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
PLYMOUTH ? MITechNews.Com was one of dozens of Michigan companies to win the Corp! Magazine DiTechSci Awards announced Thursday at Schoolcraft College. MITechNews.Com was one of 15 companies named in the Digital category. Nearly two score more companies were given awards in the Science and Technology categories. ?We?re thrilled to win such a prestigious award
GRAND RAPIDS - Renowned cancer scientist and epigenetics expert Stephen Baylin, M.D., has accepted an appointment at Van Andel Research Institute to help lead its multi-institutional VARI-Stand Up to Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team. Baylin is the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research in the Oncology Department and co-head of Cancer Biology at the
WASHINGTON DC ? On Thursday, as expected, the Federal Communications Commission adopted Net neutrality regulations based on a new definition of broadband that will let the government regulate Internet infrastructure just like the old Ma Bell. At the FCC's monthly meeting, the agency reinstated open Internet rules in a 3-2 vote split along party lines.
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech has appointed Bill Frohriep, Jr. as the company?s new Senior Director of Sales. He comes from CenturyLink/Savvis, where he was Area Vice President of the Midwest Region. Frohriep will be responsible for Online Tech?s sales organization as the company continues its rapid Midwestern U.S. expansion. His career at CenturyLink/Savvis spanned
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian hacking suspect, the highest bounty ever offered by US authorities in a cybercrime case. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is accused of being the mastermind behind the GameOver Zeus botnet, which was used by cybercriminals
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute has launched the Van Andel Fellows program, a new concept for interdisciplinary postdoctoral training aimed at the very best early career scientists. Those selected as Van Andel Fellows will conduct postdoctoral research on an interdisciplinary project under the mentorship of two of more VARI principal investigators and will
DETROIT ? Comerica Bank reports that economic activity increased again in December, keeping the Michigan Index pointed up and to the right, after a one-month decline in October. December?s reading is 46 points, or 62 percent, above the index cyclical low of 73.8. The index averaged 117.3 points for all of 2014, three and one-tenth
WASHINGTON DC - US Senate Republicans appear to have largely abandoned efforts to fight an FCC vote later this week that's expected to reclassify broadband as a public utility-like service. After years of grappling with how much or even whether the federal government should be involved in regulating the Internet, the commission is expected to