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The third annual Ann Arbor - Ypsilanti Regional B2B EXPO offers area businesses an opportunity to gain exposure for their business services and products, network with peers, obtain leads and increase revenue.

A one-day event that you don't want to miss. Booth space and sponsorship opportunities available.

B2B Expo 2012

Posted: Fri Feb 3 5:59 a.m. by Lizzy Alfs Business Reporter
The Smokehouse Grill on Washtenaw Avenue to become an 'affordable' steakhouse after sale

The Smokehouse Grill and Pub on Washtenaw Avenue will soon become the Brahma Steakhouse & Lounge after the business was recently sold.

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:30 p.m. by Janet Miller Freelance reporter
Green under construction: Tour to show off environmentally friendly Ann Arbor home

When it comes to environmentally friendly home construction, there is more than one shade of green. There are deep green houses, with the highest standards for energy conservation, building methods and construction materials. The United States Green Building Council in 2000 created a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:06 p.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
Ann Arbor Township-based Con-way Inc. reports soaring profit for 2011

Ann Arbor Township-based transportation giant Con-Way Inc. reported today that its profit soared from $4 million in 2010 to $88.4 million in 2011.

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 1:50 p.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
Lost clothes found: Happy reunion for spurned dry cleaning customers

Chances are you've never waited quite this long to pick up your dry cleaning.

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:58 a.m. by Lizzy Alfs Business Reporter
After foreclosure and sale, downtown Ann Arbor's Ashley Terrace gets rebranding

(This story has been updated to reflect that Real Estate One is marketing the property's unsold condominium units.) Downtown Ann Arbor’s Ashley Terrace high-rise has a new name — part of an effort to rebrand the 10-story complex after it fell into foreclosure and changed ownership in 2011.

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:15 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
People & Achievements in the greater Ann Arbor area, including Logic Solutions and Two Men and a Truck

Bruce Richardson From new hires and promotions to industry awards, read on to learn about achievements by businesses and individuals in the greater Ann Arbor area: • Logic Solutions Inc. recently announced that Bruce Richardson has been named president of Logic Solutions and Logic Systems Engineering. Richardson has been COO ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:06 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

FEATURED EVENT: • Today: Michigan Energy Forum: Financing Your Commercial Energy Project. 5-7 p.m. SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. February’s Michigan Energy Forum event will focus on highlighting an array of financial mechanisms that exist to help commercial building owners make their energy efficiency and/or renewable energy project ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 5:04 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Architectural Resource and Old School Construction host green remodeling tour of 'The Riverview House'

Architectural Resource and Old School Construction will sponsor a tour of an Ann Arbor home known as 'The Riverview House" on Saturday, Feb. 4 and Sunday, Feb. 5.

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Posted: Wed Feb 1 6:05 p.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director

A group of Ann Arbor business executives with experience in various segments of the information services and publishing industries have launched an intellectual property consultancy. Apogee Insights Group has five partners, including Dan Arbour, former CEO of the National Archive Publishing Co., a spinoff of ProQuest LLC that once had ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 1 11:06 a.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
In Congressional testimony, Snyder declines to say whether Right to Work creates jobs

Gov. Rick Snyder, testifying today at the U.S. House of Representatives' Education & the Workforce Committee, declined to take a position on whether Right to Work policies create jobs. Snyder, asked whether he supported adopting Right to Work legislation for Michigan, repeated a long-standing position that the issue is "not ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 1 8:37 a.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
Google up to 300 workers in Ann Arbor after five years

Internet giant Google now has more than 300 people working at its Ann Arbor sales office, the company's local leader said this morning. Google's Mike Miller, speaking this morning at an event marking the company's fifth anniversary in Ann Arbor, said Google's local focus is still trained on North American ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 1 5:59 a.m. by Nathan Bomey Business news director
Four college bookstores in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti could close

The outlook for the college bookstore industry in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti has tumbled into a state of uncertainty in the aftermath of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of NBC Acquisition Corp.'s Nebraska Book Co. Three college bookstores surrounding Eastern Michigan University's campus and one bookstore on the edge of ...

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