ANN ARBOR - The 17th Annual Charles Reinhart Company Realtors Coat Drive collected 1,540 new and gently used winter coats through early January 1,540 and donated them to more than 20 local agencies. Capitol Cleaners, Chelsea Cleaners, and Gold Bond Cleaners generously donated their services to professionally clean the coats before they are distributed to
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest will be announcing ten winners in the first Vision to Action Challenge at ACE'13 on January 31 in Livonia as part of the GLEQ Business Plan Competition awards presentation. The Vision to Action Challenge was introduced as a new track in the Fall 2012 GLEQ Business Plan Competition.
SAN JOSE - In a forthcoming paper, Google engineers float the idea of supplementing passwords with hardware you wear. Or carry. Or slip onto a finger. Hardly a day goes by that some high-profile person -- along with countless people of lower profile -- has an account hacked. Weak password, stolen password, non-existent password --
SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymous has set its sights on Mexico's Department of Defense. The group's Mexican legion has claimed responsibility for waging a distributed-denial-of-service attack on the government site, rendering it inoperable for several hours yesterday, according to the Associated Press. During the attack, the group posted a statement on the media section of the
WASHINGTON DC - A new draft bill published today aims to increase privacy for mobile app users. Led by U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), the bill aims to legally require app developers to publicize how they gather information and also let users request deletion of their stored data, CNET News.Com reported. To create the draft
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium has issued a call for presenting companies for the 32nd annual Midwest equity event to be held May 21-22 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti. The Symposium is the premier Midwest networking event for leaders in venture capital investment to connect with emerging growth companies actively searching
LANSING - December tax collections were about $102.6 million above the level expected in the Senate Fiscal Agency's estimate for the month, with the bulk of additional revenue being accounted for with the Michigan Business Tax and Corporate Income Tax collections, the Senate Fiscal Agency's December 2012 revenue report showed on Wednesday. Michigan Business Tax
LANSING - Acting the day after his State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder on Thursday signed Executive Order 2013-1, creating a new Department of Insurance and Financial Services. The order establishes that the new department will have authority over all insurance and banking issues in the state. In announcing the order, Snyder confirmed
LANSING - A major effort to win Republican control of Michigan's Legislature, along with similar efforts in other states, helped ensure the U.S. House stayed in Republican control in the 2012 election because of redistricting changes enacted in the states, so said a report that was released earlier this month by the national Republican State
LANSING - The federal government has awarded Michigan a $30.7 million grant to help set up the health insurance exchange through a state-federal partnership. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the grant Thursday as part of $1.5 billion awarded to 11 states to assist with setting up the exchanges that are part