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Tim Keenan is managing editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Prior to joining DBusiness, he was a senior account executive at Campbell Marketing & Communications in Dearborn, working with the Motorcraft-Quick Lane racing teams in NASCAR and the NHRA. In other positions, he executed public relations and marketing strategies for several Tier One automotive suppliers. His journalism credits include The Football News-Basketball Weekly in Detroit, The Hardwood News in Lansing, Monday Morning Newspapers in Warren, and Ward’s Communications in Southfield. While at Ward’s, Mr. Keenan was part of a team that won the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award in 1995. In late 2020, he published “Everybody Loves Mickey,” a biography of retired professional wrestler “Irish” Mickey Doyle. Mr. Keenan also is chairman of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo and is a volunteer for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach, Fla. He is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.
Somerset Collection Studio is bringing the CityLoft concept back to downtown Detroit starting today. // Courtesy of the Somerset Collection

DBusiness Daily Update: Somerset Collection Studio Brings CityLoft Back to Downtown Detroit, and More

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
Wind turbines at DTE Energy's Meridian Wind Park in Saginaw and Midland counties. // Courtesy of DTE Energy

DTE Energy Boosts Clean Energy Capacity by 40% in 2021

DTE Energy today announced it will complete a 40 percent increase in its renewable energy capacity this year. The 535-megawatt increase includes three wind parks that began operating in the spring and one solar...
Stellantis and Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group have agreed create a partnership to design semiconductors for the automaker as well as third-party customers. // Stock photo

Stellantis Partners with Taiwan Firm to Design and Sell Semiconductors

Stellantis, which has its North American headquarters in Auburn Hills, and Hon Hai Technology Group (also known as Foxconn) in Taiwan, today announced they have signed a non-binding agreement to create a partnership to...
Beaumont Royal Oak aerial

Royal Oak Beaumont Opens After-hours Sports and Orthopedic Injury Clinic

Beaumont Health has opened a new Sports and Orthopedic Injury Clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak that is staffed by orthopedic specialists seven days a week.The clinic will focus on recreational athletic injuries that...
Nabil Grace, dean of the LTU College of Engineering, speaks to the audience at the dedication of the building that bears his name. // Courtesy of LTU

DBusiness Daily Update: Lawrence Tech Renames Center for Innovative Materials Research, and More

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
Chris McGowan today has been named president and CEO of Illitch Sports + Entertainment. // Courtesy of Illitch Sports + Entertainment

Ilitch Sports + Entertainment Names Chris McGowan President and CEO

Ilitch Sports + Entertainment (IS+E) today named veteran sports and entertainment executive Chris McGowan president and CEO, effective Jan. 3, 2022.IS+E is the business division of the Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers, The District...
Sledding is one of the activities offered during Winter at Valade. // Courtesy Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

DBusiness Daily Update: Holly Jolly Riverfront Starts at Detroit’s Valade Park Dec. 10-12, and...

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies, including updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. To share a business or nonprofit story, please send us...
Wind turbines in the background of a former open pit mine site.

GM Joins Initiative to Certify Sustainability in EV Supply Chain

General Motors Co. in Detroit has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), adding another element that supports the sustainability and human rights of the electric vehicle supply chain.IRMA advances responsible mining practice...
The U.S. Department of Energy has investing $3.1 million in a transparent solar sponge developed by a University of Michigan-led team. // Courtesy of U-M

U.S. Energy Department Invests $3.4M in U-M-developed Solar Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy is backing a transparent solar sponge developed by a University of Michigan-led team with a $3.1 million investment.A second U-M project, to be funded with $300,000, will produce an...
Part of the agreement that made EOS a Gold LIFT member included the purchase of an EOS M 290 industrial metal 3-D printer. // Courtesy of EOS

Detroit’s LIFT Acquires 3-D Printer, Welcomes EOS as Gold Level Member

LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, announced that EOS has signed a multi-year member agreement to join the institute as a Gold Level member to support ongoing education and innovation...

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