DETROIT - Information technology professionals in the United States can expect starting salaries to increase an average of 5.3 percent next year, the 2008 salary guide from Robert Half Technology contends. Larger increases in base compensation are expected in high-demand sectors, such as applications and web development, network management, and database administration. "Business expansion and
UTICA, NY - A new poll shows that nearly 1 in 4 Americans say the Internet could be a stand-in for a significant other for a period of time. Among singles, the percentage was even higher: 31 percent. The poll examined people's attitudes about the Internet. Results of the online survey, conducted by Zogby International
TROY - The Troy Chamber of Commerce's ITroy Committee last week presented its Eighth annual Best of the Web Helen eWards for Web Excellence to seven web sites developed by Michigan-based design companies. Each winner received a Helen eWard, a stunning crystal pillar award with a 3D image of Helen of Troy etched inside. The
SAN ANTONIO ? The new AT&T, formerly Southwestern Bell, posted a 41.5 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Tuesday, as Apple's iPhone helped boost wireless subscriber growth above market expectations. AT&T, the exclusive U.S. service provider for the iPhone, said its third-quarter net profit was $3.1 billion, compared with $2.2 billion in the year-earlier
WASHINGTON DC - With a short notice sent to a handful of Web sites last week, the largest retailer in the world put a damper on the biggest shopping day of the year for die-hard bargain hunters. For those who trawl the Web hoping for any edge in finding the best price on the most
DETROIT - Chevrolet is in the midst of launching Project Driveway, an ambitious program where more than 100 fuel cell electric vehicles will be put in the hands of select consumers for the largest market test of its kind. Testing will take place over the next several months in the Los Angeles, New York and
LANSING ? Michigan Travel web site, Michigan.Org, over the weekend broke the single user record set during 2006, with more than 10 million sessions served. The average daily visit rate is 35,375, up from 28,460 set a year ago. Michigan.Org also dominated the summer season (April through September), taking the title as the No. 1
DETROIT - The law firm of Butzel Long has established two new Alliance offices in Mexico in the cities of Mexico City and Monterrey to go along with existing offices in Shanghai and Beijing, plus nine offices in Michigan, Florida, Washington D.C. and New York City. The new Alliance offices in Mexico are part of
NEW JERSEY ? Pfizer, Michigan?s biggest life sciences employer, reported Thursday that its third-quarter net income dropped 77 percent after the company decided to drop Exubera, its inhaled insulin product, which forced Pfizer to write off $2.8 billion. Pfizer, which is in the process of abandoning its operations in Ann Arbor and Holland, MI., still
LANSING ? Michigan Business leaders are reluctantly acknowledging that if the controversial new sales tax on services is repealed before December 1 it will have to be replaced with some other source of state revenues and discussions have been held with state leaders on what those tax options are. Among the tax possibilities that have