LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund did not report accurate data about the number of jobs created through the 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund programs to the Legislature, and failed to adequately monitor the progress companies assisted through the funds were making in meeting their employment goals, said an audit released Tuesday by Auditor General
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder is getting an early start on his re-election campaign with the launch Wednesday of a two-week television advertising blitz touting his record in office. Snyder continued to insist Tuesday that he has not formally announced his candidacy for a second term in refusing to answer questions about the ad, which
LANSING - Veteran TV newsman Tim Dye is a new vice president of Truscott Rossman and will be based in the growing Grand Rapids office. Dye, most recently news director at WXYZ-TV in Detroit and former news director at WXMI-TV in Grand Rapids. A Saginaw native who now calls Grand Rapids home, Dye will guide
BRUSSELS, Belgium ? The European Union Commissioner for Justice said Europe needs new cross-national data protection laws to countermand the ongoing backlash against business following the NSA PRISM spying scandal that rocked the world earlier this year. Vivian Reding claimed the region's economy will suffer unless new uniform data protection laws are created. "Trust has
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's iPhone sales topped nine million during the first three days of sale, what Apple described as "our best iPhone launch yet." Apple didn't break out specific sales numbers for the high-end 5S versus the colorful 5C, but did say that the combined unit sales set a launch-weekend record. Apple is also
LANSING - The other state universities have now benefited from the funds Wayne State University officials forfeited in June when they approved an 8.9 percent tuition increase. The WSU Board of Governors had acknowledged when it approved the increase that $534,700 in performance funding would be lost. Because WSU was the only school to break
LANSING - While private sector employment has shown some rebound since the end of the Great Recession, employment by Michigan local governments continues to fall, a report from the Citizens Research Council said. K-12 education has been especially hard hit with overall employment down by job losses. Total employment in the sector is down by
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group has filed plans for an initial public offering as the U.S. auto maker takes its first step to return to the market, a move that has angered Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. Fiat owns majority interest in Chrysler and wants to acquire the 41.5 percent owned by the United Auto Workers
WATERLOO, Canada - BlackBerry announced Monday it reached a preliminary deal with one of its biggest shareholders to try to take the company private for about $4.7 billion, which could let the struggling mobile device maker find a suitor. Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance firm, signed a letter of intent with the BlackBerry board
SAN FRANCISCO - Security company Intego has found a new malware package for OS X, called OSX/Leverage.A, which appears to be yet another targeted command-and-control Trojan horse, this time with apparent associations with the Syrian Electronic Army; however, Apple has blocked its ability to run with an XProtect update only days after its discovery. The