LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved three settlements involving DTE Gas Company, Alpena Power Company and Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and SEMCO Energy Gas Company, respectively. In the case of DTE Gas Company, the settlement authorizes a $927,000 refund, including interest, to its natural gas customers, the PSC said. Customers are due
LANSING - Michigan schools need to provide incentives for students to take computer science courses, representatives from Microsoft said separately to a joint House Appropriations Education and School Aid Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations K-12, School Aid and Education Subcommittee on Tuesday. Allyson Knox, academic program manager at Microsoft, said currently Microsoft has 6,000 job
TRAVERSE CITY ? BASF, the international chemical company, won the inaugural Altair Enlighten Award competition for the development of its thermoplastic composite front seat pan (by GM Opel, BASF). The award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research, is the automotive industry's first award program created specifically to acknowledge innovations in vehicle light-weighting.
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit has become the latest technology group in Michigan to partner with the new co-branded eNewsletter published by MITechNews.Com and WJR 760 AM's Internet Advisor. The engineering group will post ads in the Weekly Tech News Update while MITechNews.Com and WJR?s Internet Advisor will do the same in EDS?s
GRAND RAPIDS ? A new survey says the West Michigan industrial economy continues to grow, albeit at a slower pace, while the national economy remains modestly positive. This lukewarm economic news came from Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. Long said the
LANSING - Michigan voters mostly were in a generous mood when it came to approving new funding Tuesday for their schools and local governments, approving about three-quarters of property tax increase proposals. Voters, as expected, also overwhelmingly approved all tax renewal proposals except for one providing fire service in Muskegon County's Egelston Township. However, some
DETROIT - Three Wayne State student ventures are one step closer to realizing their entrepreneurial goals after undergoing a rigorous mentoring program and getting awarded more than $10,000 in pre-seed capital from Blackstone LaunchPad?s Warrior Fund Competition. The competition is designed to prepare the students to pitch, secure and effectively use venture capital. Student ventures
SAN FRANCISCO - It's not just your phone calls and Internet activity you need to be concerned about these days from the NSA. Hackers could be gunning for your toilet, too. Security company Trustwave issued a warning this week about potential bathroom breaches of luxury Satis smart toilets from Lixil. The toilets can be controlled
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund approved $2.1 million in Michigan Business Development and Community Revitalization program incentives to three companies that will invest $10.8 million in expansion projects that will create 183 jobs. ?From biotechnology to manufacturing to the renovation of a landmark building in Detroit, these projects demonstrate our reinvention strategy in action,
LAS VEGAS - You may hate parallel parking, but you're going to hate it even more when somebody commandeers control of your car with you in it - a scary scenario painted at the 21st annual Defcon hacker conference. "Car hacking is definitely coming," said Zoz, of Cannytophic Design, who presented on how to hack