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 - Michigan has the potential to grow up to 100,000 new jobs in the state's important automotive sector by becoming a center of excellence in advanced powertrain, lightweight and smart and connected transportation technologies contends Business Leaders for Michigan, the state?s business roundtable. The BLM plan was developed with a coalition of top industry
DETROIT - Manpower says employers in the Detroit area plan to hire at a steady pace in the first quarter of 2014, with the net employment outlook up 7 percent. A year ago the forecast was down 11 percent. From January to March, 18 percent of companies plan to add staff, while 11 percent plan
LANSING - The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police and the Michigan Sheriffs' Association said on Monday they oppose a bill that would streamline the process allowing phone companies to end landline services, saying cell phones and voice over Internet protocol services are not completely reliable. SB 636 passed the Senate last week and is
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan industrial economy continues to grow slowly. New orders remained virtually unchanged at plus 16, up from plus 15. The production index remained the same at plus13, and the employment index resumed its pattern of modest growth and rose to plus 9 from zero. The West Michigan Purchasing Managers Index
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SAN FRANCISCO - Computer scientists have developed malware capable of establishing communications between devices that don't have active network connections. The discovery threatens the perceived protection of the "air gap" that separates standalone devices. Using the built-in microphones and speakers found on PCs, the lab-created prototype malware uses inaudible audio signals to transmit small amounts
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers have unearthed an online database full to the brim of stolen account information from popular services including Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, and Google. On Tuesday, the security team at Trustwave's SpiderLabs revealed in a blog post that the database contained 1.58 million stolen usernames and passwords, CNET News.Com reported. The login credentials
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University has developed its Transportation Center on Highway Pavement Preservation to develop new strategies for extending pavement life. The new center will receive $1.4 million during the first year of the program and is expected to receive similar funding levels for the next year, with funding through 2017. Karim Chatti,
LANSING - Bills regulating how much in incentive money the Michigan Economic Development Corporation can use in its business attraction and retention programs as well as toughening some reporting requirements cleared the House Commerce Committee on Thursday. Several changes were made to the bills. In the H-2 substitute for SB 269 , instead of removing