LANSING - Michigan on Monday released its four-year IT strategic plan, which will spend more than $400 million to continue consolidating the state�??s Information Technology infrastructure. Michigan Chief Information Officer Ken Theis details what he has in store for the state in this News Maker Interview. Theis replaced former CIO Terri Takai who was recruited
GRAND RAPIDS - American manufacturers want change, and they want the three candidates for US president to not only hear them, but also deal with their demands, said David Brousell, editor and chief of Managing Automation magazine. Brousell will detail on Wednesday during PowerPlex the results of a survey of 2000 manufacturers his magazine conducted.
LANSING - Economists at Friday's revenue estimating conference were unyielding in assessing the problems facing the Michigan economy, but offered a glimmer of hope in suggesting the state is much closer to the end of the slump than to the beginning. They pegged the return to relatively good news by 2010. But in the nearer
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft announced Sunday afternoon it has issued another proposal to Yahoo that calls for a transaction with Yahoo, but would not involve the acquisition of all of Yahoo's assets. The announcement comes just days after billionaire investor Carl Icahn launched a proxy fight to unseat Yahoo's current board at the Internet search
LANSING - The key bill in a water protection package, which its backers praise as a precedent-setting management system to control large water withdrawals while still making sure water is available for farm and industrial use, won divided Michigan Senate approval Thursday. While months of behind-the-scenes work resolved a myriad issues, some contentious items remained
LANSING - Michigan employers would be barred from hiring or firing an individual based on credit history, appearance, health or the legal activities they engage in outside of work under a legislative package that passed a divided House on Thursday. While proponents of HB 4532 , HB 4887 , HB 4926 and HB 4927 said
LANSING - With the prospect of less money for the coming Michigan government fiscal year than originally projected, groups urged the Legislature on Thursday to reconsider some of the tax exemptions allowed as a way to boost revenue. Officials with the 20 organizations representing human services, local government and education argued that tax loopholes are
DETROIT - Business software and services company Compuware Corp. reported a lower quarterly net profit on Thursday compared the same quarter a year earlier, when the Detroit-based company benefited from higher interest income, a tax benefit and the sale of an investment. Compuware said net income for its fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31 was
NEW YORK - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is launching a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo's board of directors, according to a person close to the matter - a move aimed at pressuring the Internet company to reach out to Microsoft Corp. to re-start sale discussions. Icahn plans to nominate 10 directors to replace Yahoo's board
WARREN - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama returned to campaigning in Michigan Wednesday with a new manufacturing agenda on display, including a national fund to support cutting edge technologies such as new generation of batteries that could be centered in the state. The fund, he said, would be similar to the state's 21st Century Jobs