HUNTINGTON WOODS - How often have you heard the statement "If you don't have goals, how will you know if you are succeeding?" So each year, we create a list of goals that we feel will satisfy our boss, our shareholders, or some other outside entity, or perhaps, even ourselves. Often, these goals do not
SOUTHFIELD - Governor Snyder, in keeping with his campaign promise to promptly address the current Michigan Business Tax, released a draft of his administration's corporate tax plan for Michigan businesses. Below are some of the key highlights from UHY Advisors Tax and Business Consultants: Effective date appears to be January 1, 2012 A 6 percent
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association, along with its sister association Michigan Food and Beverage Association, support President Obama's announcement during the State of the Union address to correct section 9006 of last year?s health care law, which requires companies to report to the IRS payments of more than $600 a year to
TORONTO, Ontario - A new survey conducted by SANpulse Technologies finds that technology refreshes are the top priority for 2011. The study was conducted across more than 100 large enterprises, with about two-thirds if responses coming from companies with more than 10,000 employees, and a third from those with less than 10,000. The survey looked
CHICAGO - According to the fourth annual Year-in-Review survey from CDW, after a cautious 2010, a new survey of IT decision makers suggests a renewed commitment to technology investment is on the horizon as more organizations begin to address their strategic technology needs that were sidelined during the long economic downturn. The survey found that
NEW YORK - Given the explosion of social media onto the public scene, and the considerable buzz about its adoption for business purpose, you might think companies are busily finding a way to use social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter to get customer feedback and improvement customer satisfaction. But you would be wrong.
WASHINGTON DC - The US Department of Justice, in cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seized 82 domain names in an action deemed "Cyber Monday Crackdown," also known as "Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0". These seizures resulted from the online sales of counterfeit goods bearing the trademarks of US companies, as well as infringement
GRAND RAPIDS - Earlier this year, 13 Small Business Development Center representatives from six states ? Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, Louisiana, Delaware, and California ? came to Michigan to learn about its Small Business and Technology Development Center's technology commercialization initiative. The MI-SBTDC presented its history, tools and processes for assisting technology companies, and its approach
STAMFORD, Conn. - Analyst firm Gartner has dropped its projection for 2010 worldwide PC shipments to 14.3 percent in its latest preliminary forecast, down from its 17.9 percent forecast in September, because of what it sees as five disruptive forces challenging the PC industry. 2011 worldwide PC shipments are forecast to reach 409 million units,
SAN FRANCISCO - Every wireless-network user should know the perils of signing into a Web service over an unencrypted connection. Elinor Mills explains the perils of using open Wi-Fi networks in her InSecurity Complex blog. The safest approach is to enter user IDs and passwords only when the page's address begins with "https://" and it