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State: Federally funded extended jobless benefits to end

02/03/12 LANSING (AP) — Michigan's improving unemployment numbers mean jobless residents in the state are no longer eligible for some federally funded extended benefits.

Bloomfield Hills will be home of Henry Ford Health’s 32nd outpatient medical center

02/03/12 Henry Ford Health System announced today that it will open its 32nd outpatient medical center Monday in Bloomfield Hills.

Plymouth firm's weighty task: Make sure Super Bowl sidewalks don't collapse

02/03/12 Plymouth-based Soil and Materials Engineers Inc. has a key behind-the-scenes role in Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.

Wayne State to hire 45 counselors as it revamps admissions guidelines

02/03/12 Wayne State University’s new admissions guidelines will create 45 jobs over the next three years, the university said today.

Gordie Howe: Some fond thoughts of the best ever, finally showing signs of aging

02/03/12 Gordie Howe is finally showing some signs of mortality, the greatest hockey player on all time — sorry, Wayne Gretzky, you were the greatest of the modern era, but Howe was the greatest ever, a star of the Original Six in the National Hockey League in the 1940s and 1950s, a star of the expansion era of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s and the best player on the ice at age 51 in the NH League All Star game at Joe Louis in 1980.

Hospital accrediting group looks into delay reporting porn at University of Michigan Health System

02/03/12 ANN ARBOR (AP) — A hospital accrediting group is investigating a complaint that University of Michigan officials waited six months before telling police that child porn allegedly was found on a computer flash drive in a locked hospital lounge.

American Axle 4th-quarter profit down but beats estimates; stock up 25 percent for year

02/03/12 Shares of Detroit-based American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. rose after beating earnings estimates and lessening its dependence on General Motors Co.

Labor agreement isn't complete fix for Detroit's busted budget

02/03/12 A tentative agreement between Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's administration and a coalition of labor unions achieves some of the concessions the mayor has said are necessary to avoid a cash crisis — but isn't a clear path out of the city's financial crisis.

Health care reform can help business, says HHS regional director

02/03/12 The guy representing Michigan in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was at the Crain's Detroit office the other day to talk about health care reform and the urgency, as he sees it, that Michigan move forward with a bill to authorize a state health insurance exchange.

Season tickets to Detroit Lions' games to rise 8 percent on average

02/03/12 The price of the Detroit Lions finally evolving into a winning team will be paid partly in the form of increased ticket prices for the 2012 season.

Detroit Institute of Arts wants regional tax similar to zoo’s

02/03/12 DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Institute of Arts wants residents this year to authorize a tax to help maintain the museum’s operations.

Meritor CEO McClure named to DTE Energy board

02/03/12 Meritor Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Charles "Chip" McClure has been named to the DTE Energy Co. board of directors.

Capital-gains tax should be a tax on capital, not labor

02/03/12 Mitt Romney's federal tax rate of just under 15 percent has drawn a lot of attention and comment. So too has the so-called Buffett Rule, where the legendary financier Warren Buffett thinks he and his peers ought to pay at least as high a tax rate as their secretaries.

Fox 2 GM Jeff Murri dead at age 50

02/03/12 Jeff Murri, longtime general manager and vice president of Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK-Ch. 2, died today at age 50, the station reported.

PulteGroup posts first quarterly profit since June 2010

02/02/12 Bloomfield Hills-based PulteGroup Inc., the largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue, reported its first quarterly profit since June 2010 as the company incurred lower write-downs, increased prices and cut costs.

Snyder remains mum on right-to-work after Indiana makes it the law

02/02/12 LANSING — Although Michigan's political and businesses communities are buzzing about a looming showdown over right-to-work legislation, Gov. Rick Snyder's office is remaining largely quiet on the issue.

Detroit, some city unions reach tentative deal on concessions

02/02/12 Some of Detroit's labor unions have reached a tentative agreement to make concessions requested by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing.

Hardware chain Menard considers Livonia for first metro Detroit store

02/02/12 Eau Claire, Wis.-based Menard Inc. is considering Livonia for its first metro Detroit store.

Homebuilders again push for repeal of tax on houses built but not yet sold

02/02/12 LANSING — Michigan homebuilders hope that the political and economic climate is right for passage of a long-sought change in the tax treatment of newly constructed, unsold houses.

Head of Presbyterian Villages foundation leaves for Crittenton Hospital foundation

02/02/12 Melinda Conway Callahan, longtime president of the Presbyterian Villages of Michigan Foundation, plans to leave the organization after Friday.

3 firms in Wayne State’s TechTown get funding from state programs

02/02/12 Three tenants at TechTown, the Wayne State University-affiliated incubator, have received funding from state programs administered by Ann Arbor Spark.

Wayne State board OKs tougher admissions policy

02/02/12 DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University’s board has approved a tougher new admissions policy aimed at boosting the school’s graduation rate.

Michigan Economic Index doesn’t budge in November, but uptick expected

02/02/12 The Michigan Economic Activity Index was flat in November, but Comerica Bank’s chief economist says the state is poised for growth that should send the index higher in coming months.

Wynnchurch Capital Partners now owns Burtek after U.S. District Court approves sale

02/03/12 Chesterfield Township defense contractor Burtek Inc. is now Burtek Enterprises Inc. and belongs to the suburban Chicago private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital Partners LP, after a federal court judge on Tuesday approved the sale of its assets for $9 million.

Another classical music organization expands programming with nontraditional approach that includes ‘musical instrument petting zoo'

02/02/12 Yet another local classical musical organization is expanding its community programming in an attempt to attract new patrons.
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