RESTON, VA ? comScore predicts eCommerce Holiday sales this season will grow up to 26 percent from the year before, putting B2B spending on track to top $15 billion in November and December alone. comScore also expects that total quarterly non-travel spending will cross the $20 billion threshold for the first time in the fourth
DETROIT ? Structural changes in the U.S. markets and increased globalization of financial markets kept the United States from entering another Depression after the Dot-Com Bubble burst, William Donaldson, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, told the Detroit Economic Club. Donaldson, speaking on the 75th anniversary of Black Friday, when the Stock Market
LANSING ? A House subcommittee studying anti-trust implications of a deregulated telecommunications industry has sought guidance from Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, saying it could not recommend any legislation until those issues are addressed. A report presented Thursday to the Energy and Technology Committee said court rulings and varying interpretations of how state law may
GRAND RAPIDS ? Road warriors, snowbirds, vacationers that use Iserv?s dial up access to the Internet can now take their accounts with them. The company, one of the largest Internet Service Providers in the state, has rolled out a new nationwide access service. Any Iserv customer can upgrade to the Webpro Nationwide Access for $24.95
ANN ARBOR ? North American robotics companies posted a 13 percent gain in new orders through the first nine months of 2004, according to figures released Monday by the Robotic Industries Association, the industry?s trade group. A total of 11,384 robots valued at $745.1 million were ordered through September by North American manufacturing companies, an
LANSING - Three more wireless hot spots have been added by the state government and SBC Communications to a list that will eventually include ten state parks, docks, rest areas and welcome centers. The MiWiFi network now is live at the Mackinaw Island State Dock, Coldwater Welcome Center and Clarkston Rest Area. Other spots scheduled
LANSING - The cigars came out Tuesday night at the Lansing headquarters of Let Voters Decide, the committee backing Proposal 1, which required state and local referenda to extend gambling in the state. The measure passed by 59-41 margin despite Gov. Granholm?s pleas that the amendment would affect state Lottery revenues used to fund schools.
DEARBORN ? Ten Michigan female IT professionals were receipients Saturday night of the Top Michigan Women in Computing awards from the Association for Women in Computing - Ann Arbor Chapter. Judges were Carolyn Dyer from Proquest, Rosemary Bayer from SUN Microsystems and Pat Amaranth from BCBS. The winners include: Lorie Buckingham - Senior Vice President
LANSING ? SBC, the state's largest local telephone provider, announced it was cutting some 1,000 jobs in the state as it consolidated network centers in its 13-state region. Michigan was not considered for any of those consolidations because of its expensive regulatory climate, officials said. But a member of the Public Service Commission said some
DEARBORN - The Society of Manufacturing Engineers will team up with NextEnergy in October to offer students the opportunity to learn more about career in alternative energy during the Advanced Energy & Fuel Cell Technologies Conference. A day-long seminar will be held that will introduce students to universities that offer Alternative Energy Technology education and