WASHINGTON DC - It looks like NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander, and his successor, will hold on to the additional role as head of US cyberoperations. The Obama administration said that a single military official will continue to head up both the US National Security Agency and US Cyber Command. "Following a thorough interagency review,
DETROIT - Midtown Detroit Inc. will break ground Wednesday on a 30,000-square-foot, three-story commercial building at the corner of Woodward Avenue and West Willis Street that will have Lawrence Technological University as the anchor tenant. This new commercial development is funded by a wide variety of Midtown Detroit partners, including NCB Capital Impact, Invest Detroit,
EAST LANSING - The Mateen Cleaves 1 Goal. 1 Passion: Hope for the Holidays campaign is racing to meet its $1.3 million goal of gifting $1,000 in holiday gifts to 1000 struggling Michigan families this holiday season. He will appear on the Internet Advisor as heard on WJR 760 AM in Detroit Saturday at 3:30
AUBURN HILLS - Michael Horn, 51, is to become President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, succeeding Jonathan Browning, 54, who is leaving the group and returning to the United Kingdom. Three other promotions were also announced. Those include: Axel Schulte-H�rmann (52) is to be the new Head of After Sales of the Volkswagen
SOUTHFIELD ? Bagger Dave's, a self-styled ultra casual chain of restaurants primarily in Michigan, has hired ePrize to develop a loyalty and in-store rewards program aimed at boring down exactly into what customers want ? and rewarding one with $10,000 in cash on New Year?s Eve. Customers register in Bagger Dave?s Fresh Rewards program via
HOLLAND ? More than 90 percent of both professional services and computer consulting companies in West Michigan expect to hire information technology staffers in the first half of 2014. Only a third of health care companies are adding staff, fewer than in the past several years. Perhaps they had to do their hiring earlier to
DEARBORN - The state and a network of Michigan community colleges announced this week the launch of the Career Jump Start Program to promote training opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers to Michigan high school students. Through a network of Michigan?s community colleges, Michigan Works! agencies, employers, trade unions, Chambers and other
NOVI - Mississippi utility regulators have rejected a merger proposal by Entergy Corp. and ITC Holdings Corp., saying the deal could've meant a $300 million rate increase for Mississippi customers over 30 years. "We respect Entergy's desire to improve its organizational effectiveness, but the commission was not persuaded the transfer of ownership would be in
DETROIT ? A new report contends 12 percent of Detroit-area chief information officers surveyed plan to expand their IT teams in the first half of 2014, up 2 points compared to projections from the previous six-month period June-December 2013. Another 68 percent plan to hire only for open IT roles, 17 percent plan to put
DETROIT ? Computer software and services giant Compuware Corp. on Tuesday gave five bold technology predictions for 2014 that include AppOps, Big Data Buzz subsiding, and Advanced Power Management Emerging as a modern IT framework. Prediction 1: A new practice will emerge ? AppOps. To accelerate application innovation through tighter IT-Business alignment, AppOps will surface.