DETROIT - Industrial Production for September increased by 0.6 percent as utility production rebounded, Comerica Bank reported Monday, the strongest increase since February. The Pending Home Sales index for September declined by 5.6 percent, the fourth consecutive drop. The Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey improved in October as production increased. Industrial production for September increased by
GRAND RAPIDS ? It's amazing how many cyber threats predicted in the cyber crime novella Cyber Styletto have become today's headlines. That's why co-author Mike Brennan, Editor & Publisher of MITechNews.Com, will be serializing the book over the next 12 weeks. ?We want to share our predictions made in the summer of 2011 with our
GRAND RAPIDS - Internet advertising agency Adtegrity.com reported a 110 percent increase in third quarter net income on a 7 percent increase in revenue. Adtegrity's unaudited results included net income of $419,215 for the 2013 third quarter on revenues of $5.03 million, compared with net income of $198,692 on revenues of $4.7 million for the
NOVI - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday during the 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit that he is creating a rapid response team of cyber professionals, a sort of cyber militia, who would respond during a cyber incident. He called it the Cyber Civilian Corp. "Michigan's leadership in the area of cyber security continues through this
NOVI ? If you'd like to watch live the keynote speakers appearing Friday at the 2013 Michigan Cyber Security Summit, a live feed is available. The Dynamic Speaker Lineup includes: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Congressman Mike Rogers (invited), Chairman, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Roberta Stempfley, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
SOUTHFIELD - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields are always looking for ways to stand out for Middle School and High School students so that they can consider jobs in those fields. In order for Interest to gain traction among these younger people, STEM learning needs be both applied and fun. The Verizon Innovation
DETROIT - Comerica Bank?s Michigan Economic Activity Index decreased in August, down 1.3 percentage points to a level of 125.4. But the good news is August?s reading is 53 points, or 74 percent, above the index cyclical low of 72.1. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for
SAN FRANCISCO - Mac users can have Apple's latest Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, for free, the company announced Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. "Today we're going to revolutionize pricing," Craig Federighi, Apple's chief of iOS and OS X, told CNET News.Com. The software is available now. Apple introduced the system in
STAMFORD - Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2.32 billion units in 2013, a 4.5 percent increase from 2012 ? meaning a third of the world?s population will buy one of these devices this year. The market is being driven by a shift to lower-priced devices in
NOVI - Roberta Stempfley, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, and Cheri Caddy, Director of Cybersecurity Policy Integration and Outreach at the National Security Staff, will be keynote speakers Oct. 25 at the 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit. The event is taking place at the Suburban Collection Showplace. Other speakers include: Michigan Governor