JACKSON - Consumers Energy estimates that more than 2,300 of its customers have sought approximately $1 million as victims of a nationwide utility bill payment scam that surfaced in Michigan earlier this month. However, there is no such money available from the federal government and customers may believe they have paid their bills when in
DETROIT - Armed with growing revenues and strong balance sheets, and to keep up with increasing vehicle demand, U.S. auto executives expect to boost domestic headcount and expand facilities in the coming year, according to a recent survey by KPMG LLP. Despite their overall bullishness, executives cite some significant challenges ahead, including persistent pricing pressures,
DEARBORN - The new Ford C-MAX Energi is expected to achieve more than 20 miles of electric-only range ? nearly double the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid ? and a 550-mile overall range to become the first hybrid vehicle ever that can be driven from Sacramento to San Diego on a single tank of gas and
ANN ARBOR - To meet the regional demand for evolving software development skills, SRT Solutions and Microsoft are hosting a Windows 8 Boot Camp on July 24. Attendees to the free, full-day event will learn about the new Windows 8 platform, including design tenets, programming language choices, and operating system integration points. ?Software developers are
ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was elected as the sixth chair of the board of trustees and will serve until July 2015. President McRobbie joined the board in 2009 and succeeds University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, who served as chair for the last year and as a
NEW YORK ? A new survey shows 68 percent of respondents with a cell contract struggle to afford their monthly bill, primarily due to rising costs in phone plans and extra fees. Another 34 percent of respondents said they were struggling to afford their monthly cell bill due to other financial commitments and bills that
WASHINGTON DC - Two U.S. senators are calling for a federal investigation of the power grid's potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities after a CNET article last month raised security concerns. The request for a probe comes from Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME), the panel's senior Republican,
TROY ? Billhighway has debuted Billhighway Connect, a flexible payment processing solution that integrates with existing nonprofit donor software and accounting, payroll, banking and database systems. Billhighway Connect helps organizations that rely on donations or membership transactions to seamlessly integrate online, phone and mail payments into a robust financial system. Nonprofits enjoy minimum upfront costs
LIVONIA ? Schoolcraft College is hosting an event on Aug. 1 about incorporating social collaboration into master content management. Collaborative and social content experiences are how today?s business user consumes and creates content. These content environments come with the same culpability and responsibility as traditional content systems, but organizations need an end-to-end strategy and solution
TROY - New business and export sales for Automation Alley's trade mission participants to Brazil now total $188 million, an increase of $22 million. The total contracts secured by participants have created 1,044 new jobs, both direct and indirect, for Southeast Michigan. ?It?s remarkable what our International Business Services team continues to achieve. A 12