DETROIT ? Caroline Dobbins when she graduated last year from Albion College and took an internship with Challenge Detroit didn?t know what to expect working in downtown Detroit. She only ventured there to attend the occasional Detroit Tigers and Red Wings game, but never gave working and living in Motown any serious thought. A year
DETROIT - Compuware Corp. surprised Wall Street and beat first quarter earnings estimates, which has been rewarded with more favorable ratings from some analysts. The computer software and services company reported this week adjusted earnings per share increased 100 percent to a penny in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 ended June 30 compared
SAN FRANCISCO - Cybercrimes cost the global economy up to $500 billion annually, and can potentially result in the loss of 500,000 jobs in the United States alone. These findings were highlighted in a report released Tuesday by the Center of Strategic and International Studies and commissioned by McAfee and reported by CNET News.Com. Aimed
SAN FRANCISCO - The Syrian Electronic Army sent out a warning over Twitter earlier Tuesday that said, "If you have 'Viber' app installed we advise you to delete it." The hacking group was claiming responsibility for both breaching Viber's database and defacing its Web site, according to The Hacker News and reported by CNET News.Com.
LANSING - Press conferences were held in Lansing and Detroit on Wednesday by activist groups in an effort to draw support for HB 4554 , which would raise the minimum wage in Michigan to $10 an hour by 2016. In Lansing, Danielle Atkinson, director of Mothering Justice, said that there is a need for the
LANSING - The project tied to a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings in Detroit was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund Board on Wednesday, with some words of encouragement from Governor Rick Snyder. The project, known as the Catalyst Development Project, includes arena where the Red Wings will play as well as a
LANSING - Sen. Roger Kahn on Wednesday presented a Senate Medicaid workgroup proposal that keeps critical components of the House bill to expand and reform Medicaid while ensuring the reforms remain even if federal waivers are not granted or the Affordable Care Act is repealed. "Besides the ability to opt-out, it was important that we
TROY ? Tracy Ann Palmer's We Build Character is now accepting mentee applications for Elevate, its CIO mentoring progran. The year-long program focuses on developing up-and-coming talent who would benefit from an individual coach, yet may not have the means to hire one on their own. After completing an online application which clarifies their personal
LANSING - Michigan Corporate Relations Network this week announced five more Michigan companies have won Small Company Innovation Program grant awards. The new grants, designed to promote research partnerships between Michigan small businesses and the universities comprising MCRN, are in addition to eight awarded in May as part of the latest round of SCIP grant
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp., the nation's largest independent electric transmission company, reported net income of $47.4 million or 90 cents a share in the second quarter ended June 30, up from $42.4 million or 81 cents a share in the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue was $229.8 million, up from $197.4 million a