ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.com will offer free marketing seminars at the Celebrate Michigan Expo Sept. 29 at the Hilton Detroit/Troy. The Celebrate Michigan Expo is a celebration of Michigan, its resources and the 10-year anniversary of the MichiganMall.com. The event is free and open to the Michigan business community. The afternoon marketing sessions include: Brandology-Ten
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo on Wednesday released a preview version of a free new iPhone application called OneConnect that can centralize communications and social-networking activity. "OneConnect allows everybody to keep connected to the persons they care about. It's a socially connected address book," said said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Yahoo Connected Life, in a
MANISTEE ? A Nevada manufacturer may soon partner with a Manistee tool maker to build more urban-friendly vertical wind-turbines that could generate hundreds of new jobs ? if some political and economic hurdles are overcome next week. Mariah Power of Reno, Nevada, is evaluating a proposal to partner with MasTech Manufacturing Inc. in Manistee to
LANSING - A $100 billion national green energy program could add 60,000 jobs in Michigan over two years in businesses developing alternative energy sources, providing more energy efficient buildings and electric transmission systems and boosting mass transit/freight rail programs a report released Tuesday said. The proposal before Congress analyzed by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst's Political
LANSING - Various legislators and interest groups worked much of the day Friday trying to answer Governor Jennifer Granholm's call that they deal with changes to Michigan's electric regulations before the election. But there were no indications that any agreements had been reached. Sources indicated that meetings were ongoing late Friday afternoon on both HB
LANSING - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm will travel to Japan on Sept. 15 for the third time in a trade mission to promote the state and encourage development in the state ? with particular focus on alternative energy and advanced manufacturing. The Executive Office has not yet issued details of the trip. But in several
DETROIT - Butzel Long has collaborated with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association to develop the 2008 OESA N.A. OEM Production P.O. Terms and Conditions Comparative Analysis, which will debut during the OESA Comparative Analysis Conference September 10 in Troy. The Comparative Analysis compares the terms and conditions of purchase orders of BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford,
MENLO PARK, Ca. - Eleven percent of chief information officers surveyed for the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report expect to add staff in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 3 percent forecast personnel reductions. The net 8 percent increase compares with a net 10 percent increase projected last quarter. The majority
TROY - Friday is your last chance to add to your trophy case or promote your clients' talents. Do you have or do you design web sites with killer graphics, great content or innovative technology? You could be a 2008 winner of the Troy Chamber's Helen eWards for Web Excellence. The submission deadline is 5
LANSING - With the resignation of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she hoped that a new chapter can begin for the state and city both, "to see this as an opportunity to build a great city and region together, city and suburb, east and west, north and south." With her statement,