LANSING - Businesses that have numerous or long-term layoffs will pay more in unemployment taxes next year and all businesses will pay more in 2010 to help the state handle the high rates of unemployment. The state has been borrowing to cover unemployment benefits since 2006, but in recent months has converted those loans from
LANSING - With the national economy in a growth recession Michigan should expect to see job losses of 1.5 percent during 2009, a budget update memo released last week by the Senate Fiscal Agency said. The memo also said that while overall employment has dropped by 10.5 percent since the jobs peak in June 2000,
LANSING - Michigan residents will be able to get driver's licenses next spring that will also get them back across the Canadian and Mexican borders, Secretary of State Terri Land announced Monday. Land and U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials signed an agreement Monday in Detroit that will allow the department to issue licenses that
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. has recently been in discussions about acquiring Chrysler LLC, according to people familiar with the matter, in a dramatic sign of the pressures mounting on the U.S. auto industry to restructure amid a deep slump in sales, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The upheaval in financial markets has rendered
SAN JOSE, Ca. - According to a new IDC forecast, the U.S. managed security services market is expected to increase to $2.8 billion by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 17.2 per cent. In 2007, the managed security services market was valued at approximately $1.3 billion in 2007, which was an increase of
DEARBORN - The Detroit SecureWorld starts in just 4 weeks, November 5-6 to the Ford Conference and Event Center. MiTech News is partnered with SecureWorld and offers readers a discount to attend the event. MiTech News Subscribers can register for the full conference and receive a $30 discount off the $195 two day conference pass,
BRIGHTON - Lowry Computer Products said Thursday that it has been selected as a vendor to provide passive radio frequency identification electronic product code hardware, software and professional services to the military. Included will be the United States Department of Defense, the U.S. Coat Guard, North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners and other foreign military. The
YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University has been recertified through June 2014 for mapping its information assurance courses to National Security Standards � - a step towards getting EMU recertified as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. EMU had lost its CAE certification
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited, a business development and funding group, announced this week that it will become the initial investor in support of the Michigan Homeland Security Resource Fund. Neither the size of the fund, nor the amount of Battle Creek Unlimited's investment was disclosed. In other news, the fund launched its website
SOUTHFIELD ? Motor City ISSA is holding elections for four Chapter Officers. The positions include ? President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations will be accepted through October 23. Elections will immediately follow the nomination period. The election process will require all nominees to provide a picture, a brief description of their background and experience,