Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is represented in a new business venture from two NMU students - Darren Young and Brian Emigh. The two took an entrepreneur class at NMU and were inspired to start a business involving custom longboards (like skateboards only longer and more stable).
The wood for the longboards is from local [...]

Stryker Corp. just announced a 65% surge in first Quarter earnings. Net income rose to $243.5 million for the three month period of January through March.
At the end of the day Wednesday, Stryker was trading at $69.10 per share which was down from the $70.06 it opened the day at.
It sure is [...]

As Cliff Clavin (from the popular Cheers television show) might say - it’s a little known fact that the Detroit Free Press will celebrate it’s 175th year of existence on May 5, 2006. All week long the Free Press will be featuring bits of trivia from its history.
A quick piece of trivia from today’s [...]