Jeff Freyer, Regional Vice President of Business Services, Comcast Business Class Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity capture the flavor of my one-on-one conversations with over one hundred key economic leaders in the region, including private sector CEOs, elected and appointed public sector leaders, and the executive ...
Editor’s note: This is another in a series of occasional columns by long-time Ann Arbor resident Robert Faber on what he describes as his most recently acquired area of expertise - growing old. For a while in my 40s, I sported a great bushy black beard, a thick mustache and ...
If Michigan's manufacturing industry is a thing of the past and the state needs to look to new industries and new ways of providing employment to its citizens, what should be next? An unexpected answer might be provided by Dr. Stuart Rosenfeld, an internationally recognized expert in economic development who ...
I usually stop by the Packard and Stadium Circle K gas station to fill’er up and get some essential food items. Now and then I’ll even pick up two Hostess Snowballs - one red and the other white, of course. Intellectually I know it’s very bad to buy and eat ...
Business Review is seeking nominations for the 5th annual “Deals of the Year” celebration of business success in the Ann Arbor region. The event will be Friday, Nov. 6, at the Four Points Sheraton in Ann Arbor. Deals of the Year is a black-tie awards ceremony which highlights business decisions ...
On Tuesday, August 18 at 10 a.m., something momentous happened. If ever proof was wanted that the people of southeast Michigan value arts and culture and want it in their communities, this was the moment when such proof became clear.
Zingerman's Coffee, a coffee wholesaler and part of the Zingerman's Community of Businesses, is seeking permission to sell coffee and espresso drinks from a new location in Pittsfield Township. The company, which roasts and sells coffee beans to cafes and retailers, plans to move into 6,500 square feet in the ...
An Ann Arbor-based national online retailing expert is skeptical that Microsoft’s high-profile new venture into the Web search engine world will levy a significant dent on Google’s market dominance. Larry Freed, CEO of online customer satisfaction firm ForeSee Results, released a 7-page analysis of data released today by the University ...
Ann Arbor’s real estate community continues to be split on the reasons and value of administrative brokerage fees charged on home sales, even as the use of those fees garners national attention after a spring court ruling. That case was in Alabama, where a federal judge ruled that charging an ...
Ann Arbor-based researchers for Barracuda Networks have developed a new technology platform at their office here that company officials hope could challenge traditional pricing models in the business telecommunications industry.Rapidly expanding Barracuda is introducing a new platform for managing voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) systems. The new technology, called CudaTel Communication Server, gives ...
Debra Christein was doing doctoral work with salamanders and toads at the University of Michigan when she decided she wanted off the academic track. Working toward tenure wasn’t worth the cost, she decided, and began looking for a career that would yield results: She looked no further than the business ...
By Daryl WeinertI recently heard someone bemoan the fact that the public generally views the nation’s universities as stagnant and inaccessible repositories of knowledge rather than as vibrant creators of knowledge. Yet, on a daily basis, I experience the University of Michigan as a hotbed of ideas and know-how. Â
Rise: Paul SaginawThe co-founder of Zingerman's suffered a heart attack in early August, and has been recovering at home. Saginaw detailed the incident in a letter to his partners in the iconic collection of businesses, sharing what happened, the mistakes he made along the way and how it's affecting him. ...
The Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce announced today that John Hansen has been hired as the interim president and CEO for the organization, according to a news release sent at about noon. Hansen will temporarily fill the vacancy created when former CEO Jesse Bernstein left the chamber in late ...
Ann Arbor Business Review's full transition into AnnArbor.com begins on Aug. 13.We’ve already been writing for this site on a daily basis since late July, and several of our stories are enjoying a reach beyond the Business Review category and onto both the news and home pages.We expect that to ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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