DETROIT - Compuware Corporation on Tuesday announced that its Covisint subsidiary will electronically connect hospitals in Michigan's thumb region to enable the secure sharing of patient info electronically. Covisint has dubbed the initiative the Michigan Thumb Health Information System (THIS). Participating THIS hospitals will initially include Deckerville Community Hospital, Harbor Beach Community Hospital and Mercy
WASHINGTON - Democratic candidate Barack Obama has been elected the first African-American president of the United States. As polls closed at 11 pm Eastern Time, Obama won all of the states that voted Democratic four years ago. But he also won a number of key states that had supported President Bush, including Virginia, Ohio, Iowa,
LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said she will not become Secretary of Energy in President-elect Barack Obama's administration, instead she will remain at the helm of Michigan until her term expires in 2010. Granholm denied rumors she would head to Washington DC Tuesday during an interview with WWJ Newsradio 950: "I have two years
LANSING - A proposal to loosen restrictions on embryonic stem cell research in Michigan led 54 percent to 46 percent in exit poll data reported by several news sources. Proposal 2 would amend the state constitution to allow Michigan researchers to use embryos leftover from fertility treatments to create embryonic stem cell lines for disease
WASHINGTON DC - State and local governments should expect to see negative repercussions from the fallout of the global financial crisis, especially in terms of overall tax collections, contends a paper released by the US Senate Fiscal Agency. The paper, part of the state notes section of the SFA that is issued every two months,
LANSING - Michigan Department of Treasury officials hope to complete action on a $600 million short-term borrowing to help with state cash flow by next week. The borrowing was delayed by a month because of instability in the credit markets, although the state has been rated at MIG-1 for the borrowing by Moody's Investors Services.
LANSING - Michigan political leaders and governors of other auto industry-heavy states are seeking federal involvement in a potential merger of General Motors and Chrysler, with many saying the job losses from that consolidation would not be as bad as a company disappearing entirely. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is also convening a meeting on
DETROIT - Autoline has launched the online version of its popular television show, called Autoline Daily, the world's first daily global auto new program. Competitor Automotive News is expected to follow suit in November. The five-minute daily newscast, which will be posted at select sites on the World Wide Web every Monday through Friday at
RESTON, Va. - The strongest growth in iPhone sales is coming from those earning less than the median household income because the Apple 3G device produces cost savings because it is used by this group as a single black box device replacing multiple digital services. The ComScore study also shows that 43 percent of iPhone
CASCADE TOWNSHIP - Christian book publisher Zondervan will soon close on BibleGateway.com, a well used nonprofit Bible search engine, which it is purchasing from Gospel Communications of Muskegon. The agreement signed Monday includes the Bible search engine, which averages six million different users each month, and Gospel.com, a central Web site for more than 250