ANN ARBOR - Detroit automakers would gain market share and increase profits under proposed new fuel economy standards, according to a new study by the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. Under the highest proposed fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. stand to make $14.4
DETROIT - If the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio goes through, the combined company plans to offer packages of channels at reduced rates, including a 50-channel offering that's almost half the price of today's lowest-price option. New "a la carte" options, which will enable consumers to pick 50 or 100
LANSING - Downtown Lansing went wireless Tuesday. Lansing-based tech company ACD.net has installed a massive Wi-Fi network, called the LansingNet and it's free to use for the next two months. ?Our wireless network will change how residents and business owners use the Internet in downtown Lansing,? says ACD.net president and CEO Kevin Schoen. ?Wireless systems
GRAND RAPIDS - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced on Monday they will work together to speed up and expand the deployment of a nationwide mobile WiMAX network ? including on in Grand Rapids ? as well as collaborate on products and services, branding, marketing, and distribution. The two companies said they expect the arrangement to
TRAVERSE CITY- The main policy suggestions to come from Sunday?s National Governor?s Conference was a mandate that schools teach Internet safety to students and parents and equip law enforcement with the training to deal with online predators. Present at the meeting of the Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee, while Gov. Jennifer Granholm was away
TRAVERSE CITY- Michigan Legislators could see new recommendations on the higher education budgets when Gov. Jennifer Granholm returns from the National Governor's Association Annual Meeting this week. Consultants speaking to governors urged them to use funding to provide incentives for universities to help meet state economic development goals and said none of the states are
TRAVERSE CITY - Although Michigan hasn't historically had an entrepreneurial economy, its state universities - their ability to market a niche for themselves and turn out new innovations - mean the state has great potential of turning its economy around, business professionals said Sunday at the National Governors Association Economic Development and Commerce Committee. One
LANSING - Michigan needs to have the 2007-08 budget completed by September 30, but Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) told reporters on Thursday that so much work needs to be done to the budget in terms of reforms that state policymakers will continue to work on the budget for months to come. "I'd like
LANSING - Woodchips and other wood byproducts that are now left to waste and potential new croplands of switchgrass are part of the vision for a new $100 million cellulosic ethanol plant that officials said Thursday will place Michigan in the forefront of new alternative fuel technology. Gov. Jennifer Granholm led the announcement that Michigan
LANSING ? Michigan residents will be required to provide a driver's license to vote after the Supreme Count, in an advisory opinion issued Wednesday, upheld the requirement renewed in a 2005 law, dismissing arguments that it infringed on voter rights or constituted an illegal poll tax. The court majority, and those who supported the law,