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LANSING - Michigan is the 14th most energy efficient state in the nation, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy said in its annual scorecard released Wednesday. Michigan received 23.5 points out of a possible 50 points in the scorecard. Among the highlights the group noted were the loan programs for small businesses for pollution prevention
LOS ANGELES – CNBC’s Make Me A Millionaire Inventor is casting inventors of all kinds who want to team up with their experts to get their inventions seen by potential investors and industry buyers. If you are in inventor, CNBC wants to hear from you. But first ask yourself these questions: Do you have an
LANSING – Michigan House Republicans on Wednesday found the votes, mostly within their own caucus, to pass a $1.2 billion road funding plan with no guarantees of support from Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof or Governor Rick Snyder. The plan involved $600 million in new revenue through a gas tax increase and registration fee increases and $600
Find Fall Hunting Spots With DNR's Interactive Online Mapping Tool LANSING - With fall hunting seasons under way in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters and outdoor enthusiasts that Mi-HUNT – a Web-based, interactive mapping application – can help plan their next hunting or outdoor adventure. Mi-HUNT allows users to view and navigate
DETROIT – Seventy five percent of Southeast Michigan businesses surveyed have implemented so-called Eureka! Technologies - from new computer installations, to creating new patentable products - within the past year. With each new technological change or innovation, the workforce has been forced to adapt and respond to stay competitive in the new economy, contends a
GRAND RAPIDS - Federal Trade Commission Attorney Christopher Panek is the keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Grand Rapids Cyber Security Conference October 21 at Grand Valley State University. Trivalent Group, the Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan, and the West Michigan Cyber Security Consortium are hosting the conference. Attorney Panek, who will speak on
WASHINGTON DC - Seven US companies have been attacked by government-associated Chinese hackers in the three weeks since the US and China announced a pact that banned government spying on companies, a US security firm said Monday. The hacks by "actors we have affiliated with the Chinese government" targeted five technology companies and two pharmaceutical
SAN FRANCISCO - Adobe confirmed it has discovered a new vulnerability in Flash Player that affects every version running on the Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems. Adobe said that it will issue an out-of-cycle security update this week to address the software plug-in's vulnerability, which it warned could crash and potentially allow an
LANSING – Heads will soon be rolling at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality where officials failed to follow proper treatment and testing protocols when Flint moved from the Detroit water system to drawing from the Flint River and took too long to fix the problem once they discovered their error. Environmental Quality Director Dan Wyant said
WASHINGTON, DC – Venture capitalists invested $16.3 billion in 1,070 deals in the third quarter of 2015, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. The $47.2 billion invested in the first three quarters of 2015 is higher than each
