DETROIT - The Society of Automotive Engineers will kick off its 2006 Technical Congress in an atmosphere of unprecedented global participation, though blemished by ongoing reorganizations at General Motors and Ford and bankruptcies of such leading suppliers as Delphi, Dana, Collins & Aikman, and Tower Automotive. The theme of the conference is ?Driving Innovation Through
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest will hold an Entrepreneur?s Roundtable on Managing Growth on April 4 at Automation Alley - part of its Business Commercialization program for entrepreneurs. Kraig Rasche, President and founder of Sagient and Chris Hopkins, President of GRID4 Communications will offer insights and answers on how to build and
LANSING - The chairman of the Michigan House Subcommittee that oversees the Michigan Economic Development Corp. budget said the tax abatements and grants awarded by the MEDC do not encourage businesses to move to the state or to stay here, but instead are a way for businesses to play states against each other to gain
SAN FRANCISCO - Global IT spending growth is expected to slow slightly from 2005 due to a natural cycle shift, while China and India will see double-digit gains. IDC predicts a 6.3 percent increase in IT spending for 2006, attributing global gains to robust emerging markets and strong economic stability in the U.S., Europe and
GRAND RAPIDS ? CQL Inc. and Innerspace/Datel have developed a new product to expand CQL's hospital inventory tracking system - called spaceTRAX - that uses RFID technology. Through RFID, spaceTRAX will more easily track inventory in hospital storage units and improve revenue cycles, inventory turns, and compliance. ?The spaceTRAX product is recognized in the marketplace
LANSING - The stage is set for the latest act in the ongoing drama of what to do with Michigan's Single Business Tax after the Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed HB 5743 on a 21-17 vote. Under the bill, the SBT will be eliminated on December 31, 2007, two years early. Senate Appropriations Committee chair
REDMOND, Wa.- Microsoft has delayed the shipment of its new Windows Vista operating system, which will replace Windows XP, to consumers until after the holiday shopping season, which could mean some consumers don't buy the PC they had intended to purchase in 2006, and are tapped out and unable to buy when Vista machines do
DEARBORN - More than 120 people turned out for the inaugural meeting of Michigan Survives, a new organization that has been formed to help laid-off professionals in metro Detroit, and to show them that there is life after lay-off. One of the organizers, Eudora Adolph, said that she found the response, ?overwhelmingly positive and we
LANSING - Michigan House Democrats are working on a package of bills that would require the full disclosure of prescription drug tests for all drugs sold in Michigan. The legislation also would impose civil fines of $250,000 for the first offense and upward of $1 million for the third and subsequent offenses for companies that
GREENVILLE - Energy Conversion Devices is expected to announce on Wednesday it will build and open a new production facility in Greenville that could employ several hundred workers, a God send to a community hard hit by factory closures. Gov. Jennifer Granholm is slated to be present for the announcement at 9:45 a.m. in Greenville.