warned such an intervention might lead to the liquidation of the auto maker, The Wall
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Immigration Group is hosting a seminar June 19 that will focus on compliance and business immigration issues in challenging economic times and the impact of layoffs, terminations, material changes in terms of employment, and company restructuring. The program is the 16th in a series of major immigration programs sponsored by
HOLLAND - By December, 26 percent of the companies in West Michigan will hire additional information technology staff, lead by computer consulting companies, the fall/winter Paragon Recruiting Employment Survey, another signal that the Michigan economy is on its way back up. Some twice as many computer consulting companies (70 percent) will be hiring in the
WASHINGTON - U.S. job losses softened markedly last month, sending one of the strongest signals yet that the severe recession may be winding down. Still, another jump in the unemployment rate to a fresh 25-year high served as a sober reminder that even if the economy does stabilize in coming weeks, a rapid return to
LANSING - A Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency analysis of the health care insurance package introduced by Senate Republicans has been distributed by businesses worried the package could boost overall state taxes by as much $600 million to $700 million. The analysis comes out as the Senate Health Policy Committee is planning to begin hearings on