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Special Report: 2023 Michigan Economic Forecast – Recession Progression

Since the first quarter of 2020, COVID-19 has been the albatross around the neck of the national economy. Now, as the world bounces back...

Care Exchange

More than 20 years ago, Beaumont Hospital launched an advertising campaign that resonated with generations of Detroiters. “Do you have a Beaumont doctor?” was...

Big Three Auto Executives 2022: Stellantis

Carlos Tavares CEO Tavares was appointed the first CEO and executive director of Stellantis in January 2021. Previously, he served as chairman of the managing board...
Dream Team - Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., and President Joe Biden with the all-new, all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning. // Photo by Sam VarnHagen.

Big Three Auto Executives 2022: Ford Motor Co.

William Clay Ford Jr. Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board of Directors Ford has been a member of the company’s board of directors since 1988 and...
Electric Charge - General Motors Co. CEO and Chair Mary Barra is leading the Detroit-based automaker to an all-electric future. // All photos courtesy of GM

Big Three Auto Executives 2022: General Motors Co.

Mary T. Barra Chairman and CEO Barra became the first female chief executive to lead a major automaker when she was named CEO in January 2014....
Before Its Time - Chateau Chantal opened in 1993 on the Old Mission Peninsula north of Traverse City. The region's microclimate near the 45th parallel is ideal for growing white grapes. // Courtesy of Chateau Chantal

Red, White, and Rosé

The sound system was acting up, but Nathaniel Rose had a strategy for waiting until Soul Patch, the Traverse City roots-rock band, opened Northport’s...

Mad Men

Lee Iacocca stood before mourners at Kirk in the Hills in Bloomfield Township on Aug. 21, 1993, and recognized plenty of familiar faces. Composing...
Courtesy of Ted Gushue

Lightning Speed

Expectations were low when Ford Motor Co.’s product development team set out to work up a new battery-electric SUV nearly seven years ago. Intentionally...
Plymouth's Rapid Transit System ad campaign from 1968-1972

Secret Stash

While working on a book three years ago, Rob Keil came from California to pay a call on Jim Secreto, the collector who, as...
Lost in Space

Lost in Space

Two entrepreneurs, Sebastian S. Kresge and Richard W. Sears, each established storefronts and built them into the twin titans of retail during the last...

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