GRAND RAPIDS Five year old CareerMatrix.Com made some giant leaps in April to expand its business partnerships and refine its business model to make the site much more user friendly for employers that post job listings. CareerMatrix.Com also has decided to open its database to professional recruiters. Some 80 percent of users said they would
GRAND RAPIDS - The long depressed Internet advertising market continues to show signs of a turn around reflected in the seventh consecutive quarterly profit posted by Adtegrity. Com, one of the nations Top 10 advertising network companies. For the three months ended March 31, Adtegrity.com reported a net profit of $140,404 on total net revenues
LANSING - A package of Republican-sponsored bills intended to encourage new start-up businesses - particularly high tech firms - has been modified to deal with some objections from the Granholm administration, though not modified enough to get the administration's full support. The package was approved Wednesday by the House Tax Policy Committee with just a
LANSING - An increase in the liquor tax and a new state tax on estates, key proposals in Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2005 budget, were rejected by large margins Wednesday in the Republican-controlled House. After the votes rejecting an increase in the liquor tax and the preservation of a state tax on estates, Republicans scuttled plans
SOUTHFIELD Michigan ranked 18th in the nation for hybrid vehicle registrations in 2003, which nationwide rose by nearly 26 percent from 2002. How many hybrids were registered in Michigan last year? Only 770. Nationwide, there were 43,435, of which the Honda Civic hybrid accounted for 50 percent of the market. The Toyota Prius was close
NEW YORK America Online is going on the offensive with a new plan to retain customers and expand its business on the Web a strategy it has tried before with little success instead of beefing up its proprietary service. CNET.Com reported AOL's CEO Jonathan Miller will present a turnaround plan to the Time Warner board
PONTIAC Guidepoint announced two new features on Tuesday designed to make finding your car easier or, if its stolen, to have it sound off loudly to alert you and the would-be thief. Those new features include: Smart CarFind: Youve parked your car in, say, a massive airport parking structure and cant recall exactly where you
HOLLAND Transaction management software company ISD announced Wednesday the appointment of Gino Puzzuoli as Vice President of Business Development. "We are extremely pleased to welcome an executive of Gino's caliber to our team," said ISD CEO John Filby. "Gino is a proven business development leader known for his professionalism, expertise and integrity. His appointment reinforces
KALAMAZOO Blue-Granite relocated last weekend from a cramped office in Portage to its 15,000 square foot headquarters building in the Kalamazoo Smart Park another positive sign that the Michigan technology sector continues to grow stronger. Blue-Granite, a $2 million a year software development company, has been doing so well it decided to build a corporate
NOVI - AT&T announced won a two-year, $4 million networking contract from Childtime Learning Centers and won an account formerly held by MCI. AT&T will provide a wide-area network, integrating Childtime's headquarters and 340 company-owned locations operating under the Childtime and Tutor Time Learning Centers brands. The WAN is based on frame relay service. Additionally,