WASHINGTON DC - For decades, America's small business owners have asked for more affordable health insurance coverage and more tax relief. The new health reform law ? the Affordable Care Act ? provides both. First, it offers tax credits for small employers who pay at least half of their employees' health insurance premiums. Starting this
BIRMINGHAM - There is a disturbing tendency on the part of the US Congress to legislate the Internet. A case in point is HR 2271 backed by eleven US Represntatives and submitted to review by the House Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs Commitees last May(2009). Thankfully, there has been no serious deliberation on this
WARREN - Six high-tech science and technology teams from four continents have been named finalists in the inaugural Multi Autonomous Ground-Robotic International Challenge (MAGIC 2010) hosted by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center. Teams from the United States, Turkey, Japan and Australia have been selected by the U.S. and the Australian
LANSING - In a split decision, the Supreme Court overturned lower courts Friday by finding that copying pornographic images of children to a disc does not constitute manufacture. Brian Hill was convicted of making or producing child sexually abusive materials for copying images form the Internet and saving them to compact discs. Hill argued that
SOUTHFIELD ? Secure-24, a managed hosting, disaster recovery, and managed services for the mission-critical IT applications of industry and government, has 47 job openings. Secure-24 was named 2010 SAP Pinnacle Award Finalist for IT Outsourcing Partner of the Year, the only US based partner to receive the nomination. What's more, the company just hired Inga
ANN ARBOR - Cerenis Therapeutics SA, a biotech company with dual headquarters in Ann Arbor and France, has secured $51.7 million in venture capital to continue developing its cholesterol therapy technologies, executives said Sunday night, the biggest Michigan venture investment in nearly four years. The transaction is the biggest venture capital deal for a Michigan
SAN FRANCISCO - The security world is aflutter over new malware that has been spreading via USB devices and is programmed to steal data from systems running specific software used in utilities and industrial manufacturing plants. There are a lot of moving parts to this story so CNET News.Com decided to break them down and
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited Wednesday released a white paper that talks about the benefits of the fiber optic loop that connects the Cereal City's downtown area, Battle Creek airport, Fort Custer Industrial Park and all major businesses areas ? and how it helps attract and retain high-tech companies in the area. The white
ANN ARBOR ? The University of Michigan said Wednesday it plans to lease 4,300 square feet of lab space to a startup chemical products company that was developed up the road in East Lansing ? making BoroPharm Inc. the first commercial tenant of the 174-acre ex-Pfizer campus that was acquired by the U-M in June
COOPERSVILLE ? IT Resource, a West Michigan provider of IT services for such clients as Spectrum Health Medical Services in Grand Rapids, has gone live with a new web site that will better communicate the breadth of the company's services and enhance customer experiences. The new web site, ITRW.Net went live on July 1, said