Sterling Heights chamber marks 50 years

By DEBRA KASZUBSKI In 50 years, the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry has helped both the business owners and the communities it serves develop into the economic forces they are today. The organization itself has evolved in many ways, too.The chamber marks its golden anniversary April 1 with a celebration at Villa Penna in Sterling Heights. The Read more [...]

Tepilo – consumer app of the week

App: TepiloBy: Tepilo/Ashley Bolser AgencyPrice: FreeAvailable on: NokiaWhat is it?A property platform that lets you securely buy, sell or let homes for free.Who is it by?Tepilo was founded in July 2009 by property expert Sarah Beeny and named after a "fantastical palace called Tepilo" her father told her about in childhood stories. Beeny is well-known for her property TV show Property Ladder and the mysinglefriend dating website. The app was developed by the Ashley Bolser Agency.What does Read more [...]

Budget 2011: The full list of measures and what they’re worth

The budget 2011 has today brought a stream of numbers for tax increases and spending decreases - how do we make sense of it all? The Guardian provides expert verdicts and to compliment that we provide the figures from the budget in a format you can use. Let's start from the top level. Comparing today's budget with the emergency budget for 2010 we can see that this year there is an overall 2% increase in national spending. In the next table we compare the national income predicated in the budget Read more [...]

House Hunt: Homes for Sale

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5 Things: Into the Woods at NMHS, UGALS Tryouts

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Mel Gibson’s Malibu Mansion Up For Sale

Actor and director Mel Gibson recently listed his Malibu mansion for sale. The home has been listed on the open market for $14.6M. The Spanish style home is where Gibson and his former wife raised seven of the actor’s children together. The home is reported to have six bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, as well as an exercise room, media room, and conservatory. The property also houses separate staff quarters, several guest houses, and a home gym. It is listed as having more than 5,400 Read more [...]

Sky listed among YouView content providers

UPDATE: Sky has insisted that it is "too early to say" if it will offer content on YouViewSky is working to provide content for the YouView platform, according to a release by the BBC-backed IPTV project. With a launch date pushed back into 2012, positive news around YouView - a project involving all of the terrestrial broadcasters as well as BT, Arqiva and Talk Talk - has been thin on the ground. However, in a press release about interested content providers YouView has listed BSKyB, raising Read more [...]

Events listed for March 26

Sat, March 26, 2011 Minot State University will host a Beaver 5k Romp Road Race: Registration at 8:30 a.m., race at 10 a.m., MSU Dome. The road race is open to all age divisions. The entry fee is $15 per person. For more information, visit the Web site at (www.msubeavers.com).Minot Area Chamber of Commerce's Saturday Legislative Forum: 9 to 11 a.m., Minot Municipal Auditorium's Room 201. The forum is open to the public and gives people a chance to ask legislators about pending legislation Read more [...]

NHS supplier iSoft suspends shares and puts itself up for sale

Troubled healthcare software firm iSoft, a major supplier to the government's crisis-stricken £12.7bn overhaul of the NHS's IT systems, has suspended its shares and put itself up for sale.The company has for years struggled to meet agreed delivery targets to replace near-obsolete systems together with its NHS supplier partner Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).Virginia-based CSC, listed in New York with a market value of $7.5bn (£4.6bn), is now regarded as the most likely buyer for iSoft Read more [...]