Owner of landmark Penobscot Building fined for multiple blight issues

Some of the 47 floors of the Detroit skyscraper are unsafe, unsanitary and have too much debris, city officials said

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Condado Tacos opening 2nd Metro Detroit restaurant in Midtown

The Ohio-based restaurant chain offers build-you-own tacos and a huge selection of tequila and whiskey

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Farmer Frank’s opening where Farmers Restaurant was in Eastern Market

Longtime Eastern Market business owner Frank Gjoka is working with Sanford Nelson's FIRM Real Estate to renovate the 4,600-square-foot building

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Misguided virus fears hitting Asian American businesses

In major U.S. cities, Asian American businesses are seeing a remarkable decline in customers as fear about the viral outbreak from China spreads

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Stocks fall as Apple warning raises China virus concerns

The maker of iPhones said it will fall short of its revenue forecasts in the fiscal second quarter because of production problems in China

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CVS subpoenaed by US on pharmacies’ role in opioid crisis

Federal authorities are investigating potential violations of two federal laws: the Controlled Substances Act and the False Claims Act

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A rare profits miss for Walmart to end the year

Walmart delivered a weak profit forecast for the year and a rare quarterly miss, Walmart’s worst in about five years

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Only five black billionaires in United States

The racial divide can be seen worldwide. In 2019, only 13 of the world’s 2,153 billionaires were black.

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China auto show delayed by virus fears

The sprawling event originally scheduled for April 21-30 in Beijing will be moved to an undetermined date

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Amazon’s Bezos says he’ll commit $10 billion to fight climate change

He’s under pressure to balance Amazon’s need to deliver goods quickly with the environmental consequences of the rapid growth of online shopping

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Regulation good for Facebook in long term, Zuckerberg says

“If we don’t create standards that people feel are legitimate, they won’t trust institutions or technology,” Zuckerberg said

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Crafting out a spot: Five Shores Brewing to open in Beulah

Co-founders Oliver Roberts and Matt Demorest think Five Shores is right in the middle of something big brewing in Benzie County

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Eastern Market Seafood to close after 45 years

A new seafood business is planned for the space after the building is renovated

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Tech-starved government seeks industry’s best, brightest

A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is seeking private-sector coders, programmers and software engineers to make government user-friendly

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Pier 1 files for bankruptcy protection amid online challenge

Pier 1 said it will pursue a sale, with a March 23 deadline to submit bids

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Metro Detroit home values rebound

Home values are on the rise this year across Metro Detroit, with the biggest gains seen in many inner-ring suburbs hit hardest by the 2008 recession

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Detroit Craft Work space up for sale at $300K

4,000-square-foot ground floor space in West Village that holds Craft Work, which is closing March 7, on market

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Million-dollar home sales in Metro Detroit herald rejuvenated market

Last year 394 homes in the four-county area sold for $1 million or more. That's four times the number that sold in 2010

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Million-dollar homes in Oakland County

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What college grads should know about the job search

The key to good placement starts with the job seeker

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Expert on negative interest rates: We’ll save more, work longer, get less

Welcome to the upside-down world of ultra-low and negative interest rates that is taking hold in many parts of the world

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In hot jobs market, half of college grads are missing out

For the first time in decades, recent college graduates are more likely to be out of work than the population as a whole

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Milk producers, desperate to win back America ask, ‘want a cookie?’

Facing a slump in demand, there are new flavors like wild blueberry, dips like fiesta sour cream and soon, cartons with cookies attached

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Liz Weston: Going on college tour saved $3,000

Amtrak’s “buy one, get one” spring sale got me started.

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Art Van Furniture explores sale, possible bankruptcy

The company is looking at options so it "can continue serving our guests and our communities," a spokeswoman said

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MI Dream Home: Summertime fun on deck at Saugatuck cottage

This well-maintained, two-story home, built in the 1930's, has 95 feet of low bluff beach frontage accessible from the lakeside deck

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A $1.6 million beachside Saugatuck dream home

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‘It’s going to open doors’: Mobile bottler eases load on wineries

Mobile bottling operations are common along the West Coast, but the concept is new for Michigan

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Amazon ends ties to delivery firm, erasing hundreds of jobs

An Illinois company that expanded to deliver packages for Amazon is shuttering operations in five states, including Michigan, and letting hundreds go

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Pelosi joins Trump in warning Europe of Huawei’s 5G threat

Nancy Pelosi backed Trump’s assessment of the threat posed by countries using Huawei equipment to build 5G networks

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Facebook to allow paid political messages that aren’t ads

Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads

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US retail sales up a modest 0.3% in January

Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of economic growth

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Design duos: Metro Detroit design firms navigate love and business

Just in time for Valentine's Day, three sets of makers pause to reflect on their design process, business and creating a life together.

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Feds to track how private Medicare info gets to marketers

The decision comes amid a wave of relentlessly efficient telemarketing scams targeting Medicare recipients

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Eastern Market Antiques gets a new name and space

Longtime antiques market gets a new lease on life around the corner as Vintage Eastern Market

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Amy Poehler invented Galentine’s Day, now retailers are seizing on it

Consumers are spending more to celebrate friendships on and around Feb. 14

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401(k)s hit records as workers sock away more, stocks jump

The average 401(k) balance rose 17% last year to $112,300

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In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

Amazon’s lawsuit, filed in November, alleged that Trump’s bias against the company hurt its chances to win a defense project with the Pentagon

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Trump Fed pick Shelton faces skepticism at Senate hearing

Judy Shelton, a former adviser to Trump’s campaign, said, “I hope to contribute intellectual diversity” to the Fed’s Board of Governors

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Chocolate bars that may contain milk being recalled

Grand Rapids-based Gourmet International on Thursday issued an allergy alert for Butlers Irish Whiskey Dark Chocolate 3.5-ounce tablet bars

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