DETROIT - WWJ Newsradio 950 is reporting that Ford is going to cut one of the shifts at its assembly plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, cutting nearly 900 jobs. That plant builds both the Ford Mustang and Mazda6. Ford says it is doing this to bring supply in line with demand. Interestingly, the Mustang has
WARREN - Eight Southeast Michigan women leaders will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association at its 14th Annual Women and Leadership in the Workplace Symposium and Awards on March 4 at The Fairlane Club in Dearborn. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. followed by a brunch. The conference runs until noon. The event
ROCHESTER ? Bob Lilienfeld, founder and President of Cygnus Group, will keynote the Feb. 23 meeting of EcoTuesday at the Rochester Mills Brewing Co. Lilienfeld is a leader in resource use reduction and supply chain management. As author of "Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are", Bob will speak about the true
ANN ARBOR ? The application deadline is March 9 for any companies that want to pitch hundreds of investors in May at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, the grand daddy of all investors conferences nationwide. Thirty-two ventures, representing a range of industries, will be selected to present to an audience of venture capitalist, angel and
PLEASANT RIDGE - In a story published Feb. 9 about ePrize Founder Josh Linkner getting moved to chairman from CEO, it was incorrectly reported that ePrize investor Dan Gilbert owns Rock Financial Showcase. Blair Bowman is the owner. Rock Financial purchased the naming rights. To read the corrected story, click on ePrize a>>
DETROIT - Zhiguo Du, James A. Sheridan and Laura E. Tedesco have joined Butzel Long as associate attorneys. Du focuses on International Business Transactions, Tax Planning and the China Practice. Sheridan concentrates his practice on business litigation and Tedesco's practice focuses on corporate law. Based in Butzel Long's Detroit office, Du's practice focuses on International
ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum will honor the three entrepreneurs who nurtured HandyLab through its acquisition as the NEF Entrepreneurs of 2009 on Feb. 18 at the Holiday Inn North. Honored will be: Kalyan Handique is now VP of R&D Systems Development at Becton Dickinson (BD) Diagnostic Systems. He played a pivotal role
PLYMOUTH - A number of recent studies now confirm that high-intensity discharge headlamps offer significant safety advantages over halogen headlights, according to Hella, a leading supplier of automotive lighting and electronics. Steffen Pietzonka, vice president of Marketing for Hella's Lighting business unit, said that HID headlamps offer several significant safety advantages. First of all, HID
LANSING - The Save Our Students, Schools and State Coalition is looking for caps on what districts have to pay toward health care and retirement and automatic renewal of the 18-mill local school tax as ways to keep districts out of deficits in the coming years. But the state also needs to step up and
WASHINGTON DC - On Tuesday, the US will undergo a simulated cyberattack to help policymakers decide how well the country would cope. The cyberattack simulation, called Cyber Shockwave, was created by Michael Hayden, a former CIA director general, and the National Security Preparedness Group of the Bipartisan Policy Center, which is a three-year-old nonprofit organization