Detroit's Henry Ford Health System has announced a partnership between Henry Ford Innovations and two universities to improve the quality of life for people who are undergoing physical rehabilitation or suffering from disabilities that limit their mobility and/or...

Month: January 2014
Ann Arbor Google call center closure causes loss of 430 jobs
Some 430 employees of Teleperformance USA have lost their jobs at an Ann Arbor call center, and that call center is now closed. The layoffs, which occurred this month, resulted from the firm's loss of its contract with Google. Google whose name has become synonymous...
2 Detroit area businesses chosen for grants
We've previously discussed Michigan-based businesses, and particularly those headquartered in and around Detroit, that are succeeding thanks to determined, savvy entrepreneurs with solid business plans. Now comes good news about two more such businesses. They are...
Michigan’s contract with Adidas ‘most lucrative’ of its kind
A recent study conducted by the "Portland Business Journal" found that the University of Michigan and sportswear giant Adidas have the "most lucrative public apparel deal in the country." That may account for the many varieties of gold and blue uniforms worn by the...
Whirlpool faces suit over fatal refrigerator fire
Major appliances reportedly are the culprits behind some 150,000 house fires annually, hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage as well as thousands of injuries and some fatalities as well. Most people don't think of refrigerators when they picture an...
Locals could make Michigan ‘craft distillery epicenter’
When most people think of microdistilleries, they don't picture Michigan, let alone Detroit. However, thanks to a few motivated entrepreneurs and some changes to Michigan law, the area has some thriving distilleries, with more on the horizon. The Michigan Liquor...
Compuware’s latest transaction should have minimal local impact
The foremost computer technology corporation in Michigan, Compuware, has just announced that it will sell three of its business units to a private equity fund based in Los Angeles. According to a Compuware executive, the jobs held by employees of those business units...
Detroit Pistons with non-guaranteed contracts face deadline
With basketball season getting into full swing, one player for the Detroit Pistons who is feeling the uncertainty of having a non-guaranteed contract is Josh Harrellson. The center has been in this position before. A year ago, when he was playing for the Miami Heat,...
Shinola plans to grow internationally, but stay rooted in Detroit
A Detroit retailer that opened its flagship store this summer is attracting big attention and already has plans for expansion in other major cities in the U.S. and abroad. Shinola is already making a name for itself, rating a place in "Departures," American Express's...
Birds Eye federal suit moves forward, with fewer plaintiffs
Although a federal judge in Kalamazoo has dismissed some families' suits against Birds Eye Food because the plaintiffs could not prove that their property was contaminated by Birds Eye's water from its Fennville, Michigan, plant, suits by three families are moving...