Recently added articles from Crain's Detroit Business:
Crisis may help Detroit 3 bailout.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Byline: Marine Cole The recent bailouts of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and American International Group Inc. have improved the chances that the government will inject fresh money into the Detroit automakers, including General Motors Corp. The auto companies are seeking ...
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK; Growth spurs another move.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Byline: Robert Ankeny Howard & Howard Attorneys P.C. is on the move again. Founded in Kalamazoo in 1869, the business-law firm opened an office in Bloomfield Hills in 1988, the first time a western Michigan firm came into metro Detroit. In 1998, when Gina ...
WEEK IN REVIEW; FROM WWW.CRAINSDETROIT.COM, WEEK OF SEPT. 13-19.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Special election set to pick Detroit mayor A special election will be held next year to fill the rest of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's term, the Associated Press reported. Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to hold a primary election Feb. 24, followed by an election May ...
Rizik to be Detroit Renaissance fund CEO.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Byline: Tom Henderson Veteran venture capitalist Chris Rizik is expected to be named president and CEO of the Detroit Renaissance Venture Fund today. Rizik's appointment is effective Oct. 13. In doing so, he leaves the Ann Arbor-based VC firm of Ardesta L.L.C., which ...
Correction.(Correction notice)
Sep 15, 2008 ... * Due to incorrect information provided to Crain's, a story published on Page 24 of the Sept. 8 edition gave the wrong date for a ...
Technology Company of the Year Finalists.(Company overview)
Sep 15, 2008 ... ElectroJet Inc. Brighton ElectroJet Inc. has developed an advanced fuel-injection system to cut pollution and improve fuel economy and engine performance from small engines. The Brighton company was founded in 2003 in a pole barn by a few friends. It has contracts ...
Web extra.
Sep 15, 2008 ... To see more of the new terminal and hear an interview with Michael Conway, ...
Legend CEO; Robert Stempel Former chairman General Motors Corp. and Energy Conversion Devices Inc.
Sep 15, 2008 ... Byline: Christiana Schmitz and Tom Henderson When Robert Stempel retired in December 2007 from Energy Conversion Devices Inc. as chairman of the board, he ended a prestigious career during which he served first as head of Detroit's largest company and then as head of one of its ...
Dauch names retirement window; new team set, target is overseas.
Sep 15, 2008 ... Byline: Robert Sherefkin Richard E. Dauch, 67, expects to step down as CEO of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. in one to three years, leaving his company's push overseas to another generation. His newly anointed team of senior executives must convert the ...
Wells Fargo sues Quicken, claims fraudulent loans.
Sep 15, 2008 ... Byline: Tom Henderson and Daniel Duggan Livonia-based Quicken Loans Inc. is being sued in U.S. District Court by Wells Fargo Bank N.A., in a dispute over what is claimed are fraudulent loans gone bad. South Dakota-based Wells Fargo filed the suit in June, claiming ...
Week in Review.
Sep 15, 2008 ... Council delays vote for special mayoral election etroit City Council on Tuesday delayed a vote to set dates for a special election to fill the mayor's seat in the wake of Kwame Kilpatrick's resignation, the Associated Press reported. The council was expected to vote ...
New plan to revive McLouth; NY investor involved; up to 500 jobs expected.
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Ryan Beene The long-shuttered former McLouth Steel Products Corp. mill in Trenton may see new life if efforts to revive the Downriver plant continue to make progress. Trenton Mayor Gerald Brown says a New York investor is working with the owner to modernize ...
Slicing the real estate pie.
Sep 08, 2008 ... Brokers can slice and dice metro Detroit's industrial real estate really fast using original-equipment manufacturers as a guide. The near-west side: Ford Motor Co. The I-75 corridor: Chrysler L.L.C. turf. And Detroit: General Motors Corp. Follow that rough logic for ...
CORRECTION.(Correction notice)
Sep 08, 2008 ... * A story on Page 10 of the Aug. 25 edition misidentified the CEO of Air America Logistics Co., who is Vicky ...
Financing changes may squeeze cash flow of some Chrysler dealers.
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Nancy Kaffer A month after Chrysler Financial L.L.C. terminated its lease program, the waters haven't quite smoothed for the metro area's Chrysler L.L.C. dealers. Area dealers report a slow August, mirroring the company's 34 percent drop in sales reported ...
Buildings take the LEED in conservation, recycling.
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jay Greene When it came time in 2006 to install a roof on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's nine-story parking deck in Detroit, Blues' executives chose an environmentally friendly option. The 52,000-square-foot green roof a layer of vegetation and light ...
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Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: NATHAN SKID Rick Plewa, in charge of sustainability efforts ...
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Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: NATHAN SKID Meskerem Gebreyohannes of Taste of ...
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Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: william pugliano Ron Lilek of William Beaumont ...
CORRECTIONS.(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 2008 ... * A story on Page 18 of the Aug. 18 edition should have said that Walter Zimmerman, president of Climate Technologies Corp. in Northville, is among the entrepreneurs approved for the first year of the Product Realization and Technology ...