LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission ordered Consumers Energy to refund some $39.6 million annualized for overcharging customers since May. The commission found Monday (case No. U-15645) that Consumers could only increase its rates $139.4 million annually, less than the $215 million it had requested and the $179 million the utility increased its rates
SAN JOSE, Ca. - On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, a
LANSING - Credits given for brownfield redevelopment, job growth and research and development are essential to boosting Michigan's economy and allowing communities to reinvent themselves, officials from the Michigan Municipal League and Michigan Manufacturers Association said Wednesday as they urged legislators not to support reductions to the credits. The testimony was the second before the
LANSING - A package of bill imposing a variety of additional requirements on embryonic stem cell research in the state would violate the spirit of the constitutional amendment allowing such efforts and hurt those now underway in Michigan, the Senate Health Policy Committee was told by opponents on Wednesday. But the chair of the committee,
EAST LANSING - Michigan citizens may be ready for election reforms that relax the state's tough term limits and create an independent commission to draw new voting districts, the latest results from Michigan State University's State of the State Survey showed. About 61 percent of Michigan residents favored lifting the 14-year lifetime limit on state
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company and the University of Michigan are working together to discover the next frontier of in-car-communications. The two have joined forces to launch a project that gives students access to a Ford developmental operating system so these students can test and program new applications in search of the "what's next" for
LANSING - Though they can implement the rate hikes without initial approval, the Michigan Public Service Commission is ordering more utilities to say exactly how much they plan to hike rates. The commission had already ordered Consumers Energy and DTE Energy affiliates to disclose planned rate hikes when it could not complete their rate cases
LANSING - Michigan State University's Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service will be spared a gubernatorial veto, sources have confirmed, as Governor Jennifer Granholm will complete her action on the state's remaining 2009-10 budget bills on Friday. But worries about other programs that may be vetoed were voiced Thursday as officials waited for Ms.
LANSING - If your Michigan small business launched a new product or service in the past three years, you could win the 2009 Innovation Award - a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program. But hurry: the application deadline is Nov. 9. The winning company will be recognized April 29, 2010, in front
SAN JOSE, Ca. - McAfee has released research finding from a global study that midsize organizations are cutting their security budgets at the same time that cyberthreats are escalating. The study found that more than half of midsize companies surveyed globally have seen more security incidents in the past year, and a single midsized company