LANSING - A poll released Wednesday showed Governor Rick Snyder up by 6 percentage points over his Democratic rival Mark Schauer, and GOP officials said the results show that Snyder's message that Michigan is coming back is resonating with the public. The poll also came out as the Michigan Republican Party hammered harder on the
LANSING - As part of an international court settlement, Michigan will get more than $1.6 million in a case where the U.S. subsidiary of an Irish company was charged with improperly promoting its drugs approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to also treat ulcerative colitis. The settlement affects Shire Pharmaceuticals of Pennsylvania, which is
SAN FRANCISCO - A new security vulnerability known as the Bash or Shellshock bug could spell disaster for major digital companies, small-scale Web hosts and even Internet-connected devices. The quarter-century-old security flaw allows malicious code execution within the bash shell (commonly accessed through Command Prompt on PC or Mac's Terminal application) to take over an
DETROIT - The number of performance quality, reliability and connection speed problems has declined from last year as TV and Internet service providers continue to upgrade their networks to newer technology and faster connection speeds, according to the three U.S. wireline studies released Thursday. The annual wireline studies evaluate residential customers? experiences with TV, Internet
DETROIT - American cities are dramatically changing and face many challenges. How can they address urban sustainability and the complexities of connected technology? Those questions will ne addressed from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, Toyota leaders will join 350 of the world?s greatest thinkers at the Meeting of the Minds 2014 summit to explore this
LANSING - An additional four health insurance companies will offer coverage for Michigan residents in the federal marketplace in 2015, figures from the federal Department of Health and Human Services showed, bringing to 16 the number of companies that residents will be able to shop for insurance. Michigan is one of seven stats in the
LANSING - Michigan's overall economic competitiveness has improved at an "impressive rate," a study released Wednesday by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce showed, with the state jumping nine spots to be the 30th most competitive state in the union. The state saw improvements in all the factors the study measured, showing the biggest improvement in
ANN ARBOR - The last month has been extremely busy as we put the final planning touches to the 2014 MichBio Expo & Conference and prepared the next issue of BioMatters? more on that later. In late August I visited Thermo Fisher Immunodiagnostics (i.e., Phadia U.S.) in Portage and met with the Medical Director, Rob
AUBURN HILLS - Employees of Faurecia North America next week will launch its fifth annual FUELS community food drive, a program that has provided more than 2.4 million meals since 2010 for hundreds of thousands of hungry residents across Canada, Mexico and the U.S. More than 20,000 Faurecia employees from the company?s 47 locations will
DETROIT - AT&T announced Wednesday a new U-verse High Speed Internet service for Detroit businesses ? AT&T Business Fiber ? that provides businesses operating in AT&T Fiber Ready Buildings with fast broadband speeds. The new Internet service will offer upload and download speeds ? over AT&T?s high speed fiber network ? up to 300 Mbps