LANSING ? Michigan House Tax Policy Chair Rep. Steve Bieda (D-Warren) is working with business groups and others on potential legislation that would tighten definitions of the new tax on 26 categories of services that is to go into effect December 1. Bieda, who has held several private sessions on the subject, said his work
DETROIT ? Registration closes Oct. 12 for a two-day seminar at Wayne State University that will explore how nanoscience will impact future technology and biomedicine applications.The event is scheduled for Oct. 15-16 at the McGregor Conference Center. Keynote speaker, Dr. Helmuth M�hwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany, headlines the event on
LANSING - An initial meeting of more than 60 Michigan business organizations is trying to build a coalition to repeal the state's newly enacted expanded sales tax on services, even if that means focusing on a voter-initiated repeal in November 2008. Following the meeting that was held Tuesday morning at the offices of the Small
LANSING - A report announced on Monday ranks insurance plans by how accessible they make prescription drugs will allow patients to compare prescription coverage plans offered by different insurance companies, force plans to compete, and ease the racial and socio-economic disparity in health care coverage. The report, which can be found at Grand Rapids African
WASHINGTON DC - Under mounting pressure from their Republican colleagues, the Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel have finally scheduled a vote on a bill that would extend by four years a soon-to-expire federal ban on Internet access taxes. The House Judiciary Committee has placed a bill known as the Internet Tax Freedom
DEARBORN - If you missed the first day of SecureWorld, there is still time to attend tomorrow. If you did attend today, make sure not to miss the exciting events happening on Day 2. Don't miss the Conference breakfast keynote featuring Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security
DETROIT - While they don't have a sexy name for it - Stolen Vehicle Slowdown - what OnStar does have is the future eradication of an entire subset of social misbehavior. Vehicle theft in our country is so rampant that it is celebrated by popular video games like Grand Theft Auto. But that dark side
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft will now allow users of Windows XP to download Internet Explorer 7 without having to gain Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is part of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative. It is intended to help prevent the distribution and use of unauthorized versions of Windows. Previously, to download Internet Explorer
LANSING - House Speaker Andy Dillon (D-Redford Twp.) said Friday he is not resigned to the idea the newly minted services tax needs to be changed, but after a week of it being flogged by business groups, he's open to altering it if the voters signed off on a 1 percentage point increase in the
ANN ARBOR - Many companies that say they are reducing greenhouse gases are actually increasing emissions, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. "The problem is not that companies are lying but rather that they are taking advantage of lax and inconsistent reporting rules," said Thomas Lyon, professor of business