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Techweek Detroit will return to the Motor City for its third year next week, debuting a new format and the elimination of the technology tradeshow. Instead, the conference will focus on more hands-on events and panels, highlighting vital tech issues, such as the evolution of automotive IT.

General Motors Co. today announced today it would invest $788.7 million in its Spring Hill Manufacturing Plan in Tennessee for an all-new, high-efficiency engine program as well as vehicle modernization programs. Additionally, GM will investment will create nearly 800 jobs.

Fiat Chrysler announced it will invest $74.7 million in its two-facility engine complex in Trenton. The investment, which will retain 245 jobs, will retool the north plant to produce next generation four-cylinder engines.

BAE Systems, a global defense, security and aerospace company with operations in Sterling Heights, has been awarded a $109.7-million to convert recovery vehicles into heavy equipment recovery combat utility lift evacuation systems for the U.S. Army.

Given the rising need for programs and services related to good kidney health, the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan has opened a new, larger office at the Henry Ford Medical Center – Detroit Northwest.

KLA Laboratories, an 86-year-old family-owned communications technology company based in Dearborn, announced today they will partner with Trucom, a subsidiary of TPT Global Tech based in Arizona that provides phone, Internet, fiber optic, wireless, hosted PBX, and cloud services. Terms of the agreement were not released.

Downtown Birmingham — which boasts a 97 percent business occupancy rate — is preparing for the opening of three new stores, with additional stores coming in the following weeks.

Eighty-four percent of national business leaders are confident that Detroit will once again become a great city following its bankruptcy, says a new survey released today by Troy-based Kresge Foundation.

9Round, a kickboxing studio franchise that specializing in 30-minute, full-body workouts — but has no class times, instead offering circuits every three minutes — has opened in Royal Oak.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has developed an online interactive map that highlights the state’s 2015 wildfires and prescribed burns — each more than 10 acres in size — to help mushroom hunters in their quest for morels.