LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a slew of settlement agreements, including one authorizing Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation to increase natural gas rates by nearly $5 million across the board effective January 1, 2014. The Michigan Gas rate change would result in an increase of 96 cents on the monthly bill of
DETROIT - Mark Fields, the chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company, kicks off Inforum's New Year at its 12th Annual Auto Show Breakfast in January. Fields is responsible for all Ford's business operations globally and contributed significantly to the transformation of the company's North American operations and its record profitability. Join this interactive discussion
TROY ? The Detroit Auto Dealers Association has developed a new app that features photos of vehicles at the North American International Auto Show, but also at other major shows in Paris, Geneva, Frankfurt, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and beyond. NAIAS Chairman Bob Shuman says Auto Show Passport app will answer a common question: 'What are
LANSING ? Tax incentives of more than $2 million by the Michigan Strategic Fund and Michigan cities will prompt three companies to invest up to $24 million and create some 400 new jobs in the state. ?These expansions in our automotive and IT sectors highlight Michigan?s singular leadership in making things and making things work,?
KALAMAZOO - John Balbach, a long-time technology business consultant at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, is leaving his post on Nov. 15 to take a job in Minnesota at what he described as a ?clean-energy? company. Balbach declined to identify his new employer, saying that task would be left up to them.
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder signed five bills Wednesday designed to allow military veterans to allow their experience in the armed forces to qualify them for similar civilian jobs. Snyder signed legislation enabling: Veterans who specialized in military health care to obtain an emergency medical technician or related license, with fees waived for those honorably
TENAFLY, N.J. - Wireless cameras, RFID key cards, keyboards, cordless phones, just about every wireless technology that isn?t light- or sound-based will attract a hoard of researchers (and attackers) looking at ways to exploit them. Are you prepared? It is now known that your car?s GPS, toaster and medical devices are vulnerable to attack. For
LANSING - Just 1,329 Michiganders have completed enrollment in a health insurance plan through the deeply troubled federal exchange in the first month of operations, a pace that would put enrollment numbers a whopping 95 percent below the forecast for enrollment in the first year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the
LANSING - Legislation allowing those who earn a bachelor's degree at a Michigan college or university to receive a substantial credit on their income tax for their student loans if they find work in Michigan won approval Wednesday from the Senate Finance Committee. SB 408 would create an income tax break of up to 50
DETROIT ? If you want to get a chance to check out Google Glass, the search engine?s new wearable computer, you can do so Nov. 16-17 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Since May, Google has been beta testing Glass, which will display on-the-go maps, voice searches, video calls, photo sharing and more. More