LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement agreement granting American Transmission Company and ATC Management Inc. a certificate to construct a 138 kilovolt overhead transmission line from Holmes Township in Menominee County to the Old Mead Substation in Delta County. "The new transmission line is intended to improve electric reliability significantly
DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder is seeking federal approval of 50,000 employment-based visas over a five year period in hopes of bringing immigrants to live and work in Detroit. If approved by the federal government, and Snyder was headed to Washington after Thursday's announcement to lobby for the approval, immigrants receiving an EB-2 visa under
LANSING - One day after Governor Rick Snyder unveiled his proposal for the state to commit $350 million over the next 20 years toward the pensions of retired Detroit city government employees to mitigate reductions to those pensions due to the city's bankruptcy, several suburban Detroit legislators are asking for more specifics before committing to
TROY ? Join the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 6 for a discussion on the changing dynamics of doing business in Mexico, including manufacturing trends and fiscal and legal reforms. Open to the public and supported by Automation Alley, Global Development Partners, Inc. (GDP) and Clayton & McKervey, P.C., this is a must-attend event
NEW YORK - Prosecutors have charged 13 defendants with using card skimmers installed at gas stations to steal more than $2 million from customers throughout the southern United States. The ring allegedly used card readers installed inside gas pumps to record payment card data and PINs from customers, CNET News.Com reported. The skimmers were installed
CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple has filed a patent application that would try to gauge some of your physical and behavioral facets to serve up ads that may appeal to you. "Inferring user mood based on user and group characteristic data," an Apple patent application published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, CNET News.Com
SAN FRANCISCO - One security researcher has proven how Snapchat's new verification system can be hacked, just days after its Captcha-style image verification debuted. Steve Hickson used his knowledge of how computers recognize images and template matching to show how a computer could fool the new security tool, CNET News.Com reported. "I spent around 30
GRAND RAPIDS - Student and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $55,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Every year, millions of dollars in tax refunds and credits go unclaimed by those
WARREN - Women leaders will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association at its 18th Annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace Symposium and Awards program on February 4 at The Henry in Dearborn. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. followed by a lunch. The conference runs until 2:00 p.m. The event is held
STAMFORD - By 2017, mobile apps will be downloaded more than 268 billion times, generating revenue of more than $77 billion and making apps one of the most popular computing tools for users across the globe, according to Gartner. As a result, Gartner predicts that mobile users will provide personalized data streams to more than