LANSING - A Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce proposal to deal with the impending repeal of the Single Business Tax includes full repeal of the personal property tax as well while replacing most of the nearly $4 billion the two taxes produce with a widely-applied gross receipts tax. The proposal also uses cash grants
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ANN ARBOR - Financially strapped domestic automakers could turn their losses to profits at the expense of foreign car companies by improving fuel-economy performance across their model lineups-with Ford Motor Co. reaping the greatest profits. Conversely, Ford, General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler stand to lose billions if they do not. That?s the conclusion of a
SHANGHAI - Visteon Corporation has started production of a Bluetooth hands-free system developed jointly with Parrot to equip the Nissan Bluebird Sylphy for the Chinese market. The system is manufactured at the Yanfeng Visteon Automotive of high-end Bluetooth hands-free systems with voice recognition, which Visteon has launched previously for Nissan in North America and other
SAN FRANCISCO - Sony and digital music database provider Gracenote said on Monday customers should update Active X software to prevent hackers from breaking into their personal computers. Sony and Gracenote made the comment in response to a software flaw that affects a Microsoft technology called ActiveX, CNET News.Com reported. The technology allows programs from
LANSING - Saying Michigan residents are getting the wrong information about embryonic stem cell research and that the state mustn't be left out of the effort to capitalize on the research, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit), U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-Battle Creek) and others announced on Monday the formation of a new organization to help
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan, long lacking adequate private equity financing for start ups, will soon get a big boost from not one, but two state programs that will help beef up the state's small, but growing Venture Capital industry. The long promised Venture Michigan Fund will begin seeking Requests for Proposals from Venture Capital firms
DEARBORN ? More than 400 business professionals packed the Ford Motor Company Conference Center for the 2006 Michigan Technology Conference to hear futurists predict the shape of technology to come and how right-brain creative thinkers will dominate the job markets of the 21st century. The event, sponsored by the Detroit Regional Chamber, Michigan Economic Development
SEATTLE - Microsoft has issued a third version of a troubled Internet Explorer patch, aiming to fix a bug in an earlier update that could be exploited to hijack Windows PCs. The original MS06-042 patch, released on Aug. 8, introduced not one, but two new security holes, CNET News.Com reported. Microsoft addressed one flaw in
LANSING - The Michigan House Energy and Technology Committee will have at least one more hearing on legislation that would, over the next few years, move all cable television service to a statewide franchise system. But committee Chair Rep. Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) said he also planned further private discussions with some of the key