BENTON HARBOR - Whirlpool Corporation said Monday that the European Commission approved the acquisition of a majority stake in Indesit Company S.p.A. by Whirlpool Italia Holdings S.r.l., the company's wholly owned subsidiary. European Commission approval is an important milestone in meeting the closing conditions under the share purchase agreement entered into with Fineldo S.p.A. on
AUBURN HILLS - Faurecia North America has been named Corporation of the Year in the Manufacturing Level II category, and Faurecia's Glenn Donell was designated National Buyer of the Year by the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council. The honors were announced this week at the 31st Annual MMSDC Awards Ceremony in Detroit. Faurecia North America
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. announced Monday that Krista Tanner will join the company on Nov. 10 as vice president, ITC Holdings Corp., and president of ITC Midwest. In this role, Tanner will serve as the business unit head and provide leadership and strategic direction for ITC Midwest. She will be based at ITC Midwest's
ANN ARBOR ? OcuSciences, a medical diagnostic device manufacturer that developed a technology to detect eye disease years earlier than current method, was named Medical Main Street?s ?INNO-VATOR of the Year.? OcuSciences is a medical diagnostic device company commercializing a rapid, non-invasive test for early detection of retinal disease. Physicians can use the device to
LANSING - The latest forecast for Michigan's economy from the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics from the University of Michigan projects lower job growth in Michigan for 2014 because of the severity of last winter. However, the forecast also projects a sharp rise in personal income growth for 2014 compared to 2013, and projects continued
LANSING - Within two years, all of the schools in the state will be connected with a dedicated network as part of the Technology Readiness Infrastructure Grants, the State Board of Education was told Tuesday. The grants, $41.5 million for the current fiscal year and $50 million each of the prior two years, were designed
DETROIT - AT&T Wednesday announced that it will add the Nexus 6 by Motorola, to its industry-leading device portfolio. Pricing and availability will be announced later. The Nexus 6, designed by Motorola and powered by the latest Android 5.0 operating system, is AT&T?s first Nexus device. Beautifully showcasing a new Material Design aesthetic, the Nexus
SAN FRANCISCO - Third-party services that let Snapchat users back up their photos and videos - and that Snapchat claims it tried to shut down - are at the center of the latest Snapchat hack. An enormous, 13-gigabyte library of photos and videos from an estimated 200,000 accounts had been saved through apps and websites
WARREN - Students from elementary through high school will demonstrate their ability to design, program and build autonomous robots at Lawrence Technological University?s Halloween RoboParade on Oct. 25 at the Expo Center on the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren. The event is open to the public and admission is free. Many of
SAN FRANCISCO - Russian hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system in order to target computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and the telecommunications and energy sectors, according to security firm iSight. In a blog post Tuesday, Dallas-based iSight, in collaboration with Microsoft, said the zero-day vulnerability impacts all supported