APACC
June 2011

APACC New Member Orientation 

Thursday, July 7, 2011

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 

APACC Office  

Rochester Hills, MI  

 

New and renewed members are welcome to attend this orientation to learn about the membership benefits and to utilize the tools to grow their business.

 

Complimentary admission

 

 R.S.V.P. by calling  248-844-4100

 

Get Your Brand Out! 

Promote & Drive Traffic to Your Business by Advertising Here!

 

  Call 248-844-4100 for More Information

 

Corp! Magazine
In This Issue
Annual Dinner photo

APACC Corporate Sponsors, Board Members, Public Officials and Dr. Frank McGeorge, Keynote Speaker (center)

photo by Nick Martines 

APACC Celebrates Ten Years of Service! 

It was a very special evening of celebration on May 21st at the Royal Park Hotel, where over 500 corporate executives, public officials, Asian community leaders and APACC members networked and celebrated APACC's tenth anniversary.  Highlights include: Comerica Bank received the Corporation of the Year Award for supporting APACC's mission and the Asian Pacific American businesses and community.  Frank McGeorge M.D.  WDIV-TV medical reporter & Henry Ford Hospital's emergency medical physician, gave an entertaining and insightful speech of the aging population and how it may impact the automotive industry and our consumer market.   

 

Our gratitude to our corporate sponsors for their support of APACC and to our underwriters for making our celebration special. 

 

Click here to view event photos on APACC 's Facebook
  

Highlights of the Michigan Business Tax Replacement Act

By Sue Tuson, CPA, MST, Clayton & McKervey

On May 25, 2011, Governor Snyder fulfilled his campaign promise to rid Michigan of the complicated Michigan Business Tax (MBT) by signing into law H.B. 4361; PA 38, and creating the Michigan Corporate Income Tax (CIT). Click here for the summary of the impact of this new law on the business community.

 

Caregiver Discrimination - Employer Best Practices

By Mel Muskovitz, Dykema Gossett, PLLC

This article addresses the emerging issue of caregiver responsibilities discrimination, also referred to as family responsibility discrimination.  Read on....   

 

SEEKING TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS WITH PROFILES - APACC MEMBERS ONLY!

Would you like to increase exposure for your company, boost traffic to your Web site and generate interest in the products/services you provide?  

 

If so, APACC can help to promote your company by featuring your business profile with your 

Web site link in our monthly e-Newsletter as one of your many membership benefits*!

  

Call us today to get started -  248-844-4100   

 

*not applicable to individual level members 

 

Members' Business Profiles

AQABA 

AQABA Technologies is a digital advertising agency, a diverse industry leader in global web strategy and a certified Google AdWords and Microsoft Ad Agency whose services provide strategic analysis and insight to give businesses a competitive advantage in the complex and rapidly changing Internet economy.

 

AQABA's Online Search coverage area provides deep analysis, industry facts and actionable advice to achieve business goals using Internet Search. AQABA assists in building quality Websites, portals, business solutions, and optimizing their search marketing tactics by Email Marketing, Organic Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Management and Social Media Marketing services.  Free evaluations are provided to those who fill out their consultation web form.

 

For more information, please visit www.aqabatech.com  

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Chase

Chase Commercial Banking delivers extensive industry knowledge, local expertise and dedicated service to nearly 24,000 clients nationally, including corporations, municipalities, financial institutions and not-for-profit entities with annual revenue generally ranging from $10 million to $2 billion, and nearly 35,000 real estate investors/owners.

 

Commercial Banking partners other businesses at JPMorgan Chase to provide comprehensive solutions, including lending, treasury services, investment banking and asset management to meet its clients' domestic and international financial needs.

 

For more information, please visit www.chase.com/commercial   

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Liaison Linguistics

Liaison Linguistics is an agency that provides interpretation and translation services.  Their interpreting services cover the metro Grand Rapids area and Michigan.  They are well known for providing many rare languages in addition to our 50 other languages.  As for translation, Liaison Linguistics provides over 30 languages. 

 

Their policy is to provide their clients with the best possible services to promote effective communication and to ease the pain of the language barrier.  Liaison Linguistics promises to deliver quality service with a personable attitude to create a comfortable working relationship between their team and you.  Most importantly, they understand and honor their clients' privacy and confidentiality.   Liaison Linguistics is efficient, fast, and cost-effective.  

 

For more information, please visit www.liaison-mi.com  

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Oakland County Logo 

Oakland County Economic Development is focused on maintaining and expanding the local business base.  They do this by providing customer-focused services to existing businesses to help them grow, to new business start-ups and to businesses coming to the county.  Oakland County finds sites, coordinates state and local incentives, provides financing, delivers business training and helps find & train workers.   

 

If you are a business in Oakland County or looking to set up a business in Oakland County, they can help.  If you are a service provider they can also help your clients in these areas.

 

For more information, please visit www.globaloakland.com

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Plum Hollow 

Home of the 2015 Michigan Amateur - Plum Hollow Country Club is a private, full service club with an 18 hole championship golf course, short game practice facility, pool and tennis courts.  Their spacious clubhouse is available for off premise meetings and social events. 

 

With something for everyone in the family to enjoy such as golf mixers, junior sports and family oriented social events; make Plum Hollow your home club.  Memberships are available for $375 or less a month for a golf membership or $1,200 annually for a Social membership.

 

For more information, please visit www.plumhollowcc.com or contact General Manager Tony Callis at 248-357-3779

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Saturn EE 

Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. is a leading, privately-held supplier of electronics, solenoids, and wiring components, modules, and sub-systems for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers.  It provides a broad range of services, including design and engineering; supply chain management; and testing and qualification for products they manufacture and assemble for their customers.

 

For more information, please visit www.saturnee.com    

2011 Corporate Sponsors

Signature SponsorDTE Energy


Benefactor
Comerica Bank 
                       
Diamond Sponsors: Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc.

 

Jade SponsorsDelphi Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Dow Automotive Systems, Honda of America Manufacturing, Kroger Company, PNC Bank, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., and Visteon Corporation

APACC Mission
To facilitate business relationships among Asian and U.S. based companies and to promote the economic advancement of
Asian Pacific Americans