Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:23:34 GMT
Realtors, home buyers pleased by tax credit extension to May 1 (The Muskegon Chronicle)
WEST MICHIGAN — Realtors and potential homebuyers are celebrating the federal government’s decision to extend tax credits through May 1 to stimulate a housing market still saturated with foreclosures.Many economists say a recovery in the real estate market is key...
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:16 GMT
Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed (AP via Yahoo! News)
Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:55:20 GMT
Banks in Michigan, Three Other States Closed (WXYZ-TV Detroit)
Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Michigan, Georgia, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:38:37 GMT
U-M Law School gets gets $10M donation (Detroit Free Press)
The University of Michigan Law School has received the largest private gift ever made by a living donor in the school's history. The $10 million donation from Robert and Ann Aikens will help pay for the law school's ongoing building expansion and renovation project.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:20 GMT
Fashion icon a perfect fit for city (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Confidential: In her 53 years at Saks, Nena Ivon has hosted everyone, from designer Oscar de la Renta to Project Runway star Christian Siriano, at the Michigan Avenue store. And on the eve of her retirement as director of special events, she chatted with us.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:43:23 GMT
Nancy Brinker among MSU graduation speakers (Detroit Free Press)
Nancy Brinker, who founded the Susan G. Komen for the Cure in honor of her late sister, will be one of three speakers for Michigan State University's December commencement. Brinker, a cancer survivor herself, formed the organization in 1982 after her only sister died from breast cancer at age 36.
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:10:15 GMT
FTC Rules Against Web Practices of Real Estate Group (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued an opinion saying that Realcomp II, the largest real-estate listing group in Michigan, violated federal law by restricting some discount real-estate listings from its own and other publicly available Web sites.
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Zetabid to Auction 155 Foreclosed Homes in Michigan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Zetabid, the pioneering firm redefining home auctions in the U.S., today announced it will auction approximately 155 bank-owned homes in Troy, Michigan on Sat., Nov. 14.
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:13:39 GMT
Lose your job? Rebuild your career (Detroit News)
As the U.S. unemployment rate climbs to almost 10 percent, and Michigan sits at 15.3 percent, no industry or profession has been spared when employers needed to cut jobs. That includes fields once considered untouchable.
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:01 GMT
Debate begins over paying for Michigan public schools (Detroit News)
Lansing -- Fifteen years ago, Michigan changed the way it pays for public education, switching from local property taxes to a mix of sales and property taxes, lottery revenue and other money.
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:37:20 GMT
Metro Toledo home prices expected to rise 0.5% by August (The Toledo Blade)
BLADE STAFF When August, 2010, rolls around, home prices in Toledo are expected to have finally stopped their lengthy ongoing decline and start appreciating by a half-percent, according to a forecast by a firm that tracks home sales activity. That's better than the projected declines in values for homes across Ohio and Michigan, but not as good as the gain expected nationwide. Homes in metro ...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:54:44 GMT
Dancing with the WMU/Kazoo Stars comes to Miller (Western Herald)
By Kelsey Joachim Western Herald And the judge’s scores are in…tens across the panel! That’s what each couple is hoping to hear after they perform their ballroom routine in front of an audience at Miller Auditorium. Western Michigan University’s Department of Dance and Partners in Dance will be hosting a scholarship fundraiser called “Dancing with the WMU/Kazoo [...]
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:37:52 GMT
Strong growth is ahead, economist says (The Toledo Blade)
By GARY T. PAKULSKI BLADE BUSINESS WRITER The U.S. economy likely will enter a period of strong growth in coming months, but the picture is less clear for northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, a leading economist said in Toledo yesterday. Ken Mayland predicted the recovery likely will follow the pattern of past recessions when Toledo and other cities in the industrial Midwest, New England, and ...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:52:09 GMT
Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff Lands Three on Michigan Super Lawyers® List Among Top Professional Liability ... (dBusinessNews.com)
Detroit - Three attorneys from Southfield-based Collins, Einhorn, Farrell & Ulanoff ( www.ceflawyers.com ) were recognized by Super Lawyers® as top attorneys in the professional liability practice area in Michigan for 2009.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:17 GMT
Meijer asks Orland Park, Cook County for incentives (SouthtownStar)
Meijer is asking Orland Park and Cook County for tax incentives before it retrofits the vacant Value City store. The Michigan-based company wants to share sales tax revenue with Orland Park and seeks to get a major property tax break from Cook County for its planned store, 15701 71st Court. Under the proposed sales tax rebate, Meijer would get 45 percent and the village 55 percent of sales tax ...
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