SAN FRANCISCO - Buck Ryan made boxcars full of money repossessing aircraft whose buyers were in default. The glamorous sounding business, though, meant spending hours in dark and dirty locations, waiting, watching and drinking gallons of bad coffee, poised for the right opportunity to move. So when it came to spending that money, Buck made
EAST LANSING - The Mateen Cleaves 1 Goal. 1 Passion: Hope for the Holidays campaign is racing to meet its $1.3 million goal of gifting $1,000 in holiday gifts to 1000 struggling Michigan families this holiday season. He will appear on the Internet Advisor as heard on WJR 760 AM in Detroit Saturday at 3:30
SOUTHFIELD ? Bagger Dave's, a self-styled ultra casual chain of restaurants primarily in Michigan, has hired ePrize to develop a loyalty and in-store rewards program aimed at boring down exactly into what customers want ? and rewarding one with $10,000 in cash on New Year?s Eve. Customers register in Bagger Dave?s Fresh Rewards program via
AUBURN HILLS - Michael Horn, 51, is to become President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, succeeding Jonathan Browning, 54, who is leaving the group and returning to the United Kingdom. Three other promotions were also announced. Those include: Axel Schulte-H�rmann (52) is to be the new Head of After Sales of the Volkswagen
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler landed two of its green engines among Ward?s 10 Best Engines for 2014, WardsAuto.Com announced Thursday. Chrysler?s winners were the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 and the Fiat 500e battery-electric drive system. The 500e?s lively system is the lone representative of electric vehicle (EV) technology, while the refined EcoDiesel V-6 is the first
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics announced it has partnered with additional distributors globally to expand availability of its products that test DNA. Three new distribution partnerships have been signed for Europe. They include Amplitech for France, HPST for the Czech Republic and LuBio Science for Switzerland. Rubicon also completed new distribution agreements in Asia and
DETROIT - Last week the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued Final Regulations addressing the net investment income tax provisions of IRC ?1411. These Final Regulations modify certain provisions of the Proposed Regulations that were issued in December, 2012. On October 29, 2013 we issued an E-Alert that describes planning opportunities under the Proposed Regulations
TROY ? Altair has reached an agreement-in-principle to buy EM Software & Systems ? S.A., and its international distributor offices in the United States, Germany, and China. The agreement is expected to close early in 2014. Terms were not announced. Altair is a global leader in the solver market, offering OptiStruct, RADIOSS, MotionSolve, and AcuSolve
HOLLAND ? More than 90 percent of both professional services and computer consulting companies in West Michigan expect to hire information technology staffers in the first half of 2014. Only a third of health care companies are adding staff, fewer than in the past several years. Perhaps they had to do their hiring earlier to
DEARBORN - The state and a network of Michigan community colleges announced this week the launch of the Career Jump Start Program to promote training opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers to Michigan high school students. Through a network of Michigan?s community colleges, Michigan Works! agencies, employers, trade unions, Chambers and other