NEW YORK - Anonymous and other hacktivist groups propelled cybercrime to new heights in 2011, says a new report from Verizon, accounting for 58 percent of all data stolen. Verizon?s annual Data Breach Investigations Report, released Thursday, compiled data breach information from its customers and from law enforcement agencies in five countries. The hacktivists' success
LANSING - Michigan has dramatically improved in the measure called Entrepreneurial Climate, rising to 15th in the nation in 2011 from 45th in 2010, according to the latest Entrepreneurship Score Card from the Small Business Foundation. ?We are especially pleased to see this improvement in Entrepreneurial Climate, because it?s a key measure of Michigan?s gains
GRAND RAPIDS ? Cascade Engineering Founder and CEO Fred Keller, a former oarsman, is setting the pace for the Grand Rapids Rowing Association to host the 2012 Mid American Collegiate Rowing Association Championship Regatta in Grand Rapids on April 28 expected to produce more than $350,000 for the West Michigan economy. The Regatta?s Grand River
LANSING - Two Japanese companies will expand in Southeast Michigan because of $875,000 worth of incentives approved Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund. Panasonic Automotive Systems and Teijin Advanced Composites will add 60 and 25 new jobs respectively. ?These two world-class companies, Panasonic and Teijin, are recognized for their leadership and their decisions to invest
LANSING - The Pure Michigan $12 million national cable TV advertising campaign for spring and summer 2012 hits the airwaves across the country beginning March 19 and runs through June. This year, four private sector partners - Ann Arbor, Mackinac Island, The Henry Ford and Traverse City - are contributing a combined $2 million toward
LANSING - New drivers with a level one or level graduated driver's license would be barred from using mobile phones under a bill passed Thursday by the Senate. SB 756 cleared the Senate on a 28-10 vote. It would make the use of a mobile phone by such drivers a civil infraction and is designed
SAN FRANCISCO ? A malware package delivered from China targets U.S. government and military personnel monitoring the escalation in tensions with Iran as an enticement to open a tainted Word document. "The latest targeted attack comes in the form of a browser exploitation spread through a Word (.doc) document bundled with spam mail. The English-language
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, is hosting a webinar for the manufacturing industry on March 29 that looks at what big data means for small to medium manufacturers. Led by manufacturing supply chain expert David Turbide, the webinar will address what Big Data means and what
DETROIT ? Challenge Detroit has extended the deadline to apply for its one-year entrepreneur internship until March 25 to give college students on spring break time to apply. So far, Challenge Detroit has received 700 applications from Michigan and several other states, as well as some foreign countries, said executive director Deirdre Greene. The original
GRAND RAPIDS ? Four Western Michigan residents are the richest people in the state, according to Forbes magazine, amassing some $12.5 billion on total wealth during 2011. Amway Co-Founder Richard DeVos, 86, is Michigan?s richest man, at $5 billion in net worth (No. 205), Hank and Doug Meijer are worth $4.9 billion (No. 216) and