DBusiness - May / June 2011

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	How Kwame Kilpatrick's Arrogance Spawned a Reign of Corruption in Detroit By Ric Bohy
Graduate Business Schools in Metro Detroit *
	Engineering a Turnaround $2 Billion in R&D for Universities Make Believers of Region’s Researchers. By Michelle Martinez
Engineering Schools in Michigan Michigan boasts some of the highest ranked engineering programs in the nation. Three of Michigan’s engineering schools ranked in the top 100 of the nation by U.S. News & World Report’s “2011...
Undergraduate Business Schools in Metro Detroit*
	Champions of the New Economy 2011 By R.J. King // Photographs by Joe Vaughn

Letter from the Editor Archive »
	Detroit's Future: Fair to Midland Midland doesn’t possess the allure of Charlevoix or Bay Harbor, yet it’s arguably the most prosperous small city in Michigan. By R.J. King

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Detroit's Future: Fair to Midland

Midland doesn’t possess the allure of Charlevoix or Bay Harbor, yet it’s arguably the most prosperous small city in Michigan.

By R.J. King

Ticker Archive »
	The Comeback Kid A consultant reinvents his practice. By R.J. King
	Cast it Forward A manufacturer in Westland has developed a product to compete with century-old materials. By R.J. King
Sound Device Patience is the best medicine when a product takes years to develop. By R.J. King
	Card Shark A Rochester entrepreneur found early success selling baseball cards for a profit, but when the market dried up, he switched gears. By Bill Dow
	The Beer Also Rises How a small brewer in Royal Oak is gaining market share in a saturated industry By Tim Keenan
	The Piano Man Despite the economic slowdown, a piano dealer in Commerce Township says diversification is key to making ends meet. By R.J. King

PDA Q&A Archive »
	Q&A: Michael A. Cox By R.J. King

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Focus Archive »
	The Pawn Brokers Presumably murky characters who fence goods at high interest rates for people in need, pawnshop owners are riding the region's recent wave of misfortune with a measure of respect. By Marylynn G. Hewitt

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The Pawn Brokers

Presumably murky characters who fence goods at high interest rates for people in need, pawnshop owners are riding the region's recent wave of misfortune with a measure of respect.

By Marylynn G. Hewitt

Perspectives Archive »
	Lean and Green From his perch in Traverse City, Tom Doak has designed some of the most famous golf courses in the world. But his latest project is, in Detroit and , could serve as a model for renewing interest in... By Norm Sinclair

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From his perch in Traverse City, Tom Doak has designed some of the most famous golf courses in the world. But his latest project is, in Detroit and , could serve as a model for renewing interest in...

By Norm Sinclair

Exec Life Archive »
	Imported From Detroit A high-tech studio in Ferndale is delivering Detroit's musical heritage to a new global audience. By R.J. King

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Imported From Detroit

A high-tech studio in Ferndale is delivering Detroit's musical heritage to a new global audience.

By R.J. King

Closing Bell Archive »
	Cash Cab ‘Where to, Bud?’ was heard in Detroit when motor taxicabs took to the streets around 1909. Thinking it had a better idea, the largest cab operator turned to electric propulsion. By Ronald Ahrens

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Cash Cab

‘Where to, Bud?’ was heard in Detroit when motor taxicabs took to the streets around 1909. Thinking it had a better idea, the largest cab operator turned to electric propulsion.

By Ronald Ahrens