WARREN Computer Builders Warehouse has gone international. After opening seven franchise stores around the country, the company has now opened its first outside the continental United States, in Puerto Rico. CBW not only offers retail service, an in-store lab and on-site service, but will also host educational courses inside the store. Classes will include information
LANSING - The Department of Treasury and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service began working together more formally Friday to stop those trying to avoid taxes at both levels of government. Under the memoranda of understanding, the IRS will provide that state with lists of people and businesses offering or participating in abusive tax avoidance transactions,
KALAMAZOO The band of academic institutions performing basic Life Sciences research in Michigan called the Core Technology Alliance has developed a new marketing alliance to help Michigan Life Sciences startups gain better access to R&D. The group hosted a news conference on Monday to outline its new mandate. Part of the package is startups that
SOUTHFIELD A. Alfred Taubman, a former student at Lawrence Technological University, will donate $4 million to help his alma mater build an innovative new Student Services Center. Groundbreaking for the new Taubman Student Services Center will be later this year. Once built, Lawrence Tech will consolidate all services that support students - from admissions through
DETROIT Four Wayne State University graduates who have made significant contributions to their companies and communities will receive the schools Corporate Leadership Awards in June, a tradition at Wayne State for the past 21 years. The recipients are Terry Reiley, President of the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Ed Christian, CEO of Saga Communications, and Monice
ANN ARBOR Kinderstreet, which create Internet-delivered management and communication software for afterschool, early childhood and camp programs, has gone international, landing a child care center in the Dominican Republic. Donna Gent, Kinderstreets CEO, made the announcement in Mitechnews.Com. Its the first school there to manage themselves via the Internet, she said Wednesday. This validates there
LANSING - After years of having to revise revenue estimates downward to reflect worse than expected economic conditions, the Michigan House Fiscal Agency had some good news Monday: revenues for the state's general fund for both the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years are higher than initially forecast. The bad news is that revenues for the
PONTIAC - Michelle Dew has joined Automation Alley, Southeast Michigan's technology cluster, as event manager, replacing Leah Ondejko who held the post earlier. Dew will manage all aspects of Automation Alley's events, including its Annual Awards Gala. She will also be responsible for designing and executing event-marketing campaigns as well as communicating with the press.
LANSING - Rising Medicaid caseloads and continued difficulty in selling land once occupied by a state mental hospital have put the 2003-04 budget $161 million into deficit, lower than the $200 million to $250 million deficit that had been feared, the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency reported. Medicaid also is largely the reason the deficit for
LANSING The Automotive and Manufacturing Training Consortium is hosting a webcast on May 20 for distance learning content providers to find out how they can co market with the state and industry backed-group - a sort of coming out party. John Potter, Director of Marketing and Sales for AMETC, said 65 potential partners have been