March 2011

In the wake of what he said could be the "event of a lifetime,"Mark Reuss, president of GM North America, spoke to engineering students and others at University of Detroit Mercy March 16. Reuss said the impact from the earthquake in Japan and its subsequent tsunami and radiation threats hasn't been fully realized yet, but he believed its impact would be far reaching.

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A panel of 10 Detroit-based entrepreneurs and professionals at the Detroit Business Festival talked about a lot of things concerning doing business in the Motor City, such as social media, taking risks, finding seed capital. But one subject underlined the entire discussion when it came to doing business in the city, opportunity.

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Dueling economists in Grand Rapids Monday night demonstrated why President Obama and Congress are having trouble balancing the need to cut spending while also providing services in the face of an exploding federal deficit and debt. "Entitlements must be reined in, but neither political party wants to do this alone," Harry C. Veryzer, director of graduate studies in economics at the University of Detroit Mercy.

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