One made a very public career move and the other battled with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency. Here are the Ann Arbor Business Review picks for last week's winner and loser in the news:
A drastic contraction in Michigan’s population is a recipe for further economic erosion, a Michigan State University researcher said today. Michigan lost 89,844 residents from 2005 to 2008, according to a new MSU report released today. But Washtenaw County fared better, gaining 3,000 residents during the same timeframe.
The financial impact generated by the University Research Corridor - a coalition of Michigan's three research universities - increased 10 percent from 2007 to 2009 despite the global economic downturn, according to a new study. The URC - formed in 2006 by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and ...