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JMC Electrical Contractor To Receive Two Women In Business Awards

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Mashell Carissimi, CEO of JMC Electrical Contractor, is receiving the National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Detroit Chapter's Top 10 Michigan Business Women Up-And-Coming Award and an Honorable Mention for Enterprising Women's Enterprising Women of the Year Award. JMC Electrical Contractor is a union electrical contracting company providing commercial, industrial,

By |2023-10-26T08:33:13-04:00January 21st, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Six Finalists Selected For ACE Elevator Pitch Competition Jan. 30

LIVONIA ? Six finalists have been selected for the ACE Elevator Pitch Competition, which will be held Jan. 30 at Burton Manor. Finalists come from Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, East Lansing and Farmington Hills. ACE ?14 anticipates attendance of over 1000 that are a virtual Who's Who of the Michigan Entrepreneurial scene including

By |2014-01-21T00:00:00-05:00January 21st, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Fiat Pays Chrysler Trust $4.35 Billion To Make Chrysler Acquisition Complete

AUBURN HILLS - Fiat and Chrysler paid $4.35 billion to buy 41.5 percent of Chrysler?s shares that had been owned by the UAW Retiree Benefits Trust, shoring up the trust, which provides medical benefits to 117,000 UAW-represented Chrysler retirees and their dependents. The combined companies comprise the seventh largest global automaker in the world. But

By |2014-01-21T00:00:00-05:00January 21st, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Internet Advisor Podcast: David Behen, State of Michigan CIO, Grand Circus, ACE ?14

DETROIT - The Internet Advisor Jan. 18 featured David Behen, State of Michigan CIO As Michigan's chief information officer, Derek Turner Director of Business Development at Grand Circus, and Mike Brooks, one of the planners of the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship Jan. 30 at Burton Manor in Livonia. To listen, click on

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Archive, Internet Advisor|

Poll Shows Dead Heat In Michigan Senate Race Between Land, Peters

LANSING - Another new poll shows a statistical tie between Republican senatorial candidate Terri Land and the presumptive Democratic nominee U.S. Rep. Gary Peters. In Rasmussen Reports' first poll of the race, Land had 37 percent to 35 percent for Peters. The poll of 500 likely voters was conducted January 14-15 via automated telephone interviews

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

Neiman Marcus Cyber Hack Went Undetected For Six Months – New York Times

NEW YORK - A security breach that yielded Neiman Marcus customers' payment card information went undetected for nearly six months, according a report in the New York Times. The upscale department store revealed Friday that hackers may have stolen customers' credit and debit card information during an intrusion it detected in mid-December, but sources told

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Target Cyber Hack Involved Malware Installed On Checkout Keypads

MINNEAPOLIS - While Target has said hackers used malware installed on point-of-sale terminals to pilfer the payment card information from millions of customers, the retailer has been silent about how the malware siphoned off the sensitive data. CEO Gregg Steinhafel confirmed this week that malware installed on checkout keypads was used to steal the names,

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Healthcare.Gov Web Site May Get Hacked Through Myriad Security Holes

WASHINGTON DC ? The HealthCare.Gov web site may face further problems from hackers taking advantage of its many security holes. At least that's the consensus of a group of security professionals who have analyzed the site, CNET News.Com reported. David Kennedy, who is CEO of computer security consulting firm TrustedSec and who is testifying before

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

AT&T Offers Six-Month Phone Upgrades For Customers On Two-Year Contracts

DETROIT - Loyalty pays with AT&T is a available now for existing customers on two-year service agreements so they can upgrade to the hottest new smartphone for $0 down with AT&T Next. At the same time, customers can move to AT&T?s new Mobile Share Value plans and start realizing significant monthly rate plan savings, featuring

By |2014-01-20T00:00:00-05:00January 20th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|