AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler Group Monday reported its January sales were 8 percent higher than the same month a year ago, and the best January sales since 2008. Taking a look at the number, U.S. sales last month totaled 127,183 units, compared with sales of 117,731 in January 2013. The Chrysler, Jeep, Ram Truck, and
DETROIT - Google has extended a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to its seven tech hubs throughout North America, including Detroit's M@dison Block. Startups will have the incredible opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley to pitch Google and its investors. Deadline is Feb. 9. This opportunity comes to Detroit through the Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network, which
DETROIT ? How would you like the chance to get some in-depth Internet training that would teach you how to build websites, iPhone apps and do killer on-line marketing - at a discount? Jan. 31 is the last day to qualify. Grand Circus, a training institute in the heart of downtown Detroit, is offering readers
WASHINGTON DC - The Target data breach that has affected up to 110 million people is now under scrutiny by the US Justice Department. Speaking before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Wednesday, US Attorney General Eric Holder said his office is evaluating and enforcing "privacy protections and other safeguards concerning data possessed by
DETROIT - Big data is the key enabler for the next wave of innovation and growth across all sectors, and Wayne State University?s Big Data and Business Analytics Group is ready to help business and information technology executives, decision makers and marketing professionals learn how to use big data to take action, seize new growth
LIVONIA - Inventev, a new Detroit-based company that brings mobile power generation to commercial fleets using medium-duty trucks, won first place and a check for $5000 in the MiQuest business plan competition Thursday night. MiQuest is the former Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest. First place in the New Business Ideas category went to Kalamazoo-based Micro-LAM Technologies,
LANSING - When you?re watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, you?ll see a familiar face. Gov. Rick Snyder has purchased advertising time for the big game to announce he is running for re-election. The ad kicks off a whistle-stop tour of the state next week. He has planned an announcement tour for Monday and Tuesday
MASON - The long-running Michigan Energy Fair, held in Onekama in year?s past, is headed south this June to the Ingham County Fairgrounds. The Michigan Energy Fair, June 27-28, is a stellar event held every year to make this all happen. The goal of this event is to allow those in the sustainable energy industry
SAN FRANCISCO - The alleged architect of the bank-hacking malware SpyEye, which is said to have infected 1.4 million computers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Russian national Aleksandr Andreevich Panin was the primary developer and distributor of SpyEye. "As several recent
DETROIT - Happy 16th Anniversary Internet Advisor Show. Pasty.net: The Internet: Past, Present and Future. Charlie Hopper has been keeping Yoopers connected to the Internet with all sorts of innovative solutions. He began Pasty.net at almost the same time Internet Advisor began. Also in this podcast, Terry Bean talks about his March 13 event, 313DLove.