DETROIT - DTE Energy announced Wednesday that it will build its first three wind farms in Huron and Sanilac counties as part of its efforts to expand the company's renewable energy resources. The Minden, Sigel and McKinley wind farms ? which together will generate approximately 110 megawatts (MW) of electricity ? will be sited on
GRAND RAPIDS - Trying to strike a blow against ongoing regional differences, Governor Rick Snyder urged Grand Rapids area business leaders against bad mouthing different regions of the state, particularly Detroit. Criticizing different regions hurts the state in its efforts to attract businesses, Snyder said in a luncheon speech before the Grand Rapids Area Chamber
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan said that the tax reform proposal announced April 12 at the state Capitol will lead to strong small business job growth. ?There is no doubt in my mind that small business owners will use the tax savings in this plan to hire workers and grow the Michigan
LANSING - If the Department of Natural Resources no longer can afford to maintain the 23 state forest campgrounds it plans to close, then the DNR should offer to sell them to local governments for $1, several legislators from northern Michigan said Monday. The group is developing legislation that would transfer the management responsibilities of
YPSILANTI - A three-team alliance made up of teams with two-digit numbers won Michigan?s FIRST Robotics Championship Saturday at Eastern Michigan University?s Convocation Center. The winning alliance was comprised of Team 33, the Killer Bees, from Notre Dame Preparatory School; Team 67, the Heroes Of Tomorrow (HOT) Team from Huron Valley Schools; and Team 70,
SAN FRANCISCO - Cisco has unveiled a series of enhancements to several Cisco physical security products designed to help customers transition to IP-based safety and security systems. The changes were announced last week, as part of the Cisco Smart+Connected Communities initiative, at ISC West in Las Vegas. Three major changes were announced, upgrades to Cisco
MIDLAND - The definition of resilience is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. What the definition does not cover is the cost of not being able to recover fast enough on your and the people around you. And, we all know that entrepreneurs need an overabundance of RESILIENCE to
DETROIT ? Strategic Staffing Solutions, the Detroit-based global information technology and business services company, has been ranked as the No. 3 women-owned business in Michigan by DiversityBusniess.com, a national web-based resource portal for business communications. The company was listed in a total of six categories by DiversityBusiness.com, which ranks companies based on revenue, employment numbers
SAN FRANCISCO - There's a new twist with some fake antivirus scareware that has cropped up. It accepts payment via SMS, according to antivirus firm CyberDefender. Typical rogue security programs infect the system first, then display pop ups warning that the computer is infected, and request payment to clean it up. The new programs are
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