LANSING - After ending the week with both sides claiming the other had to reach out, it appeared Monday as though the two lead negotiators on a retirement package for school employees were once again trying to get to a compromise. But the two sides still seem to be in disagreement over several parts of
SAN FRANCISCO - With Facebook's security and privacy standards under fire from all sides, suffice it to say that this is not a good time for one of the company's investors to fall for a Facebook phishing scam. On Saturday evening, a Facebook event invitation was sent to some of the over 2,300 friends of
ANN ARBOR ? Borders Group will redefine its electronic book strategy by selling new e-Book readers at prices less than the competition, the company said Friday. In August, Borders said it will sell the Kobe eReader for $149.99, more than 100 bucks less than the hot selling Amazon Kindle, which retails for $259.99. The Kobe
FCC Details Plan To Reassert Authority Over Internet WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday detailed plans for its so-called "third way" to reclassify broadband service as a telecommunications service, which would help the agency reassert its authority for regulating the Internet, after it lost an important legal battle last month. The purpose
DETROIT - A popular day-long conference for emerging entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan is returning this year to Wayne State University on May 25-26. The free conferences are tailored toward individuals who missed the program last year. The FastTrac to the Future conferences will host about 1,000 attendees over the two-day event, bringing together displaced workers,
DETROIT - 2010 marks the sixth year for the Midwest Technology Leaders Symposium, which gathers the Midwest's top information executives - CIOs and senior level IT Executives to the MGM Grand Detroit on May 26. MTL provides a platform to recognize achievements in the Midwest IT community in a non-political cross-industry event. Attendees will take
ANN ARBOR - Emerging Company and New Business Idea participants are preparing their documents for this Friday's deadline for spring 2010 edition of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest business-plan competition. Entrepreneurs vying for the $100,000 SmartZone Award submitted their business plans on April 23.Winners in all categories will be announced at the GLEQ Awards Event
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, which provides the manufacturing ERP software called Plex Online, Tuesday announced that it had recurring revenue growth of 28 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared with the same quarter in 2009. Total revenue grew 18 percent quarter over quarter. The company also added eight new customers and continued
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm's signing of bills Friday banning text messaging while driving on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" might not have been as wild as when Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch, but it certainly qualified as one of the more unconventional bill signing ceremonies in recent memory. The theme of Winfrey's Friday episode
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting a business plan competition in conjunction with the Eastside Innovation Campus that will showcase five innovation-based entrepreneurs; the competition winner, as judged by a panel of noted funding and business experts, will win prizes to support their venture, including a one year incubator lease at SPARK East