SAN JOSE, Ca. - Intel on Tuesday announced an agreement to sell its TV business to Verizon Communications for an undisclosed sum, giving the telecom giant an edge in the market to deliver live television over the Internet. The deal spotlights the growing importance of video content delivered over the Internet rather than by broadcast
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index decreased slightly in November, down 0.2 percentage point to a level of 131.4. November's reading is 59 points, or 82 percent, above the index cyclical low of 72.1. The index averaged 114 for all of 2012, 11 points above the index average for 2011. October?s index reading
ST. CLAIR SHORES - Mashell Carissimi, CEO of JMC Electrical Contractor, is receiving the National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Detroit Chapter's Top 10 Michigan Business Women Up-And-Coming Award and an Honorable Mention for Enterprising Women's Enterprising Women of the Year Award. JMC Electrical Contractor is a union electrical contracting company providing commercial, industrial,
SAN FRANCISCO - Spend a morning or two with Sesame Street and you should have all the skills you need to crack the passwords of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of online accounts worldwide. This according to a new list of the worst passwords of 2013 from security-focused developer SplashData that lists "123456" as
LIVONIA ? Six finalists have been selected for the ACE Elevator Pitch Competition, which will be held Jan. 30 at Burton Manor. Finalists come from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, East Lansing and Farmington Hills. ACE ?14 anticipates attendance of over 1000 that are a virtual Who's Who of the Michigan Entrepreneurial scene including
LANSING - Michigan's University Research Corridor ranks high among eight university innovation clusters in a new measure that examines R&D spending, research commercialization and talent production, according to a new Economic Impact Report released Wednesday. The URC ? consisting of Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University ? ranked second in
AUBURN HILLS - Fiat and Chrysler paid $4.35 billion to buy 41.5 percent of Chrysler?s shares that had been owned by the UAW Retiree Benefits Trust, shoring up the trust, which provides medical benefits to 117,000 UAW-represented Chrysler retirees and their dependents. The combined companies comprise the seventh largest global automaker in the world. But
NEW YORK - A security breach that yielded Neiman Marcus customers' payment card information went undetected for nearly six months, according a report in the New York Times. The upscale department store revealed Friday that hackers may have stolen customers' credit and debit card information during an intrusion it detected in mid-December, but sources told
DETROIT - Loyalty pays with AT&T is a available now for existing customers on two-year service agreements so they can upgrade to the hottest new smartphone for $0 down with AT&T Next. At the same time, customers can move to AT&T?s new Mobile Share Value plans and start realizing significant monthly rate plan savings, featuring
WASHINGTON DC ? The HealthCare.Gov web site may face further problems from hackers taking advantage of its many security holes. At least that's the consensus of a group of security professionals who have analyzed the site, CNET News.Com reported. David Kennedy, who is CEO of computer security consulting firm TrustedSec and who is testifying before