DETROIT - Chesapeake Energy Corporation has been ordered to stand trial on racketeering and false pretenses charges, Attorney General Bill Schuette said on Tuesday. Cheboygan County District Judge Maria Barton cleared the way for the Oklahoma-based firm to face trial for allegedly defrauding private landowners across the state by basically tricking them to commit to
ESCANABA ? Next week, bass fishing takes center stage as the world?s best anglers battle it out in Escanaba during the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship. The championship tournament is being held on Bays de Noc as part of a partnership between Pure Michigan and Bassmaster to promote the state as a top
ANN ARBOR - The use of non-compete agreements in employment contracts from the chief executive to the middle manager is on the rise, but is that good or bad for competition and innovation? That depends on who's signing them and why, according to research by Norman Bishara, associate professor of business law. "We're seeing companies
CUPERTINO, CA. - In an ambitious blitz of new products, Apple Inc. unveiled a pair of larger-screen iPhones, a sleekly designed smartwatch and a new payment system allowing users to make store purchases with a smartphone. Apple said the new products would go on sale Sept. 19. The new iPhones will have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. ? For the second year Lawrence Technological University will host two conferences on the use of digital technology in the humanities, Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice, on Sept. 26, and THATCamp on Sept. 27. Digital technology has revolutionized scholarship and research in the humanities, and now mobile devices are changing the
CANTON - Three students from Canton will compete to represent the United States in the World Robot Olympiad after winning the open category at the statewide competition held at Cranbrook Schools on Sept. 4. Christopher Geng, Charles Liu and James Xue of Canton competed as the Robocruisers S team and took first place in this
ANN ARBOR -- Michigan League of Conservation Voters announced Tuesday this year?s honorees for the Second Annual Innovation in Conservation Awards Dinner. Conservation champions and retiring members of Congress, Senator Carl Levin and Congressman John Dingell, will receive Michigan LCV?s Lifetime Achievement Awards, Ford Motor Company will be honored as Business of the Year, and
DETROIT - With 39 percet of drivers in a recent survey indicating that in-car technology is important when deciding which car to purchase, and the ?connected car? services sector expected to see growth nearly 21 times that of traditional mobile voice and data services thru 2018, the use of mobile/wireless technologies in all sectors of
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed additional candidates for the Nov. 4 general election. Two are Democrats. The Small BIZ PAC endorses candidates based on incumbent voting records, past or current small business ownership, recommendations from SBAM members, candidate interviews, candidate questionnaires and other factors. ?These candidates have
LANSING - In saying the state is making "tremendous progress" and faces the possibility of "going back to 2009," if he is not re-elected, Governor Rick Snyder said Friday that big businesses did not get that much from the 2011 tax change, more companies are looking to locate in Michigan since the adoption of the