NEW YORK - Though recent reports suggest retailers are optimistic about holiday sales and expect to see better year-over-year results, shoppers disagree and are planning to be more frugal than they were last year when it comes to holiday spending, according to a survey released today by global business-advisory firm AlixPartners LLP. The survey of
SAN FRANCISCO - With a new survey finding that half of the people polled plan to shop online for the holidays, security company Webroot offers some tips and tricks for staying safe in cyberspace. Among the more than 2,660 consumers surveyed in the U.S., the U.K., and Australia by Webroot, 55 percent said they do
WASHINGTON DC - The Stuxnet worm is a "wake-up call" because of its complexity and its aim at critical infrastructure systems, a Symantec director told a U.S. congressional committee Thursday. The malware is a milestone in many ways, Dean Turner, director of Symantec Security Response's Global Intelligence Network, said in testimony before the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON DC - A report delivered Thursday to Congress by a commission on U.S.-Chinese relations is pointing the finger at the Chinese government for continued hacking attempts and computer exploits. "Recent high-profile, China-based computer exploitations continue to suggest some level of state support, CNET News.Com reported. Indicators include the massive scale of these exploitations and
TROY - Join hundreds of Michigan business leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations and top growth companies from Michigan's emerging sectors Nov. 17 as they gather for a day of peer-to-peer networking, keynote presentations, informative break-out sessions at the Michigan Emerging 2010 Conference. Michigan Emerging, once known as the Celebrate Michigan Expo, is being produced by Arzika in
SOUTHFIELD ? If you sign up to host your own Salvation Army virtual red kettle you can be entered into the chance to win an expense-paid trip to Dallas on Thanksgiving Day to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. The Salvation Army?s Online Red Kettle has helped provide approximately
FARMINGTON HILLS - Beringea, Michigan's largest venture capital firm, is introducing the popular open investor pitch forum known as "Office Hours" to the state in a months-long tour of Michigan's entrepreneurial hotspots. Similar to the office hours format used by university professors, these sessions will provide the Michigan entrepreneurial community open access to Beringea venture
PORTAGE - Manatron, which provides integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments, Tuesday announced that the City of Cape Town, South Africa, is now using the company's software to help figure out property values, the first customer for Manatron in Africa. Manatron GRM customCAMA is a comprehensive property appraisal software
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center announced Tuesday the creation of several new Business Resource Centers in Wayne, Oakland and Monroe Counties In its ongoing effort to assist residents looking to start their own business. In order to develop a BRC, support is needed by a community partner such as a
LANSING - The top staffers announced Monday by Governor-elect Rick Snyder are Lansing veterans with his choices for chief of staff, legal counsel and communications director having a combined more than 60 years of experience working in or around state government. For the critical post of chief of staff, Snyder turned to one of the