May / June 2008

The Ross Effect

In a town that doesn’t embrace outsiders, especially in the ultra-competitive automotive market, famed Wall Street investor Wilbur Ross has secured a major position in the supplier sector. But...

By Michael Strong

Peter's Principles

As head of one of the nation’s most successful residential-building companies, J. Peter Ministrelli has risen from humble beginnings to great heights. Now he’s bringing his well-honed...

By Norm Sinclair

Earning His Wings

Former Domino’s pizza baron Tom Monaghan still calls Michigan ‘home,’ but his life’s work no longer revolves around cheese and pepperoni. The devout Catholic patriarch of Ave Maria...

By Carol Brzozowski

Business Class

A Bloomfield Hills nonprofit links top executives with challenged students to boost reading and writing skills.

By Sean Flynn

The Greenback Effect

An investment in the environment can help reduce harmful emissions, boost productivity, and save money.

By John Sitkiewicz

Rethink Your Drink

Novi-based Ono Tea aims to alter our liquid lifestyle.

By R.J. King

Peter J. Ginopolis

Vice President of Sales, Marquis Jet, Michigan and Indiana Territory, Waterford Township. The E-Interview.

Fuel to Burn, Roads to Drive

Thanks to tighter federally mandated fuel-economy standards for model year 2020, the race to develop gasoline alternatives is now more frenzied than ever.

By Gary Witzenburg

A State of Recession

Michigan may not be mired in just another declining economic cycle. It appears the Great Lakes state is in the midst of an indeterminate downward trend.

By David Littmann

Dave Coverly

Cartoonist, Ann Arbor.

R.J. King

History Abounds

The historic Lone Pine House in Bloomfield Hills undergoes a painstaking, artful restoration.

By R.J. King