LANSING - The petitions to repeal the Michigan Single Business Tax have about 15 percent more signatures than are needed to put the issue before the Legislature, an Elections staff report released Monday contends. The Board of State Canvassers is to act on the staff recommendation on Friday, putting the issue before the Legislature, which
LANSING - Frustrations are fomenting by some in the effort to win Democratic support for immediate effect on legislation designed to fix Michigan's new minimum wage law. Legislative Republicans expect a coalition of business groups pressure Democrats, but some in that coalition feel they have been pushed to come up with a political tradeoff to
DETROIT ? Business software giant Compuware posted higher quarterly profits than Wall Street expected Thursday as lower operating expenses helped offset declining revenue. The company said its fiscal first-quarter profit rose to $29.3 million, or 8 cents per share, from $24.6 million, or 6 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue fell to $296.3 million
KALAMAZOO - The deadline for private employers in Southwest Michigan to apply for $88,860 in training funds available from the Kalamazoo-St. Joseph Workforce Development Board is Aug. 11. The program funds up to 3,500 per employee. The program is intended to train workers currently employed by local, private companies in the manufacturing, service, and health
SOUTHFIELD ? There still are some slots available for the third annual summer technology camp for girls offered by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology at Lawrence Technological University. The camp, in danger earlier this year of getting cancelled, was given a reprieve by donations from Microsoft, and supplemented by an additional grant from
LANSING ? Politics are not behind the delay in getting about $100 million into the hands of promising Michigan technology companies courtesy Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 21st Century Jobs Fund. Michael Shore, spokesman for the Michigan Economic Development Corp., said the process has just taken longer than was expected earlier, when his boss, James Epolito, promised
DETROIT - Cingular Wireless is investing $88 million in its network this year to bring more than 80 new cell sites and high speed data service to customers in Southeast Michigan. Nationwide, the company spent $6.5 billion on its network in 2005 and plans to do the same in 2006, bringing its overall network investment
LANSING - Michigan's three largest universities have formed an alliance to let everyone know that 95 percent of the research dollars in the state are spent at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University. The alliance will remain relatively informal, but the three schools will speak in support of funding before
LANSING ? Michigan's research universities dominated the list of finalists for a piece of the $400 million up for grabs in the 21st Century Jobs Fund. The two biggest nominee producers were Michigan State University and the University of Michigan at 22 each. Wayne State University came in third with eight. Multiple recipients outside the
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. - Gateway on Thursday announced a new tech support facility in South Dakota designed to enhance customer support and reduce the company's reliance on third-party support providers. The facility, which is expected to be operational during the third quarter, will not only include a group of customer support employees but will