A boutique hotel known for its environmental responsibility has announced that it will open a third Michigan location. CityFlatsHotel's newest location, in Port Huron, will be in the 90-plus-year-old building that was once home to Sperry's Department Store....

Month: April 2014
As Lyft comes to Detroit, Uber still faces legal issues with city
Detroit area residents and visitors in need of a lift somewhere and don't want to find or pay for a taxi have had the option of getting an Uber vehicle for over a year now. Uber allows people to request a car, complete with driver, via a smartphone app. Now a similar...
Michigan’s Aco Hardware closing 3 stores in conversion to Ace
Early this year, as many of our readers probably know, Aco Hardware announced that it was joining hardware giant Ace Hardware and transitioning its current stores. Now the company, which started in Dearborn back in 1946 as Trasko Brothers Hardware Depot, says that...
Detroit’s Ally raises almost $2.4 billion in stock market debut
Six years after Detroit-based Ally Financial Inc. received a $17.2 million bailout through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, it is now a publicly-traded company. Ally debuted on the New York Stock Exchange this month at $25 per share, raising almost $2.4 billionThat...
New Michigan pizzeria serves patrons on restricted diets
New business ideas come from a variety of inspirations. For the co-owner of the new Renee's Gourmet Pizzeria, the business and its name was inspired by his daughter. The pizzeria, which opened in February, is believed to be the only one in Michigan whose entire menu...
Michigan’s Gerber fights removal from food assistance program
Gerber, the popular maker of baby foods founded here in Michigan in 1928, is suing the New York Department of Health. According to the suit, the DOH removed Gerber from its Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program, which it had been part of since...
Beloved Michigan bookstore closing after nearly 40 years
Independent booksellers have had a tough time in recent years. Between the growth of bookstore chains and the increasingly popularity of e-books, many small stores are struggling and failing to stay in business. That's the case for a Michigan bookstore called Pooh's...
New recall could bring General Motors more business litigation
As if General Motors wasn't facing enough problems due to the recall, lawsuits and government investigations resulting from the faulty ignition switch on some of its compact cars, the Detroit automaker has just expanded the recall. GM announced on March 28 that it is...