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Datebook: Refining Your Own Effective Elevator Speech and more

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 5:11am
• Today: Refining Your Own Effective Elevator Speech. 8 a.m.-noon. ISCG, 601 North University, Ann Arbor. We all have been told the first impression we give is the most important one. How you represent your business in the first 30......
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Paparazzi: Silpada Designs representative from Chelsea wins Legacy Award for sales, recruiting

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 5:08am
Jennifer Darr of Chelsea was awarded Silpada Designs' Legacy Award, a lifetime achievement award. Darr received the award at the Silpada Designs' 2010 National Conference July 22-25 in Kansas City, Mo.......
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People & Achievements in the greater Ann Arbor area, including 826michigan and Whole Brain Group

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 5:05am
Catherine CalabroThe following is a list of achievements by businesses and individuals in the Ann Arbor area: • Local educational nonprofit 826michigan recently announced that poet and educator Catherine Calabro will join the 826michigan staff as program coordinator. As program......
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Ann Arbor-based Merit Network lands $69.6M grant to expand broadband in Michigan

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 12:17pm
This story will be updated. Merit Network Inc. will construct a 1,210-mile high-speed fiber network in Michigan's Upper Peninsula - with connections to Green Bay, Wisc. and Duluth, Minn. - following the award of a $69.6 million federal stimulus grant......
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Ann Arbor-based Merit Network lands $69.6M grant to expand broadband in Michigan

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:26am
This story will be updated. Merit Network Inc. will construct a 1,210-mile high-speed fiber network in Michigan's Upper Peninsula - with connections to Green Bay, Wisc. and Duluth, Minn. - following the award of a $69.6 million federal stimulus grant......
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Dug Song's Internet transaction security startup wins investors

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:17am
Scio Security, a mobile software security startup led by Ann Arbor entrepreneur Dug Song and University of Michigan doctoral student Jon Oberheide, is winning the approval of several venture capital firms. The firm, temporarily based at the Tech Brewery incubator......
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Dug Song's Internet transaction security startup wins investors

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 10:55am
Scio Security, a mobile software security startup led by Ann Arbor entrepreneur Dug Song and University of Michigan doctoral student Jon Oberheide, is winning the approval of several venture capital firms. The firm, temporarily based at the Tech Brewery incubator......
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Lord Fox restaurant will reopen Sept. 1 after remodeling

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 6:16am
The Lord Fox restaurant - housed in a historic home on the eastern edge of the village of Dixboro - won't stay closed for long. Owner Eric Kolodzinski is remodeling parts of the traditional, fine dining restaurant, and promises on......
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Issue with contractor stalls building renovation at Washtenaw Community College

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 6:16am
Washtenaw Community College President Larry Whitworth says problems with a contractor have thrown a wrench in the school’s plans to begin an environmentally-conscious overhaul of a key skilled trades building. Work on the college’s occupational education building, a 30-year-old facility......
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Issue with contractor stalls building renovation at Washtenaw Community College

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 6:00am
Washtenaw Community College President Larry Whitworth says problems with a contractor have thrown a wrench in the school’s plans to begin an environmentally-conscious overhaul of a key skilled trades building. Work on the college’s occupational education building, a 30-year-old facility......
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Lord Fox restaurant will reopen Sept. 1 after remodeling

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 5:59am
The Lord Fox restaurant - housed in a historic home on the eastern edge of the village of Dixboro - won't stay closed for long. Owner Eric Kolodzinski is remodeling parts of the traditional, fine dining restaurant, and promises on......
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American Harley-Davidson dealership in Ann Arbor closes due to falling sales

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 2:13pm
American Harley-Davidson dealership on Jackson Road, selling the iconic heavyweight motorcycles in Ann Arbor for nearly 25 years, has closed. The store's operations have been consolidated into a sister location on Whitmore Lake Road near Brighton, a location visible from......
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American Harley-Davidson dealership in Ann Arbor closes due to falling sales

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 2:04pm
American Harley-Davidson dealership on Jackson Road, selling the iconic heavyweight motorcycles in Ann Arbor for nearly 25 years, has closed. The store's operations have been consolidated into a sister location on Whitmore Lake Road near Brighton, a location visible from......
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How many people now work at Borders' headquarters in Ann Arbor? Borders won't say

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 6:12am
Borders won't say how many people are employed at its headquarters on Phoenix Drive.File photoIf Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. is “on life support,” as New York analyst Howard Davidowitz put it last week, Borders is not ready to talk......
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BTB Burrito owners close unprofitable Packard location in Ann Arbor

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 6:12am
After trying for nearly five years to turn a profit at its Packard Street location, BTB Burrito has closed the off-campus storefront. Last Friday’s closing does not affect the other two BTB locations, said co-owner Adam Lowenstein. “We felt really......
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BTB Burrito owners close unprofitable Packard location in Ann Arbor

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 6:03am
After trying for nearly five years to turn a profit at its Packard Street location, BTB Burrito has closed the off-campus storefront. Last Friday’s closing does not affect the other two BTB locations, said co-owner Adam Lowenstein. “We felt really......
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How many people now work at Borders' headquarters in Ann Arbor? Borders won't say

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 6:00am
Borders won't say how many people are employed at its headquarters on Phoenix Drive.File photoIf Ann Arbor-based Borders Group Inc. is “on life support,” as New York analyst Howard Davidowitz put it last week, Borders is not ready to talk......
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Washtenaw County's 2010 taxable property values fell less than other counties in Metro Detroit

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 5:10pm
Washtenaw County property lost 4.9 percent of its taxable value from 2009-2010, according to recent data from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments.......
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25 companies among 63 leases signed for luxury suites in Michigan Stadium

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 9:07am
When the renovated Michigan Stadium opens the 2010 season with the Sept. 4 football game against the University of Connecticut, 63 of 81 new luxury suites will be occupied. According to a report in Crain's Detroit Business, 25 of those......
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Computer service company Mythlogic opens up shop in downtown Ann Arbor

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 6:07am
Mythlogic, the computer service and support company, has opened a retail storefront on 209 N. Main St. in Ann Arbor.......
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