GRAND RAPIDS - The New Michigan State University Grand Rapids Research Center will create 728 jobs, provide $55 million annually in wages and bring $95.6 million in economic impact to Kent, Ottawa and Muskegon counties. So says an economic impact study done for Clark Construction Company and Rockford Construction by the Anderson Economic Group. "We
MILWAUKEE - A 27-year-old suburban Milwaukee man created an Internet site used as a worldwide malware marketplace that was shut down Wednesday after an investigation by 20 law enforcement agencies across the globe, federal documents filed Wednesday show. The site, known as Darkode.com, was seized by federal authorities Tuesday. A dozen people, including Daniel Placek
DETROIT - In May, Royal Oak proposed the creation of a Smart park and put the matter to a vote of its citizens through a crowd funding site. The space will be for public gathering, free WiFi and digital information about the town's businesses.Royal Oak needed to raise $60,000 by the time the campaign ended
FERNDALE - ITInTheDEpisode 100: The night of bad puns, occupancy code violations, Bob being rendered speechless, mayhem with puppets and so, so much more. Had a really great night for episode 100 of our live weekly podcast, and with a room full of lively guests, we definitely didn't have a lack of topics, voices, opinions
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan describes the new VideoMeeting platform that will launch this fall and allow anyone anywhere collaborate from the cloud in live video. To listen, click on http://www.internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VideoMeeting-Explanation-1.mp3
LANSING - After more than three years of discussion and debate, the Department of Environmental Quality formally began the process Thursday of a rules change that would remove hundreds of chemicals from the list of toxics the DEQ automatically regulates in air emissions. Now at about 1,200, the number of regulated chemicals would drop to
DETROIT - Michigan Supreme Court Justice David F. Viviano is the Court's point-person for judicial training and statewide e-filing. Viviano said the expanded use of videoconferencing technology to create "virtual" courtrooms has saved the Michigan Department of Corrections nearly $5 million over the past two years. Currently, 417 courtrooms in Michigan have videoconferencing capabilities. To
AUBURN HILLS - On Thursday, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Embedded System Quality Engineering team released a Technical Service Bulletin for a software update that offers customers improved vehicle electronic security and communications system enhancements. Similar to a smartphone or tablet, vehicle software can require updates for improved security protection to reduce the potential risk of unauthorized
ANN ARBOR - In the wake of the second round of layoffs at ForeSee, Duo Security has actively begun recruiting former ForeSee employees who were part of a round of layoffs announced Wednesday by parent company Answers Corporation.To read the rest of this story, click on http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/07/duo_security_assisting_former.html
ANN ARBOR - The MichBio Job Bank has posted four jobs, one in Detroit and three in Bagdad, Iraq. Scientific Coordinator Asterand BioScience - Detroit, MI Asterand is a global supplier of high quality, well characterized human tissue and human tissue-based research products and solutions. From offices in Detroit, Michigan and Royston, U.K., our innovative