PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- JVS has been selected for the 2008 Best of Southfield Award in the Career & Vocational Counseling category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA). The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional...
PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
[From Jim Baldwin Southfield, MI] I was recently invited to play tennis at a local park that I had never heard of much less know where it was located. My Treo 650 amazed me again as an extremely useful tool....
Overheard in the Office (Free subscription) | yesterday
Blonde mom returning to the workforce : Can you help me send a fax? Office coworker : Sure, what do you need help with? Mom : Well, I need to send out this fax, but I also need to keep a copy of it, how do I do that? Northwestern Highway Southfield, Michigan Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | wtf? Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-07-25
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Southfield, Mich., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: ) announced today that it has received all required regulatory approvals necessary to close its merger with ProCentury Corporation. In connection with the merger, the exchange ratio for ProCentury Corporation's common shares exchanged for Meadowbrook common stock in the merger will be 2.5000. The deadline...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Southfield, Mich., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Mercury Financial Corporation (NYSE: ) ("First Mercury" or the "Company") today announced that it will issue a press release with its second quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call on Thursday, July 31, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss second quarter...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008 | Other
Female-> male transsexual Thomas Beatie is featured in People magazine today with his new daughter Susan Juliette, born June 29 in Bend, Oregon without a c-section (which would make it a "natural...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
“Michigan’s hate crime law would expand to include intimidation of gays and lesbians and people with disabilities, and would make hanging a noose or burning a cross on someone else’s property specific crimes, under changes urged by civil rights groups today. Those changes will be put on a fast track in the House next month, [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Wireless Phone Service Improves in Michigan Southfield, Mich., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless continues to improve its Michigan network. So far this year, the company reports, it has spent $64.5 million dollars on new cell sites and other upgrades that give customers clearer reception and fewer dropped calls. That makes it a $1.7 billion investment in Michigan since the company was formed...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Southfield, Mich., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE: ), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates manufactured housing communities, announces the date for its second quarter 2008 earnings results release and conference call. The Company will release its second quarter results on Friday August 8, 2008 prior to the opening of the market. A conference...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Albert Fleming, who covered the auto industry for a number of publications, including the Detroit Free Press, has died. He was 78. Eric Lawrence of the Free Press writes, “David Smith, a former business editor at the Free Press and currently editor at large of the monthly Ward’s Auto World in Southfield, remembered Mr. Fleming for [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SPX Corporation (NYSE: ) today announced that its Service Solutions business was awarded a five-year, renewable contract from John Deere (NYSE: ) to provide all special service tools used throughout John Deere's complete global dealer network. "We are a long-time supplier to John Deere and have the expertise to provide an end-to-end system to manage...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
BALTIMORE, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced that the Metastorm ProVision enterprise modeling solution is successfully being used in the Doctor of Management in Information Technology (DMIT) program at Lawrence Technological...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Nothing is 'too weird' for veteran special events planner Southfield, Mich., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Gail & Rice, a leading brand communications and experiential marketing agency, announced today that Teresa Raniszeski has been named to the Michigan Meetings + Events magazine (MME) 2008 Hall of Fame. One of the top magazines covering the professional meetings and events industry, MME annually presents...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Southfield, Mich., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lear Corporation (NYSE: ) will hold a conference call to review the company's second-quarter 2008 financial results and related matters on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. To participate in the conference call: -- Domestic calls 1-800-789-4751 -- International calls 1-706-679-3323 The audio replay will be available two hours following...
www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Minister of science and technology, Grace Ekpiwhre says her priority is to develop national competitiveness through private-public partnership (PPP). According to her, the ministry is aware that developing the science, technology and innovation (ST&I Source: www.businessdayonline.com Middle School Girls Mentored In Technology - ClickOnDetroit.comSouthfield, Mich. — Some local girls got the chance to...
