MICHauto News

• MICHauto Legislative Briefing

  Automotive Hall of Fame 21400 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, Michigan 48124 Tuesday, October 23, 2012 5:30  to 8 p.m. Please join the Detroit Regional Chamber’s MICHauto program for a legislative briefing at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn on Tuesday, …

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• DRC President & CEO, Sandy Baruah, talks MICHauto with Chris Holman on “Business Beat”

  Chris Holman, host of “Business Beat” interviewed Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah on the new MICHauto program and the recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

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• Enhancing the Talent Pipeline: Near-term and Long-term solutions to fill your talent needs

  MICHauto hosted “Enhancing the Talent Pipeline:  Near-term and Long-Term solutions to fill your talent needs” on Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – Detroit Branch. Since its launch in January, MICHauto has been hard at …

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• Official: Auto industry perfect platform to help diversify Michigan’s economy

  By Michael Wayland MLive.com Diversifying Michigan’s economy doesn’t mean giving a cold shoulder to the automotive industry, according to Sandy K. Baruah. In fact, the Detroit Regional Chamber president and CEO believes the auto industry is the key component to spurring economic diversification in …

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• Michigan Implements Positive Corporate Tax Reform

  By Mark Robyn The Tax Foundation Michigan lawmakers approved significant corporate tax reform last year that went into effect at the beginning of 2012. Previously Michigan had a dual corporate tax system called the Michigan Business Tax (MBT). Under the MBT …

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• Why Austin, Texas Wants to Be An Autos City (Yes, Austin) via Forbes

  By Micheline Maynard originally for Forbes When you think of Austin, Texas, the first things that come to mind are probably the University of Texas, food, music, and the South by Southwest festival. But now, Austin wants you to think …

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• Michigan Business Climate Better Than Reported

  In a January 15th Detroit Free Press article titled “Michigan’s bad business climate reputation is hard to discard,” Tom Walsh reflects on an article in the January 2012 edition of Site Selection magazine.  Site Selection reported on a survey of …

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• Chamber President Talks MICHauto on Michigan Matters

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• Trends Emphasize Need for MICHauto

  In the week or so since the launch of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s MICHauto initiative, the need for an organized effort to fight to keep Detroit and Michigan’s position as the national and global automotive epicenter has never been more …

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• MICHauto on The Craig Fahle Show

  Chamber President and CEO Sandy K. Baruah discusses the launch of MICHauto with Craig Fahle as the North American International Auto Show opens to media in Detroit.

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