I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The bad news for Michigan-based businesses continues to pour in. Ann Arbor-based Borders Group, one of the largest bookstores chains in America, issued a press release announcing that they are replacing their Chief Executive Officer and most of the top management in the company.
Ron Marshall, the founder of private equity firm Wildridge Capital Management, will replace George Jones as the company’s president and CEO. As part of his incentive package, the company announced, he will be receiving 2 million shares of company stock.
Most of the upper management for the company, including the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Merchandising and Marketing, have also been replaced. The shakeup comes in response to a disappointing holiday sales season for the company. December 2008 sales declined 11.7% from the same month the previous year.
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