LANSING - Talks between Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R-Novi), Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R-Wyoming) and Gov. Jennifer Granholm kicked off Tuesday as the House postponed voting on a series of bills that would use the state's tobacco settlement money for business tax cuts and investment in high-tech jobs. The Michigan House has proposed
DEARBORN - This week?s SEMA show will be the stage for a new concept built by Ford and Microsoft. Ford promises ?mobile office? capability with the modified F-Series, thanks to wireless connections and a rugged laptop. The concept is based on a Ford F-250 Super Duty pickup outfitted with all the gear a contractor might
DETROIT ? Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard will likely celebrate this Thanksgiving season by attempting to crush their competitors with low-price desktops and notebooks, according to a Web site that tracks bargains. CNET.Com reported that Black Friday 2005, which posts information about retail deals, posted scans of what appear to be future Wal-Mart newspaper inserts featuring a
ANN ARBOR ? Podcasting expert Ron Suarez of MediaRica will host the Top Michigan Women In Computing gala Saturday and share the stage with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The gala is the primary fundraiser each year for the Association for Women in Computing Ann Arbor Chapter, which uses the gala to pay for scholarships given
PONTIAC - The Wireless Oakland Project Team Monday announced seven pilot projects ? Royal Oak, Pontiac, Troy, Birmingham, Madison Heights, Oak Park and Wixom - that will serve as a starting points for the deployment of a county wide wireless internet network. MichTel Communications was selected as the service provider. The Pilot Projects will be
LANSING ? Michigan?s small business owners don?t need extra Halloween frights from spooky trick-or-treaters this year. The October forecast of 2006 business performance is scary enough, with just 47 percent of business owners expecting sales increases next year, the lowest level in the 12-year history of the Barometer. Spookier yet, only 44 percent expect profits
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - That?s a question worth pondering by every entrepreneur who has poured his savings and his soul into a new business that will benefit the world, and also make him rich. Suppose your company needs capital in order to grow, or outmaneuver competition, or engineer a new product? Will the investor who steps
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest continues its fall program for entrepreneurs with more business commercialization topics by presenting a ?Go To Market Sales Strategy? seminar November 8th at the DeVos Center at Grand Valley State University. David Brenner, Managing Partner of IdeaWorks , an entrepreneurial senior executive with almost 30 years domestic
DETROIT - Business software maker Compuware Corp. on Thursday posted a quarterly profit that more than tripled as cost-cutting offset a slight drop in revenue. But as reported, Compuware failed to meet Wall Street?s expectations, posting net income of 6 cents per share rather than the 7 cents anticipated by analysts. As a result, Compuware?s
LANSING - Although the securitization of the state's tobacco settlement money was touted as a huge step between the Republican and Democratic parties for the fact that Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) and Rep. Andy Dillon (D-Redford) crossed the aisle and put together the package, last week's announcement by the House GOP that the legislation will