REDMOND - Microsoft will address 22 vulnerabilities as part of Patch Tuesday, three of which are critical. Three of the 12 bulletin items released by Microsoft earlier last week are classified as critical, and affect Microsoft's Windows operating system, with one affecting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser as well, CNET News.Com reported. The rest are classified
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Becton, Dickinson and Company, which paid $275 million to buy Ann Arbor's HandyLab in November 2009, on Monday said it would buy another Ann Arbor company, Accuri Cytometers. Terms were not announced other than it will be an all cash deal. The fate of Accuri?s 85 employees remains unknown. The company
GRAND RAPIDS - Technologist Keith Brophy will provide his annual forecast of what technologies will change our lives on Feb. 16 at the Wealthy Theatre in Grand Rapids. The event is again sponsored by aimWest. This year?s Tech Trends event will feature an American Idol-style panel of judges, who will rate Brophy?s technology predictions and
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present in metro Detroit a series of financial tools workshops to help non-financial manager business owners achieve fiscal fitness. Five Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness is a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access capital businesses
LANSING - Public employees in the state are generally paid about market wages, but most state employees are below those market rates, according to a study released Thursday by Citizens for Accountability and Reform and the union-backed Economic Policy Institute. The study, done on the heels of a report from Governor Rick Snyder on Monday
LANSING - There are more video service choices in the state, but fewer people choosing them, while there are more companies taking advantage or electric choice, according to reports issued this week by the Public Service Commission. In video, the number of choices was up, but the number of subscribers was down, the annual report
WARREN - The Michigan Business and Professional Association, along with its sister association the Michigan Food and Beverage Association, strongly urge legislators to support legislation that would eliminate the State's unnecessary Item Pricing Law. Both Associations large membership represent over 20,000 small businesses, employing over 160,000 individual employees, support House Bill 4158 sponsored by Representative
QUINNESEC - The Michigan Magnet Fund is making a $10 million investment in a $45 million Verso Paper Corp. Renewable Energy Project in its Quinnesec Plant in the Upper Peninsula. The investment will create at least 50 more jobs for small businesses that supply the biomass to the plant. The project will meet up to
LANSING ? Gov. Rick Snyder's mark of $25 million to fund "Pure Michigan" advertisements was well received during a House committee hearing Tuesday on legislation that would allocate more money from the 21st Century Jobs Fund to pay for the popular campaign. Last year, the Legislature appropriated $10 million from the jobs fund for the
GRAND RAPIDS ? Meijer is plunging into the international grocery market by creating a new web site that will offer thousands of grocery and drugstore items online. MeijerDoorstepGrocer.Com features thousands of items in single-pack or smaller sizes. Of the approximately 5,000 items available, more than 3,000 are individual-size products. The remaining products for sale on