We have good news for our readers who fly for business and/or pleasure through Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The choice of places to grab a bite to eat before a flight that may offer nothing more than a bag of pretzels will be improving significantly. Twenty-five new...

Month: March 2014
Iconic University of Michigan touchdown photo subject of lawsuit
For University of Michigan football fans, it doesn't get much better than defeating another Big Ten team. One of those defeats came back in 1991 when Michigan beat Ohio State University. After a touchdown, Michigan's Desmond Howard rejoiced by posing in the same...
New wine law getting mixed reviews from Michigan restaurateurs
A visit by a Michigan state representative/pizzeria owner to Chicago prompted a new law that will impact Michigan restaurant owners and is likely to make many customers happy. The Midland representative, Jim Stamas, says that a law that allows customers to bring their...
Michigan McDonald’s restaurants facing employee lawsuits
Fast food workers have been among those on the front lines as the debate over raising minimum wages rages throughout the states and at the federal level. Now McDonald's employees in Michigan, as well as California and New York, have filed wage suits against the burger...
Ignition defect impacts Detroit’s ‘Old’ and ‘New’ General Motors
Detroit automaker General Motors Co. has faced no end of unwanted publicity recently for a defect with the ignition in a number of its cars. That problem, which can cause the car's systems to shut down and prevent air bags from deploying, has been linked to a minimum...
Detroit Bold Coffee entrepreneur benefitted from expert advice
We like to feature Detroit-area entrepreneurs succeeding in the business world, while bringing revenue and positive attention to our city and to focus on how they built their businesses. One of these entrepreneurs is the owner of Detroit Bold Coffee Co.The company's...
Michigan mall and security guards face wrongful death suit
Companies doing business in Michigan can be hit with litigation at any time, for any number of reasons. The owners of the Northland Center Mall in Southfield are facing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man from Ferndale who got into an altercation...
Fired Michigan man wins discrimination suit against county
A Michigan man who worked in maintenance for Washtenaw County was awarded over $1 million by a federal jury in Detroit. The plaintiff sued his former employer for terminating him, ostensibly because he was unqualified for his job, after nearly two decades of work. In...
New Michigan metals institute aims to advance innovation
This week, President Obama made his much-anticipated announcement that the Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation Institute will soon open in Canton Township, Michigan. The township's supervisor was at the White House for the president's announcement...