WASHINGTON - The U.S. economic recovery gathered steam in July, according to better-than-expected reports issued Wednesday on manufacturing and the housing market. The two segments of the economy that were among the weakest during the depths of the recession - new-home sales and durable-goods orders - both registered big gains last month to bolster the
SPRING LAKE - TGW-ERMANCO, which provides integrated logistics solutions, announced Wednesday that John Clark has joined as Director of Marketing. Clark will be responsible for all external communication. "John is a great addition to our team," said President Larry Strayhorn. "His 15 years' experience in Marketing and Corporate Communication in the automated material handling industry,
EAST LANSING - GiftZip.Com, started by MSU MBA Sam Hogg, is adding another Spartan to its staff, the first at the executive level. John Gwillim, an MSU Finance alum who has been working in Boston, will be joining GiftZip.Com as Chief Operations Officer. Gwillim joins GiftZip.com from Boston-based BNY ConvergEx, a successful 2006 Bank of
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the stable version of its Chrome browser that could have let an attacker remotely take over a person's computer. With one attack on Google's V8 JavaScript engine, malicious JavaScript on a Web site could let an attacker gain access to sensitive data or run
LANSING - A court's chief judge can set rules on the use of cell phones and other electronic gear in a courtroom, the Michigan Supreme Court has decided on a 4-3 vote, so long as the devices are not used to take pictures of jurors or witnesses. The court late Tuesday published its new version
LANSING - A $3 million federal grant to train workers for new energy technology jobs will flow through the No Worker Left Behind program, designed to help displaced workers, but the first chunk will go to those already working. The grant, expected to be approved by the Administrative Board next week, is dedicated to the
LANSING - Michigan government has again been certified that it is compliant with the Payment Card Industry's strict standards for ensuring that cardholder information is protected and secure. The PCI Data Security Standards apply to financial institutions, Internet vendors and retail merchants and detail the security measures and auditing procedures required to protect private cardholder
PONTIAC - Oakland County has finally rolled out a new Web site to feature its Medical Main Street program, which includes a daily news feed to hype Southeast Michigan's life sciences industry. MedicalMainStreet.Org also includes a LinkedIn profile page for ?those interested in finding partners in Michigan's life science industry,? via the popular online professional
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Symantec is providing a fix for customers who got error messages after a patch deployment went awry for some Norton users, the company said on Tuesday. The problem started last Wednesday when Symantec deployed patches for Norton AntiVirus 2009, Norton Internet Security 2009, and Norton 360 v3 via LiveUpdate. Some customers
LANSING - Residents can sign up for unemployment benefits and food assistance grants through a single portal on the state's website and officials are working to move more services there, Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday. The Helping Hand Web Site compiles all of the human services programs available through the state and some local non-profit