MOUNT PLEASANT - Seventeen Central Michigan University students hope to build the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the country topping last year?s record breaker, which recorded a whopping 1,819 miles per gallon. The students, under the supervision of CMU engineering and technology faculty member Benjamin Ritter, will enter the 397A/SAE Supermileage class, part of the Society
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan has some new technology bragging rights. The Wolverine state ranked fourth in the nation for dominance in micro and nanotechnology, up from sixth place last year, a Small Times survey shows. The amount of activity in this category increased across the board, but the good news is that Michigan's standing outpaced
DETROIT ? Foreign visitors departing from Detroit Metropolitan Airport are now required to provide their two index finger scans and hold for a photo as part of a pilot program to test and evaluate an automated biometric exit process. The new anti-terrorist security screens are part of an aggressive program rolled out Friday by the
LANSING - Whether Gov. Jennifer Granholm's Single Business Tax is the most the significant retooling of the tax in its 30-year history - it is at least the third major set of changes proposed to the tax - the plan outlined will leave the tax less like a pure value-added tax and more like a
LANSING ? One of the largest changes to the Single Business Tax in its history - which will cut the tax rate sharply as well provide credits to companies for personal property taxes paid - is promoted by the Granholm administration as a way to help spur job growth in Michigan by letting small businesses
TROY - The United States Department of Defense is seeking graduate students from Walsh College who are interested in a grant funded scholarship program for concentrated studies in the Walsh College information assurance program - a concentrated Security curriculum. Individuals must be admitted to the MSIA or another graduate program and specialize in information assurance.
DETROIT ? A Trojan horse is riding Microsoft?s patch process in an attempt to fool Windows users into downloading the malicious programming. CNET News.Com reports it received a fake Microsoft security notification about problems with the Windows operating system. The message, which carries the subject line "MS Windows/Critical Error," attempts to fool PC users into
LANSING - A personal property tax credit and changes in the single business tax apportionment are expected to be part of the long-awaited Granholm administration proposal to restructure business taxes scheduled to be unveiled Thursday. Department of Treasury officials were involved in discussions Monday on the proposal with business executives, a number of sources said,
DETROIT ? Cingular Wireless on Tuesday began selling MobiTV, making scores of shows available for $10 a month. In a week, Verizon's $15-a-month vCast debuts in 32 cities and on a small number of devices. Video is coming to cell phones in a big way this year. But the down side, however, is slow wireless
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? The amount of venture capital invested in Michigan technology companies in the fourth quarter was nearly four times more than the same quarter of the previous year, and nearly six times more than was invested in the third quarter of 2004. For all of 2004, $148.1 million was invested in Michigan companies,