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Metro Detroit's Most Powerful Women in Business

Metro Detroit's Most Powerful Women in Business

More and more women are breaking through the glass ceiling in metro Detroit. In an effort to recognize their achievements, we asked readers to...

Made in Michigan: The Movie

Made in Michigan: The Movie

When state legislatures upped the ante two years ago to provide the nations largest incentive package for film production, Hollywood and...

Polyester Palace

Polyester Palace

One summer day in Troy in the early 1980s, a tall, thin man with a syrupy Southern drawl ambled into Kmart International Headquarters (KIH) at Big...

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Jacob Brown Keeps Michigan Working

Jacob Brown Keeps Michigan Working

A Web designer in Novi, Jacob Brown wanted to do something to streamline employment searches in Michigan. The result is KeepMichiganWorking.com,...

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The Economic Herd

The Economic Herd

Like the animal kingdom, human behavior can be somewhat primitive.

The Miracle Shoe

The Miracle Shoe

Women everywhere have been waiting for the perfect versatile shoe that matches not one, but all outfits.

Terms of Limitation

Terms of Limitation

Next year will be a banner year for Michigan voters who savor fresh political winds — or red-meat politics — as three-fourths of the state’s...

The Rebirth of Delphi

The Rebirth of Delphi

There are times when Rodney O’Neal sounds more like a sailor than a CEO. “You have to be aware of what your North Star is and never lose sight...

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Wood Works

Wood Works

At Environmental Wood Solutions in Lake Orion, owner Larry Mullins is living proof that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

All Together Now

All Together Now

With an ample supply of empty office space in metro Detroit, why would a nonprofit organization build a $17.5-million headquarters in Farmington...

To Heaven and Back

To Heaven and Back

Early retirement sounded great when John Bornoty sold his Royal Oak-based technology company in 2005. But he soon found out the easy life was...

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Forgotten Harvest Champagne Cruise

Forgotten Harvest Champagne Cruise

More than 200 people attended Forgotten Harvest’s annual Champagne Cruise on Aug. 20 at Westborn Market in Berkley. The event, held the night...

DIFFA: Dining By Design

DIFFA: Dining By Design

The Michigan AIDS Coalition along with DIFFA: Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS held the inaugural Dining By Design On Aug. 12 at the A....

Detroit Jazz Fest Cruise

Detroit Jazz Fest Cruise

The 2010 Detroit International Jazz Festival, to be held over Labor Day weekend in downtown Detroit, hosted the Detroit Jazz Fest Cruise on Aug. 19...

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Prepare for Takeoff

Prepare for Takeoff

A solid bellwether of an economic recovery is a rise in corporate air travel. If executives, managers, and entrepreneurs are increasingly using...


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No More Parts for the Machine: Transforming Performance in the Workforce

As organizations and businesses begin to rebuild their infrastructure after the Great Collapse, I am hoping that they do not try to reconstruct the...

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Is a downtown festival an opportunity or an annoyance?

The Ford Arts, Beats and Eats Festival (ABEF) makes its debut in a new city this weekend. Hosted by Pontiac for over a decade, the extravaganza...

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Reality Check: Where the Real Jobs Will be Created

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EV-Focused Business of Plugging In Conference Returns to Detroit, Announces Key Speakers

The three-day conference, Oct. 12-14 at the RenCen Marriott, will feature programming covering all aspects of the PEV industry


Dancing With Local Stars in Troy for Habitat for Humanity

Local Celebrities, Strolling Food Stations, Silent Auction on Oct. 15 at San Marino Club


Caucus Club & Detroit Seafood Market Join Fall Detroit Restaurant Week

Friday, September 24 through Sunday, October 4 enjoy $28 Three-Course Dinners


Ford Uses Innovative Liquid-Cooled Battery System to Help Focus Electric Owners Maximize Range

The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in the U.S. late next year and in Europe in 2012, will be powered by an advanced lithium-ion battery


Renowned Golf Architect Tom Doak and Marygrove College to Build Facility for inner city’s Midnight Golf

Midnight Golf, a wildly successful mentoring program for inner city youths, uses the game of golf to inspire achievement


CommerceConnect moves out of pilot phase to help more Michigan companies

The new office, located in Pontiac, will work in collaboration with state and local partners


University of Michigan Frankel Fund Invests in Ambiq Micro

Two young entrepreneurs from the University of Michigan recently led the firm to win $250,000 in funding from Cisco Systems and Draper Fisher...


LPGA Superstar Natalie Gulbis Returns to The Loon Golf Resort This Fall

The two-day 36-hole event will be played in a four-person team format with Amateurs competing in both gross and net divisions


American Cancer Society Launches New Cattle Baron's Shoot Out

Cattle Baron’s Shoot Out, presented by PVS Chemicals, Inc. slated for Sept. 24


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Second Best Month Of All Time With 17 Sellouts At PS&E Venues


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Can China Save GM?


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G.M.’s Unit for Investing to Attract Pay Scrutiny


Hard Choices: Domino's CEO J. Patrick Doyle


Henderson's Strategy to Fix GM


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How Marchionne Will Run Fiat-Chrysler


How Marchionne Will Run Fiat-Chrysler


If Obama Had Carter's Courage . . .


In Michigan, Dream Factories Aim to Replace Auto Sites


Mayor Courts Resistance in Detroit


Mayor Courts Resistance in Detroit


Signs of Hope


The Exotic in the Eyes of African Beholders


The Plight of Ford: A Stony Road


The real reason for Obama’s $2.4 billion electric car grants


The Triumph of Optimism


The Waxman-Pelosi Follies


Thinking About Shrinking


Toyota Bets Against The Electric Revolution


U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving


Why Hyundai Is an American Hit: What GM and Chrysler can learn from its success By Paul Ingrassia