NEW YORK ? A new survey shows 68 percent of respondents with a cell contract struggle to afford their monthly bill, primarily due to rising costs in phone plans and extra fees. Another 34 percent of respondents said they were struggling to afford their monthly cell bill due to other financial commitments and bills that
WASHINGTON DC - Two U.S. senators are calling for a federal investigation of the power grid's potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities after a CNET article last month raised security concerns. The request for a probe comes from Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME), the panel's senior Republican,
DETROIT ? The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan has merged with the old Connectech Detroit to expand its technology networking group with a focused on mobile technology. MTAM currently has chapters in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Lansing. With this merger, MTAM will reach out to former Connectech Detroit members ? and former Connectech
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office gave the movie, ?Only Lovers Left Alive,? an incentive of $365,904. Set in Detroit and Tangiers, the project will feature a wide range of Detroit locations and showcase some of Detroit?s influential sounds and diverse musical contributions throughout the soundtrack. Written and directed by iconic independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch,
LANSING - House Speaker Jase Bolger and Rep. Roy Schmidt clearly attempted to perpetrate a fraud on the electorate by attempting to pay a friend of Schmidt's nephew to run against him after he switched parties, according to a scathing report released Tuesday by the Kent County prosecutor, but none of it was illegal. The
LANSING - States face a series of revenue and fiscal issues, including Medicaid costs, underfunded retirement costs, local government fiscal stress and narrowing tax bases that could lead to overall budget crisis for many states, a national report said. The report, from the State Budget Crisis Task Force, did not include Michigan in the states
LANSING - The Michigan Retailers Association on Monday called on Treasurer Andy Dillon to send a bill to online mogul Amazon for sales tax owed to the state, asserting it has a physical presence and therefore, by law, must require its customers pay sales tax. "Because Amazon has a physical presence in Michigan it has
DETROIT - General Motors will be creating big new IT development centers at its Warren tech center and its downtown Detroit headquarters over the next three years under new chief information officer Randy Mott, told WWJ Newsradio 950 editor Matt Roush. In an interview Thursday morning, Mott said he believes ?insourcing? IT will give GM
LANSING - It would take just 10 male and 10 female Asian carp to locate in the Great Lakes basin to produce a 50 percent chance of successfully spawning offspring provided the fish find a suitable spawning river, according to a report released Thursday by the Canadian government. One item that is unclear, according to
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation on Thursday announced the approval of incentives for five businesses by the Michigan Strategic Fund through the Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization Programs. The expansions include Arcadia Brewing Company in Kalamazoo, ArcticAx US in Grand Rapids, Blue Star 2 in Benton Harbor, Ionia Ventures in Grand Rapids