Mich. agrees to foreclosure settlement

Checks for as much as $2,000 could be headed to Michigan residents who wrongly lost their homes to foreclosure between 2008 and 2011, Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Tuesday.

Plan for new Oakland County hospital draws fire

McLaren Health Care Corp. wants to spend $303.7 million to build a hospital at its McLaren Clarkston development in Independence Township, a move opposed by competitors and a coalition, citing lack of demand for existing hospital beds in the county and worries of pushing up prices for consumers.

New restaurant bets on Corktown

A Toronto transplant is the latest Detroiter with plans to open an eatery on Corktown’s Michigan Avenue strip, where a string of small retailers has opened since Slows Bar B Q debuted nearly seven years ago a block from the blighted Michigan Central Depot.

13,000 is next Dow milestone, with record in sight

New York— It was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,000 points in three terrifying weeks. Investors had a host of things to worry about, including the possibility of another recession.

Rupert Murdoch’s company settles 9 lawsuits

London— All but one of the first wave of phone hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch's News International have been settled, victims' lawyer told Britain's High Court on Wednesday.

McDonald’s apologizes, drops pit bull ad

McDonald’s has apologized and pulled an ad that came back to bite it. The ad said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a stray pit bull, shaving your head, naming your son Sue or giving friends your Facebook password. It enraged pit bull owners and their supporters.

Zuckerberg’s focus drives Facebook’s ascent

San Jose, Calif.— When Mark Zuckerberg showed up to rent Judy Fusco's Los Altos, Calif., house in the fall of 2004, soon after he'd arrived in Silicon Valley, the landlord was immediately struck by his confidence.

Briefs: Job availability jump boosts hiring outlook

The number of available jobs in the U.S. jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring.

Trump looks to join ranks of swanky cemeteries

Newark, N.J. — They say you can’t take it with you when you die, but that’s not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans — like Donald Trump.

Super Bowl auto ads scoring high online

Automakers' big investment in Super Bowl ads has paid off with more than 80 million viewers on the Internet.

Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath

Cambridge, Mass.— Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.

Cliffs Natural Resources scraps U.P. plant plans

Palmer, Mich.— A company is scrapping plans to build a plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to supply raw materials for a type of mill that makes steel.

Detroit Metro among airports testing less-hassle screening

Washington — A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights.

McClure’s Pickles snaps up former American Axle plant

Metro Detroit makes improving housing markets index for first time

Bernanke is expected to stick with low-rate stance

BP hikes dividend after strong fourth quarter

Job openings jump to near a 3-year high

Dow approaches 13,000, and maybe a record to come

Henry Ford Health System opens center in Bloomfield Hills

Citibank hands out tax forms for frequent flier miles

Bitten by woodchuck of love again

Allowance could help or hurt child

Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox

Strategies to kick-start a job hunt

Big medical bills may add up to qualified tax breaks

Credit for earned income overlooked

KFC may be good gauge for China