Recently added articles from Crain's Detroit Business:
SPECIAL ONLINE EDITIONS COMING.(NEWS)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Next week's print edition of Crain's Detroit Business will cover the weeks of June 29 and July 6, and a special digital "holiday edition will be available online beginning the evening of July 4. We will publish three additional online-only digital editions in or near holiday ...
Former Chrysler dealers build new business models.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: DANIEL DUGGAN Almost two weeks have passed since Joe Ricci has been able to sell new Chrysler vehicles. Ricci is one of the 14 Detroit-area dealerships to have his franchise terminated by the Auburn Hills automaker. But he's also among those dealers ...
Career Transition.(NEWS)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Name: Dave Lawrence, 30. Education: A bachelor's degree in material science and engineering from the University of Michigan. Past career: Eight years with Ann Arbor-based Nanocerox Inc., which makes mixed-metal oxide ceramic powders for a potentially wide range of ...
Asterand eyes jump to Ann Arbor; TechTown tenant: WSU not supportive, lease overpriced.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: TOM HENDERSON Asterand plc, the anchor tenant at Detroit-based TechTown, the incubator and technology park associated with Wayne State University, is considering a move to Ann Arbor and possible affiliations with the University of Michigan because of what its CEO says is ...
MEDC: Put venture funds to work; CEO "not pleased' at slow use of state money.(Michigan Economic Development Corp)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: TOM HENDERSON Approval is expected Wednesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund board for the final four companies to get funding from the $109 million 21st Century Investment Fund. ESP Holdings II L.L.C. of Cleveland, Peninsula Capital Partners L.L.C. of ...
Consumers seeks to redo rate structure; smaller biz paid big rates.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: AMY LANE A rate-design glitch is hitting some 200 to 300 Consumers Energy Co. business customers with disproportionately high charges that began on their June electric bills. At issue is a monthly customer charge, approved by state regulators in May, to pay ...
Baby's Room franchisee files bankruptcy.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Byline: GABE NELSON Emery L Inc., the Taylor-based company that ran Baby's Room nursery furniture stores locally, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation last week in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Emery L was a franchisee of USA Baby Inc., ...
CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)
Jun 22, 2009 ... * A June 15 Rumblings item incorrectly referred to Matrix Human Services' President and CEO Marcella Wilson as "he. * A June 15 Rumblings item on the ...
Festivals press on despite loss of sponsors.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: SHERRI BEGIN WELCH Producers of local summertime festivals say the events will go on in spite of lost and decreased sponsorships. Organizers are rounding up new sponsors and downsizing some offerings to keep the events going and morale up. "It's a ...
Opinion.(NEWS)(Conference news)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Leaders should hear ideas from summit The Detroit Economic Club and its CEO, Beth Chappell, took a big risk in forging ahead with the club's ambitious National Summit. As Nancy Kaffer reports on Page 5, the club is facing a deficit of $225,000 to $250,000. But if the ...
Business Diary.(Santa Rosa Consulting L.L.)
Jun 22, 2009 ... ACQUISITIONS Santa Rosa Consulting L.L.C., Southfield, has announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Noesis Health of Panama City, Fla. CONTRACTS Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, and St. Clair College, Windsor, Ontario, ...
SELLERS SHIFT GEARS.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Some of the 14 Detroit-area Chrysler dealers that had their franchises terminated by the Auburn Hills automaker in May are restructuring. Here's a sampling: * Joe Ricci of Dearborn: Augmenting used car sales with All American Buyer's Service, which finds new car deals for ...
Employment Calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
Jun 22, 2009 ... More certificate programs at Madonna University Madonna University will offer three new certificate programs this fall geared toward displaced workers: film music scoring, visual communication and design, and technical translation. Each certificate of completion requires 14-16 ...
Finalist: Private company, less than $100M.(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Sherri Begin Welch Laurie Mickiewicz CFO Guardian Alarm Co. Southfield By bolstering Guardian Alarm Co.'s medical and video monitoring business and orchestrating the divestiture of its armored car division, CFO Laurie ...
Winner: Nonprofit, human services.(Lighthouse of Oakland County)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Sherri Begin Welch Susan Ide CFO Lighthouse of Oakland County Pontiac Lighthouse of Oakland County's financial systems hadn't been keeping pace with its growth. The nonprofit had broad financial systems set up ...
Finalist: Private company, $100M-$1B.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Chad Halcom Rick Knappe CFO U.S. Farathane Corp. Sterling Heights It's been a year of tough choices, but Rick Knappe has wrestled down the break-even point of U.S. Farathane Corp., a company that gets 90 percent or so of its ...
Winner: Private company, less than $100M.(ForeSee Results)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Tom Henderson Jeff Blackman CFO ForeSee Results Ann Arbor "I truly believe I have the best job in the world, said Jeff Blackman, CFO at Ann Arbor-based ForeSee Results, which uses the University of Michigan American Consumer ...
Winner: Public company, $1 and up.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Byline: Amy Lane Tom Webb Executive vice president and CFO CMS Energy Corp. Jackson When Tom Webb came to CMS Energy Corp. in 2002, the company was facing financial fallout from ill-fated energy trades and far-flung international ...
CEO pay: The details.
Jun 22, 2009 ... alaries, bonuses, stock awards and options exercised are key metrics in the total compensation packages for CEOs at area companies. But often, the most interesting details show up in footnotes of proxy statements filed by public companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...
Winner Nonprofit, hospitals.(NEWS)
Jun 22, 2009 ... Byline: Jay Greene James Connelly CFO Henry Ford Health System Detroit James Connelly thought he had all the financial numbers just right at Henry Ford Health System in summer 2008. In his nine years at Henry Ford, ...