ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business tumbled this year from No. 1 to No. 7 in the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of top MBA programs. Recruiters complained about both the haughty attitude of students and the complacent attitude of the career-services office for the sharp decline. Several other Big
WASHINGTON - One of the leading U.S. Senate proponents of Net neutrality laws said Monday that he's not giving up on enacting the divisive antidiscrimination rules. To a standing ovation, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) urged attendees at the Future of Music Policy Summit here to "fight back and say this is something that's important for
LANSING - Local governments could be forced to layoff as many as 5,000 police and fire fighters if an all cuts solution to the 2007-08 budget is enacted, GoV. Jennifer Granholm said in a radio interview Thursday. But she also expressed confidence that the House will enact a total plan to resolve the budget issue
LANSING - Public funds in Michigan could not be invested in companies that do business in countries listed by the U.S. Department of State as sponsoring terrorism under a series of bills and a constitutional amendment Senate Republicans announced on Tuesday. The series of 15 measures could affect the state's use of Credit Suisse as
DETROIT - A net 14 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the fourth quarter of 2007, a 3 percent increase from the third quarter, the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report contends. The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on
REDMOND - Microsoft's next release of Office for Mac, due in January, will include business features that PC users have taken for granted for years. That will include the ability to set up out-of-office messages, according to a preview in Microsoft's Office for Mac team blog reported by CNET News.Com. "With Entourage 2008, you now
LANSING ? With less than three weeks before the start of Michigan's fiscal year, state officials are scrambling on a number of fronts to both resolve the budget and prevent a shutdown of the government on October 1. Sources indicate there is a chance that a move to put a sales tax increase before the
LANSING - The only way to implement the recommendations of Michigan?s 21st Century Energy Plan is to re-regulate the state's electric market, Public Sector Consultants said in a report to be presented Wednesday to the House Energy and Technology Committee. For the plan, developed by former Public Service Commission Chair Peter Lark, to work, all
GRAND RAPIDS - On Wednesday, regional investors, academicians, business and government leaders, and philanthropists will meet to have a conversation, hosted by Grand Angels, about how to address Michigan?s sagging economy. Creating a Statewide Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ? Leveraging Change for Michigan?s Economy will bring more than a hundred regional leaders to the
WARREN ? Michigan InfraGard will host an interactive exercise on Sept. 27 in four cities that will test how first responders might react to an influenza pandemic. This special exercise will be broadcast over videoconference at one of four locations. Those locations are: Davenport University - Warren (Main Site) Davenport University ? Dearborn Davenport University