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.
More good news for General Motors and for the Obama administration as the newly restructured company prepares for an Initial Public Offering of stock to the public. The automaker turned a $2 billion profit in the third quarter of 2010, the third consecutive quarterly profit for a company that was in bankruptcy only 18 months ago. The Detroit News reports:
General Motors Co. said it earned between $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion profit in the third-quarter on revenues of $34 billion in a preliminary results statement released today.
The third-quarter results bring GM’s total profits so far this year to between $4 billion and $4.2 billion, the company said in a statement. GM earned $2.2 billion in the first two quarters of the year. The company said it expects to post a profit in the fourth quarter, as well, despite higher costs associated with new vehicle launches and engineering for future products.
This will certainly help attract investors during the General Motors IPO, which is scheduled to begin Nov. 18.
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