WASHINGTON DC - Michigan has the 13th best tax climate in the U.S. according to the latest edition of the State Business Tax Climate Index, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, the same ranking as last year. The Index measures how well structured each state?s code is by analyzing over 100 tax variables in
ANN ARBOR - Charles Reinhart Company Realtors will kick-off their 19th Annual Coat Drive on November 3rd with the goal of collecting more than 1,500 adult and children?s coats to distribute to local agencies throughout Washtenaw County. Through the month of November, Charles Reinhart Company Realtors will be collecting new and gently used winter coats
LANSING - Quantum Medical Concepts, a new partnership between the Michigan State Medical Society and Common Wealth Enterprises to provide early-stage funding for developing medical advances in Michigan, announced Monday that it will make a $100,000 investment in Advanced Amputee Solutions. Based in Metro Detroit, Advanced Amputee Solutions uses the Cushioning Implantable End Pad (CIEP)
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple said Wednesday it will stop supporting the encryption standard Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 for its push notifications service in response to a vulnerability identified earlier this month in the aging protocol. Apple announced on its developer site that it will switch on October 29 from SSL 3.0 to Transport Layer Security
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Internet2 announced Monday that it is actively seeking a Chief Innovation Officer to join the Internet2 executive leadership team. A distinguished panel of higher education and corporate leaders has been assembled from the Internet2 community to spearhead the search. The primary intention of the CINO role is to stimulate and lead new collaborative
ANN ARBOR - Steven Levitt, the best-selling author of Freakonomics, Superfreakonomics and the recently published Think Like a Freak will speak at the University of Michigan on Halloween during the University of Michigan?s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Centennial Reunion Weekend. Levitt is co-founder of Spin for Good and an economics professor at
ANN ARBOR - How secure are your most confidential documents? Find out during a webcast Oct. 30 to find out how bioscience organizations are using secure document sharing solutions to work with outside parties, such as partners and potential acquirers. Explore the risks and benefits of various solutions, and evaluate the reasons why many bioscience
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google said on Tuesday that it supports USB drives built on an increasingly popular software standard that makes two-factor authentication a lot less cumbersome. With two- factor authentication, users combine something they know - such as a password or personal identification number -- with something they have - such as a
GALESBURG - Power management company Eaton has named Gerard Devito, vice president, Technology, Vehicle Group, effective November 1. DeVito will report to Ken Davis, president, Eaton Vehicle Group and functionally to Jeff Lowinger, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Industrial Sector. In this role, DeVito will be responsible for leading and directing all engineering
NOVI - This is a critical time for Michigan?s economic recovery, a time when we all need to work together to keep the state?s growth momentum going. Since the end of the recession, unemployment has dropped in Michigan. Our state is one of the leading states in the Great Lakes region where housing prices are