DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index jumped 1.9 points in May, to 103.9, 73 percent above the index cyclical low of 59.9 during the recent recession. The index has averaged 102 points in the first five months of 2012, 11 points above the index average for all of 2011. "The economic recovery of
KALAMAZOO - Physicians at medical centers in Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids are helping to identify interested individuals for participation in a clinical trial of a novel drug therapy for patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease. MSDC-0160, a new drug which is also being developed as a treatment for diabetes by Kalamazoo-based Metabolic Solutions Development
FENTON - Digital marketing agency, 3Sixty Interactive, has added The DM Burr Group as a client for website management, search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, social and email marketing. Before signing with 3Sixty Interactive, The DM Burr Group had tried a number of online marketing companies and tools including pay per click advertising, social
NEW YORK - Computer-security experts took down the world's third-largest botnet, which they say was responsible for 18 percent of the world's spam. Command-and-control servers in Panama and the Netherlands pumping out up to 18 billion spam messages a day for the Grum botnet were taken down Tuesday, but the botnet's architects set up new
WASHINGTON D.C. - A U.S. policy report says Congress should preempt certain state and federal regulations in order to allow companies the freedom to share with the government information about cyber security threats and attacks without fear of breaking data breach and other laws. More information sharing is needed between companies and government agencies in
WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move to get cybersecurity legislation approved before the Senate recess, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and four colleagues introduced a modified version of their proposed cybersecurity legislation that adds privacy protections for consumers and removes government mandated security standards. Republicans had opposed the initial version of the Democrat-backed bill, introduced in
ANN ARBOR - Despite being challenged by bad weather conditions along the way, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team has won the 2012 American Solar Challenge with their car Quantum for a fourth consecutive American title ? and broken the current national record. The 8-day, biennial 1,650-mile competition for solar-powered vehicles started in Rochester,
LAS VEGAS - Computer geeks attending the world's largest annual hacking party in Las Vegas this week will have a rare chance to rub shoulders with the head of the U.S. National Security Agency. General Keith Alexander, director of the spy agency, will speak at the Defcon conference, marking the highest-level visit to date by
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was elected as the sixth chair of the board of trustees and will serve until July 2015. President McRobbie joined the board in 2009 and succeeds University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, who served as chair for the last year and as a
NEW YORK ? A new survey shows 68 percent of respondents with a cell contract struggle to afford their monthly bill, primarily due to rising costs in phone plans and extra fees. Another 34 percent of respondents said they were struggling to afford their monthly cell bill due to other financial commitments and bills that