LANSING - President Barack Obama delivered a staggering disappointment to Republicans in putting Michigan in the Democratic column for a sixth consecutive election as he rolled to a second term, but beneath Democratic wins at the top of the ticket, Michigan Republicans scored key triumphs elsewhere. Besides Michigan's 16 electoral votes, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
LANSING - Voters looked at the dreams of unions, anti-tax activists, environmentalists and Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun on Tuesday's ballot and stomped them to smithereens. In a resounding victory for Governor Rick Snyder, Attorney General Bill Schuette, business interests, those wanting to retain flexibility to raise new revenue and backers of a new
LANSING - Republican-nominated justices will continue to have the majority on Michigan's Supreme Court as Justice Stephen Markman and Justice Brian Zahra were on the road to election, with Democrat nominated Bridget McCormack on the way to winning a seat on the state's highest bench. Should the results stay as they had through the night,
ROCHESTER ? Factoring company Hennessey Capital LLC said Monday that its assets have been purchased by Hitachi Capital America Corp., which provides financing to its portfolio companies as well as the U.S. commercial business sector. Terms were not announced. Hennessey spokeswoman Katie Mullin said the company?s headquarters in Rochester will remain open, and its 12
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group will host a free workshop for business owners and IT decision makers Nov. 7 called the Modern Office With Cisco. Companies today want to automate and reduce their technology burden - doing more with less or, better yet, more with what they have - yet many are not been able to
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Java-based malware package has been found that has the potential to affect multiple platforms. In the past month a new multiplatform malware package called Jacksbot has been discovered, and while it was initially deemed a minimal threat, it might not stay that way for some Mac, Windows, and Linux users,
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook last weekend disabled a loophole that might have allowed some accounts to be accessed without a password. The vulnerability, which was posted to Hacker News on Friday, could potentially have allowed an unauthorized user to access another person's Facebook account. The flaw centered on e-mails sent out by the social network
DENVER - Internet2 and EDUCAUSE announced a new pilot in their continuing eContent series. More than 20 colleges and universities, Courseload, CourseSmart, Elsevier Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Education are expected to participate in Spring 2013. The pilots involve platforms, electronic textbooks (eTexts) and other online materials (eContent) to provide campuses an opportunity to explore, evaluate,
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill - CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology industry, introduced a new business-level credential for providers of managed print services solutions who commit to a code of conduct, industry-accepted best practices and high levels of customer service and support. The CompTIA Managed Print Trustmark is designed to qualify and differentiate organizations
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK presented its annual FastTrack awards to Washtenaw-based companies that have demonstrated consistent growth. Several of the 2012 FastTrack award recipients were multiple year winners. FastTrack awards are presented to companies with consistent records of growth. Recipients of 2012 FastTrack awards were required to have revenue of at least $100,000