ATLANTA - Home Depot said Tuesday it is investigating "unusual activity" related to customer data but stopped short of confirming it had fallen victim to a major credit card breach. The home-improvement retailer announced it was working with law enforcement officials after security reporter Brian Krebs reported that "multiple banks" had seen evidence that Home
ANN ARBOR - Fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States is now at an all-time high, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in August was 25.8 mpg, up 0.2 mpg from July. Vehicle fuel economy
ANN ARBOR - Toyota?s Collaborative Safety Research Center announced Thursday that it is significantly expanding its mission to advance automotive safety research, with a new focus on the challenges and opportunities that evolving vehicle technologies will present over the next decade. Thanks to a new $35 million commitment that extends the center?s effort to the
WASHINGTON DC - A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, the Wall Street Journal has reported. A computer hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials. Investigators found no evidence that consumers' personal
WALKER - Meijer Inc. will hire 4,800 new part-time seasonal employees in Michigan for the Holiday rush, and another 5,500 in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The retailer has opened nine new stories this year and also expects a huge surge in shopping related to the upcoming Holidays. This year marks a 10 percent hike
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DETROIT ? The early bird special price of only $199 to attend the MichBio Expo at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit ends Sept. 5. Then the price goes up to $249. The program includes: Keynote address by FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD Plenary Luncheon with remarks by Joseph V. Gulfo, MD, MBA of Breakthrough
DETROIT - NextEnergy will be a tour stop at ITS World Congress Detroit, where it will demonstrate the future for smart energy and transportation technology with Qualcomm and Chrysler Group. Jean Redfield, NextEnergy President and CEO, said she expects upwards of 10,000 professionals to be in Detroit next week for the conference with about a
DETROIT ? A huge line up of government, industry and academic speakers will soon be announced for the November Michigan Summit, says Michigan Chief Information Officer David Behen. Behen, in an interview with MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan, said those announcements will be made sometime this month. Also on tap for the third Cyber Security Summit
DETROIT- The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index for August hovered just above the three-month average and well above the value that suggests economic growth. In a show of confidence, more than 93 percent of the respondents believe the Southeast Michigan economy will remain stable or become more stable over the next six months. The tale