30 win Detroit jobs for year
A list of more than 900 applicants has been whittled to 30 winners for the urban revitalization project known as Challenge Detroit, which pays participants to live in the city for a year.
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A list of more than 900 applicants has been whittled to 30 winners for the urban revitalization project known as Challenge Detroit, which pays participants to live in the city for a year.
Michigan’s demand for energy will dip across the board this summer, a state report predicted Tuesday, while a gas analyst said Michigan’s price for fuel might fall lower than Tuesday’s average of $3.73 a gallon.
Detroit-based Compuware Corp. reported Tuesday that its profit fell 9 percent for the 2012 fiscal year ended March 31, even though revenues jumped nearly 9 percent from a year ago to top $1 billion during the 2012 fiscal year.
Washington— Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.
Washington — Americans bought more previously owned homes in April, a hopeful sign that the weak housing market is gradually improving.
Let the Facebook Inc. finger-pointing begin. After one of the most anticipated initial public offerings in history, Facebook’s 19 percent drop this week prompted investors to fault everything from Morgan Stanley’s role as lead underwriter to the company’s greed and the Nasdaq itself.
San Francisco — Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet’s most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile computing.
“MONDEWHAAAAT?” The sarcasm was palpable in the one-word headline that appeared in The New York Post on the day after Kraft Foods revealed that it planned to name its new global snack business “Mondelez,” an interpretation of a mash-up of the Latin words for “world” and “delicious.”
The microbiologist who coined the term for lean finely textured beef ran through a few iterations in his head before he decided to send an email about the filler to a co-worker at the U.S. Department of Agriculture a decade ago. Then, the name hit him like heartburn after a juicy burger.
For the second year in a row, Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released Tuesday.
Washington — Americans bought more new homes last month, the latest evidence that the U.S. housing market could be starting to recover.
Lansing— Workers who have had their wages and hours reduced will be able to continue working while receiving unemployment benefits under a bill that passed unanimously in the Senate Wednesday morning.
If you’re flying this summer, be prepared to kiss your family goodbye at the gate. Even if they’re on the same plane.

The question isn’t whether Detroit needs departments for lighting, health services or planning and development. It’s whether a city on the verge of financial collapse and a state takeover should find a better way to deliver those and more to taxpayers who pay the bills.
The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. on Tuesday awarded loans to three Detroit independent grocers that will be used to upgrade their facilities.
Michael Rosemond and Terry Walker started Rickshaw Detroit in 2006 after the two met at a city meeting hoping to gain city approval to use pedicabs.
Toledo — Officials at Hollywood Casino here said Monday that they hope to lure Metro Detroiters to Toledo with incentives, a smoke-free environment, and the ...
Area employers kept better control of rising health care costs this year compared with 2011, according to a benefits survey released Monday.
After Facebook stock narrowly stayed above the initial public offering price during its first day of trading, the price fell hard and fast Monday, knocking ...
Delta Air Lines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. are among carriers raising fares and reaping domestic bookings for summer travel as a recovering economy spurs ...
Metro Detroit’s hotels built momentum for the upcoming summer tourism season, posting a nearly 4 percent reduction in vacant rooms through the first four ...
New York— French hotel company Accor SA is checking out of Motel 6, and a prominent U.S. investment firm is moving in.
Washington— A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for ...
Kalamazoo— The Pentagon says Kalamazoo's public safety department and a Holland company are finalists for an award recognizing employer support for ...
Los Angeles— Google Chrome surpassed Internet Explorer last week as the world's most used Web browser, according to a statistic released Monday.
The loss of 80% of its tart cherry crop is rippling through Michigan’s food processing industry, shrinking supplies, raising prices and causing some fruit ...
Ever wonder whether you could have gotten a Facebook deal for your favorite dining spot if you had “liked” the restaurant before you left home? Now, ...
A big source of marital strife is arguing over money which, if you think about it, is silly. So she gets her nails done or he buys $20 microbrews? When true ...
Portland, Ore. — Verizon Wireless and AT&T are each preparing to roll out shared-data pricing plans this year. Whoever makes the first move will ...
Newlyweds and couples moving toward marriage, take note. Love, as it turns out, is not all you need. Not if your goal is to avoid the No. 1 reason marriages ...
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Daniel Howes The presumptive Republican nominee for president, Mitt Romney, is campaigning this week in Michigan and Ohio and claiming credit for the controversial auto bailouts , even as... Read More
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