LANSING - The Pure Michigan Facebook fan page crossed the 200,000-fan mark, the first state tourism Facebook page to do so. Pure Michigan on Facebook is one of only four state tourism Facebook pages with more than 100,000 fans. Tourism is a major source of revenue for Michigan?s economy. Since its launch in 2006, the
ANN ARBOR - Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Tuesday announced it has agreed pay $35 million in fines and to reduce manufacturing and sales of several of its medical devices after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered numerous violations at the company's Scio Township headquarters. The Japanese owned company signed a consent decree agreeing that it
DETROIT ? Eastern Market will serve up a gathering of entrepreneurs, corporate decision makers, tech professionals, students and more at the FutureMidwest conference April 28-29. The conference will feature keynotes by Josh Linkner, founder and chairman of Detroit-based e-Prize, one of the world?s most successful digital interactive promotions companies, and highlighting the April 28 evening
ANN ARBOR - Join a Web chat March 29 at noon with Rob Fowler, president and CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan, and Jennifer Owens, vice president of business development at Ann Arbor SPARK. To take part in the web chat on Tuesday, go to FreePopinion.Com a>>
TROY - Walsh College and Wayne County Community College District will host "I.T. PAY$," a free Information Technology Career Exploration Night, on March 31 from 6-8 p.m. at the WCCCD Eastern Campus. National employment for computer network, systems, and database administrators is expected to grow by 30 percent through 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau
SAN FRANCISCO - In every disaster scammers see an opportunity, and the crisis in Japan is no exception. Already there have been fake Red Cross e-mails circulating and there will no doubt be more scams coming. Those e-mails appear to come from the British Red Cross. They provide some news on the earthquake and tsunami
SOUTHFIELD ? TiE Detroit will host Michael Finney, the new President of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., on April 5 at the Westin Southfield where he will discuss Open Source Economic Development. At the evening event, Finney will discuss: His concept of "open source economic development"? Governor Snyder's structural change in MEGA Tax Breaks New
LANSING - Anglers have a long tradition of sharing their bounty with family and friends. You can help provide meals to other hungry families across our state when you purchase your fishing license and make a donation to Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger. When you purchase your license, tell your dealer that you would like to
SAN FRANCISCO - Information about RSA's SecurID authentication tokens used by millions of people, including government and bank employees, was stolen during an "extremely sophisticated cyberattack," putting customers relying on them to secure their networks at risk, the company said. "Recently, our security systems identified an extremely sophisticated cyberattack in progress being mounted against RSA,"
WASHINGTON DC - Rustock, purveyor of more e-mail spam than any other network in the world, was brought down by Microsoft and US Marshals. A lawsuit by Microsoft that was unsealed at the company's request triggered several coordinated raids last Wednesday that took down Rustock, a botnet that infected millions of computers with malicious code