WASHINGTON D.C. - Starshowz Corporation has been selected for the 2008 Best of Auburn Hills Award in the Entertainment Bureaus category by the U.S. Local Business Association. The USLBA Best of Local Business Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing
BIRMINGHAM - In a spot survey last week of 270 supplier executives representing 185 companies, 76 percent said they support a federal government bailout of General Motors. Without it, they said they'd have to downsize or close, resulting in over 275,000 people losing jobs at their companies. While the survey focused on GM, 71 percent
WARREN - Survivability Team Leader Heather Molitoris of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, has received the prestigious Louis Dellamonica Award for Outstanding U.S. Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year Award for 2007. ?Heather was selected for her outstanding work using many different modeling and simulation [M&S] tools for developing
LANSING - The domestic auto industry that the United States has known for decades, dominated by three major Detroit manufacturers, is no more, economic analysts said on Tuesday as a combination of continued sales collapse and the uncertainty of federal assistance means that even under the best circumstances "radical restructuring" of the companies will be
LANSING - With a focus on working on the state's budget, especially by approving the anticipated executive order budget cuts, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester) outlined his priorities for the lame duck session on Monday. And many of his priorities sounded similar to those listed by Governor Jennifer Granholm. Like Granholm, Bishop also called
DETROIT - There's a lot of anger in the Motor City right now. On Monday, Congress approved $20 billion to save Citigroup and promised it would provide another $275 billion on top of that. But unlike the Big Three automakers, none of the Citigroup executives had to attend hearings in Washington or get lectured about
BATTLE CREEK - Battle Creek Unlimited on Monday unveiled its strategy for redeveloping downtown Battle Creek - lead by investments in food science, technology and education, and featuring a six-story "Green" office building that will be leased by Kellogg Company. BCU officials estimate that its downtown revitalization plan could require more than $86 million in
GRAND RAPIDS - Gill Industries is ramping up an automated production line at its Trenton, Ga., factory to supply steel chassis for a new series of utility vehicles by Club Car that targets the agricultural and outdoor recreation markets. The Trenton facility will have the capacity to fabricate up to 30 frames a day for
BURLINGAME - It's time to go back to basics. Trips to exotic resorts are plunging. Sales of macaroni and cheese are up. And in a digital age, consumers turn not just to familiar foods when the economic news is frightful, but also to friendly digital toys. "It's about trust and comfort at this point," says
NEW YORK - Here's another species endangered by our cratering economy: the basic, mid-priced cellphone. Pinched wallets are putting the so-called feature phone--which includes a camera, Bluetooth, text messaging and Web surfing capabilities--at risk, says Avi Greengart, research director of mobile devices at Current Analysis. Carriers, squeezed by the economy themselves, are passing over their