LANSING ? David Hollister, Director of the Michigan Labor and Economic Growth, plans to hold up to 17 meetings with companies across the state to plan how to get the tobacco securitization funding to them as soon as possible. Typically, funds would go through the process of application, review and rewarding in a nine to
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Technology Group announced Wednesday it has made its 15th acquisition - the Southwest Ohio customers of Dayton?based Internet service provider Springnet. Terms were not disclosed. The company, created in 1995, most recently acquired the customers of TodayLink, a Dearborn Heights, Mich.?based internet service provider. ?We are pleased to welcome Springnet
PONTIAC ? Wireless Oakland started to become a reality Thursday when MichTel Communications began installation at the Troy Civic Center. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Troy officials, Automation Alley representatives and other involved with the project were on hand to answer questions. Wireless internet service in the Troy pilot area is expected to be
NEW YORK - Google will invest $1 billion for a 5 percent stake in Time Warner's America Online unit as part of a partnership that expands their existing search engine deal to include collaboration on advertising, instant messaging and video. Google also is offering a $300 million credit that AOL can use to buy keyword-based
LANSING ? Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed one bill in a package giving Single Business Tax relief to businesses aimed at manufacturers and said the state will do all it can to both keep and bring jobs to Michigan. She also said the federal government had to do its part to help the manufacturing industry
LANSING - Michigan's minimum wage of $5.15 an hour is effectively worth the same as it was when the wage was last increased in 1997, a study by the Michigan League for Human Services contends ? for a full time worker with no dependents, the $10,712 a year barely covers the poverty line. But a
YPSILANTI ? MichBio, Michigan?s Life Sciences trade association, announced last week that its 2006 annual meeting will be held in March at the Marriott Eagle Crest conference center in Ypsilanti. The MichBio Annual Meeting draws industry leaders and influential biotech professionals from across the state of Michigan. This meeting includes open bar, live music, dinner,
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan reported Friday that a petition drive will begin after New Year?s Day to place a Constitutional amendment before voters to raise Michigan?s minimum wage to $6.85 an hour in 2007. SBAM and a coalition of other associations were successful at defeating a legislative proposal to increase the
DETROIT ? Four senior attorneys from the intellectual property team at Howard & Howard, including its leader, started Thursday at Dickinson Wright, a Detroit law firm. Joining Dickinson Wright are William H. Honaker, Robert L. Stearns, Randall L. Shoemaker, and Edmund P. Anderson all from Howard & Howard?s Bloomfield Hills office. "The addition of these
LANSING - James Epolito, president of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, was named to the Michigan cabinet by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Granholm announced the move on Thursday, even though she actually named Epolito on Tuesday at the regular bi-weekly meeting of the cabinet. Epolito "will play a critical role in our effort to create tens