SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymous is making threats to a Mexican drug cartel over the alleged kidnapping of one of its activists in Veracruz and is threatening to retaliate on Nov. 5, Guy Fawkes Day. "You made a huge mistake by taking one of us. Release him. And if anything happens to him, you (expletive) will
BEIJING - China asserts it was not behind a series of hacks against U.S. environment-monitoring satellites a few years ago. Speaking at a news briefing Monday, China Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said claims that China was behind the hacks, which occurred in 2007 and 2008, are "untrue." The spokesman added, according to Reuters, which
LANSING - As a Senate panel this week prepares to review the most controversial portion of the 2008 energy law, business groups said Monday this is one law that does not need reinventing. That provision mandates that no more than 10 percent of a utility's sales can go to a competitor. Less than a year
LANSING - Michigan has an opportunity to grow its freight and passenger rail lines and it would be a "major disservice" not to tie Detroit Metro Airport into that system, Governor Rick Snyder said Monday. Although still fresh off a defeat on legislative approval for the New International Trade Crossing, Snyder did not lose sight
LANSING - Three non-legislative options the Snyder administration could pursue to complete the New International Trade Crossing involve handing the project over to the Canadian government, federal or city of Detroit government, or any combination of those entities, sources tell Gongwer News Service. Those options were weighed, although briefly, by the administration of Governor Jennifer
SOUTHFIELD - Governor Rick Snyder called for overhauling how the state funds and maintains its road system Wednesday, to generate $1.4 billion in new revenue most say the transportation system needs. It could result in $120 more per year in vehicle registration fees. Snyder's plan delves into the three fundamentals of the system: where the
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Thursday issued a Request for Proposals to solicit proposals from high-performance business incubators or accelerators in Michigan to support entrepreneurs in launching and growing start-up companies throughout the state. Electronic versions of each business plan proposal must be sent separately to the MSF
LANSING - Although it's a scaled back incentive, Michigan would still be competitive for film and television projects under legislation that also puts more emphasis on in-state workers, proponents said Wednesday. SB 569 , which would guide how the state's $25 million film incentive appropriation is handed out, was the subject of testimony before the
AUBURN HILLS ? Quantum Ventures of Michigan and NorthTech Partners have launched ClearTech Ventures with a $25 million commitment from Quantum. ClearTech will invest in technologies across the defense, security, energy and advanced outdoors markets. Mike Toribio, who has over a decade of operational and leadership experience implementing cutting-edge weapons systems, avionics, sensors and optics
ANN ARBOR - The National Science Foundation has awarded a two-year, $2 million grant to the School of Information at the University of Michigan to led a cooperative effort by four major universities to create better methods for data-sharing among scientists and researchers in the new and growing field of sustainability. Sustainable Environment-Actionable Data (SEAD)