SAN FRANCISCO - The personal information you give to businesses may not be as secure as you hope, according to a new survey. Around 55 percent of all businesses acknowledge that they secure credit card information but not Social Security numbers, bank account details, and other personal data, according to a survey of more than
DETROIT - Terence Adderley, Chairman of Kelly Services, and Cynthia Pasky, CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions, were two winners named Friday night at the Ninth Annual Automation Alley Awards Gala, held this year at the Roostertail in downtown Detroit. Adderley was selected as Legend CEO (Lifetime Achievement Award) for his dedication to leading one of
LANSING - Two more budgets were cleared out of conference committees on Sunday, but work remains on four more. While the budgets for the Department of Corrections and Department of Education cleared conference panels, meetings for the human services, community health, general government and transportation were cancelled Sunday and rescheduled for Tuesday. No formal budget
MACKINAC ISLAND - Business executive Rick Snyder said his victory in this weekend's straw poll of participants in the Republican Party's Mackinac conference shows his campaign has the organizational skills and support to win. Of the 1,244 votes cast, Mr. Snyder prevailed with 31 percent to 24.1 percent for Attorney General Mike Cox, 24 percent
LORETTO, Ky. - Laphroaig Islay Single Malt Scotch is bringing a taste of Scotland to the readers of MITEchNews.Com in an event unlike any other, an interactive, online Webcast tasting Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. The event, Distillery Live 2009. Distillery LIVE attracts whisky fans across the globe. Hosted in the United States for the
LANSING - The House voted to accept a community college budget that freezes funding, making that appropriation the first conference report of the 2009-10 fiscal year to pass either chamber. The chamber also transferred $42 Million from the 21st Century Jobs Fund to the General Fund. The budget in HB 4435 , totaling $299 million
LANSING - By a slim majority, Michigan residents would rather see the state government shut down than their tax bills go up, according to a poll released Wednesday by Marketing Resource Group and Inside Michigan Politics. The poll also found a substantial lead for Lt. Governor John Cherry Jr. in the Democratic gubernatorial primary but
LANSING - A day after a conference committee approved a higher education budget without funding for the $4,000 Promise Grant college scholarship, the Michigan House Appropriations Committee acted Thursday to restore that program under a supplemental bill. But while HB 5403 restored the $120 million expected to be needed to fund the college scholarship, there
LANSING - Tourism business owners will descend Wednesday on Lansing to urge funding for the Pure Michigan advertising campaign on the heels of survey results showing the spots could be paying off. The Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association released a survey of its members Monday showing 72.9 percent had seen an increase in out-of-state visitors
WASHINGTON DC - The wireless industry is gearing up to fight new Net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission is formulating to keep the Internet open. On Monday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., outlining plans to turn the agency's principles for open Internet access into