DETROIT - Ned Staebler, who has served as vice president of economic development at Wayne State University received a new title Monday when he was named President and CEO of TechTown, replacing Leslie Smith, who took a similar job in Memphis. Staebler?s apointement was confirmed by the Univesity board on Monday. He remains in his
LANSING - Three projects expected to generate nearly 100 jobs and more than $3.7 million in the state have been approved for film incentives by the Michigan Film Office, and all three projects will be produced by Exxodus Pictures Studio in downtown Detroit. "The announcement of a Detroit-based production company making a series of feature
DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder pushed for more emphasis on career and technical education as he launched the first merger of the Governor's Education Summit and the Governor's Economic Summit. Noting that the education and economic development people had tended to segregate themselves in the room, he urged participants for the remainder of Monday's events
GRAND RAPIDS ? It?s official. Open Systems Technologies (OST) Chief Operating Officer Meredith Bronk has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer on April 1. The announcement was made Monday by founding CEO Dan Behm, who is retiring. Bronk assumes the top job at the $100 million plus revenue company one years after getting
SAN FRANCISO - Uber announced that one of its databases was possibly breached last year, which could have put up to 50,000 former and current Uber drivers' personal information at risk. The breach was first discovered on September 17 of last year and Uber believes it was a onetime incident that happened on May 13,
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SAN FRANCISCO - You don't have to be a direct customer of Anthem to have been a victim of the company's recent hack. Anthem's initial analysis indicates that about 78.8 million people may have been affected by the cyberattack, according to the company's Anthem Facts page. If you held insurance through Blue Cross and Blue
LANSING - Jobs from the film industry may be part-time, but wages generally surpass the average salary and provide benefits for many workers in the state, supporters of the $50 million film incentives told the Michigan House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday, but opponents said the lack of permanent jobs shows the program isn't working
LANSING - While many of the state's license fees, especially for alcohol permits, may no longer be considered sustainable revenue streams for their respective programs and so need to be increased, a portion of those increases also is expected to pay for IT upgrades, an official with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said