WASHINGTON DC - It is possible to use publicly available data on state and date of birth to predict someone's Social Security number, particularly if they were born after 1988 and in smaller states, according to an article published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The ability to use statistic inference
KANSAS CITY - If you thought a $99 Netbook was a bargain, Sprint Nextel's plan to sell Netbooks for a buck is a real steal. Sprint has teamed up with mega-retailer Best Buy to sell the Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX Netbook for 99 cents with a two-year service contract. The offer is good at participating Best
ANN ARBOR - Michigan could lose 310,700 jobs during 2009, the latest forecast from the University of Michigan-based Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics said, the worst year for job losses in the state since the 1950s. And the latest forecast for job losses is 2.5 times the number of jobs the organization predicted back in
LANSING - The state has approved a Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone, a 28.6-acre site, for the Alpena Prototype Biorefinery, a partnership of Atlanta-based American Process and San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and the largest refiner in North America. ?We are continuing to diversify Michigan?s economy through the development of green energy
LANSING - While in the current budget cycle federal stimulus dollars may have managed to keep the state "crawling and screaming" toward balance, without a serious change in spending and a dramatic new tax plan by 2012 Michigan could look a lot like California, a state drowning so far in its own debt it seems
LANSING - Gov. Jennifer Granholm left on her eighth international trade mission, traveling to Germany and Belgium, on Monday. It will mark the third time Granholm has gone to Germany, but the first time to Belgium. "We are working hard to become the renewable energy capital of the world and we are targeting high-tech companies
LANSING - Michigan's total debt load has more than tripled in the past 20 years and the state now stands 20th in terms of total per capita debt, above the national average, a paper from the Senate Fiscal Agency said. In 1990 the state stood at 36th among all the states in terms of per
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Economic Development Corporation will host the Grand Rapids Small Business Regional Forum on July 28 at the Frederick Meijer Gardens to determine what small businesses in West Michigan need to grow and success. The forum is hosted by law firm Clark Hill and will feature Chris Holman, governor appointed Small
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Integrated fleet services veteran, QEK Global Solutions, has hired Kelly Henderson as Vice President, Business Development. Responsible for leading sales and marketing, Henderson will drive QEK's cquisition of business within and outside QEK's current (primarily automotive) client base. Henderson comes to QEK with a strong, diverse information technology and business development background.
LANSING -Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation aimed at keeping the North American International Auto Show in Michigan beyond 2010, preferably at its current home in Detroit's Cobo Center. The new laws signed today call for a nearly $300-million expansion of Cobo and the creation of a regional authority to run and renovate the aging