Here's a collection of the Metro Detroit, Michigan and national business news stories today:

Metro Detroit:
• Detroit News: For Michigan businesses, Obama name a mixed blessing
• Crain's Detroit Business: Switching tracks: Kilpatrick backs high-speed rail over commuter

Michigan:
• Jackson Citizen Patriot: Consumers Energy stands to reap a $5.7 million reward for energy efficiency program; 12,000 have applied for appliance refunds
• Flint Journal: Flint Township company builds smoking huts, hopes to help area bars and restaurants as smoking ban takes effect May 1
• MLive.com: Several fraud charges dropped against Wireless Toyz and its founder Joe Barbat

U.S.:
• New York Times: A.I.G. Sells Unit to MetLife
• Bloomberg.com: McDonald’s Sales Top Estimates on Chinese New Year
• USA Today: More temp workers are becoming permanent