DETROIT ? Cherri Musser, group vice president and CIO for General Motors Acceptance Corporation Financial Group, on Tuesday was named president of the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Musser replaces Kristin Odeh, who served as the Council?s president since late 2003. "I look forward to the opportunity to lead this organization," Musser said. "I
DETROIT ? Mathematics Professor Robert Bruner and Mechanical Engineering Professor Evgeny Rivin will be presented with Faculty Recognition Awards Wednesday when Wayne State University?s Board of Governors gathers for its monthly meeting at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center. Each awardee will receive a citation, an engraved plaque and an award of $2,500. Bruner will be
LANSING - The Senate and House Committees will hold a dozen hearings, including eight outside of Lansing, to get a critique from businesses on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed restructuring of the single business tax. Republicans seek to develop a response to the Democrats? plan. Legislative leaders said additional hearings will be held separately on another
ANN ARBOR ? Senior executives from Credit Suisse First Boston, the first manager of the new Venture Michigan Fund, will be on hand Thursday at a panel discussion examining the $150 million Fund of Funds aimed at underwriting some start-up technology companies in Michigan. CSFB vice presidents David Almodovar and Vikram Bhaskar will be at
BETHESDA, Md. ? DSW Shoe Warehouse, which has 10 stores in Michigan, said last month?s theft of customer IDs was much worse than first reported. The company now says hackers grabbed the names and credit card numbers for 1.4 million customers ? 10 times more than the company?s first estimate. Hackers also grabbed 96,000 checking
LANSING ? Credit Suisse First Boston, a global investment bank, has been named the first manager of the Venture Michigan Fund, a $150 million Fund of Funds aimed at giving Michigan technology start-up companies access to venture capital. Seven candidates responded to an RFP issued in August 2004 by State Treasurer Jay Rising. Rising, in
SOUTHFIELD ? Most owners of small and medium-sized business in Southeast Michigan are confused about the impact of proposed changes to the Michigan Single Business Tax, but service-oriented businesses are willing to take a tax hit short-term to help boost the state?s manufacturing base, shows a new study by Raymond & Prokop. In a poll
ANN ARBOR - The Life Sciences Institute Monday announced the University of Michigan facility has added six to its staff from across the country and from a broad array of scientific disciplines. The new faculty in the LSI laboratory without walls work in fields such as evolutionary biology, cell biology, human genetics, oncology, pathology, and
GRAND RAPIDS ? That old 1960s mantra Think Globally, but Act Locally takes on a new meaning Friday when Local First discusses its community wealth creation ideas at The Right Place Program?s Fourth Friday event. Local First is a network of businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to supporting a local living economy. Its mission
LANSING ? Last winter?s holiday season brought few signs of cheer for Michigan?s small business economy. The Small Business Association of Michigan?s latest quarterly Small Business Barometer survey finds that only 28 percent of small business owners report sales increases during the 2004 holiday season. During the boom years of the late ?90s, it was