Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan for Friday, March 9th 2007
A-way back when, I would start every morning by scouring the internet for 5 things (more or less) that I thought folks who live in and/or love Michigan needed to know to post on Absolute Michigan. I am postive this will not be an every day thing,…
Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!
This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did!
The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there.
Pfizer to lay off 2,410 Michigan employees
Downtown Kalamazoo by Paladin27
Pfizer Inc. announced Monday afternoon that will close its enormous Ann Arbor research facilities and part of its operations in Kalamazoo, leaving 2,410 of its Michigan employees unemployed. The layoffs will…
Tax on services being considered in Lansing
Country Schoolhouse by nomm de photo
The Detroit News reports that some Democrats, Republicans and public policy experts are saying Michigan needs to take a look at extending the sales tax to cover more services and (perhaps) lowering the…
UM, MSU & WSU agree to share research
U-M Spiral Staircase by Ryan Munson
The Detroit Free Press reports that yesterday the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University announced an agreement to share research and researchers between the three…
Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County a High Tech Beacon
First National Bank Building by Allan M
Today's Freep has a nice feature on Ann Arbor's exploding high-tech job scene that says Google is not the only company planning to bring jobs to the city and Washtenaw County. Google, Toyota, Hyundai…
Michigan Books: Michigan's Economic Future by Charles Ballard
Jack Lessenberry interviews MSU Economics professor Charles Ballard about his new book Michigan's Economic Future. Ballard says that manufacturing is destined to be a smaller part of Michigan's economy and says that the state needs to focus…
We do love our cars: Southeast Michigan
TheStrip by Hemicuda82 We do love our cars in Michigan, as this photo of the Summer Classic Car Show in Flint demonstrates. For a century the automobile has defined Michigan and now the demise of the auto industry is redefining us. At Absolute…