When car rental reservations aren't honored
Source: Denver Post
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:02:46 -0700 | business-news
29:17 AM MDT Updated: 06/18/2013 01:57:53 PM MDT We're sorry, sir, but we don't have any cars left...So here I was, just off a plane in Kalamazoo, suitcase in tow and no car. I wasn't the only one stranded...
Government projects to make $50B in student loan profit
Source: USA Today
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 00:29:28 -0700 | business-news
EDT June 16, 2013 U.S. government projects to make record-high profits on student loans. The U.S. government projects to make more money off student loans this fiscal year than ExxonMobil, Apple, J.P. Morgan Chase or Fannie Mae made on their...
City considers grand and rapid foreclosure solution
Source: United Press International
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 10:29:54 -0700 | business-news
A plan to sell 163 tax-foreclosed properties to a land bank in one deal in Grand Rapids, Mich., offers a solution to potential blight, a city official said. Deputy City Manager Eric DeLong said the city's best option for dealing...
Susan Tompor: Drive around to find better parking spot for extra cash
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-06-03 05:34:14 -0700 | business-news
Detroit Free Press Rewards, it would seem, don't just apply to credit cards. Savvy savers who want to squeak out an extra $200 to $400 in interest in a year can do it; yes, even in this super-low-rate environment. But...
Jennifer Waters's Consumer Confidential: New air-travel taxes in the works
Source: MarketWatch
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-31 13:31:33 -0700 | business-news
Air-travel fees may be going up again, and if they do, you won't have the airlines to blameonly the government. When Congress reconvenes this Monday, battles over how to shrink the federal deficit will be front and center againand new...
A sense of purpose
Source: The Naples Daily News
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-29 09:03:33 -0700 | business-news
Steven Shimp has been named the 2013 recipient of the honorary life membership for the Uncommon Friends Foundation. The award is presented to individuals who have helped further the mission of the foundation and who have helped make Southwest Florida...
Meijer recalling portable baseboard heaters
Source: United Press International
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 09:08:37 -0700 | business-news
U.S. retailer Meijer is recalling about 4,560 portable baseboard heaters imported from China due to reports of overheating, a watchdog agency said...Consumer Products Safety Commission said the retailer had received two reports of overheating, including one report of a fire...
How to Create Walkable Neighborhoods
Source: The Motley Fool
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 17:19:38 -0700 | business-news
Speck is an architect and city planner in Washington, D.C., oversaw the Mayor's Institute on City Design, and served on the Sustainability Task Force of the Department of Homeland Security. Speck explains the four areas that must be addressed in...
Are the Suburbs Bad for Businesses?
Source: The Motley Fool
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 17:51:57 -0700 | business-news
In the following interview, we speak with Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time . Speck is an architect and city planner in Washington, D.C., oversaw the Mayor's Institute on City...
Michigan craft beer to use Ball Corp. cans
Source: Denver Post
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 14:19:17 -0700 | business-news
Font Resize All Day IPA, a seasonal craft beer manufactured by Founders Brewing Co. of Grand Rapids, will be packaged for the first time this summer in cans manufactured by Broomfield's Ball Corp. "Founders Brewing Co.'s decision to offer its...
Bacon over business cards: 6 tips for keeping the conversation flowing at tech events
Source: Venture Beat
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 09:33:08 -0700 | business-news
Dave Delaney I'm a big fan of business networking (and I've even written a book about it!), but there's often a misconception that networking events have to be big business card exchanging bonanzas. Don't get me wrong, business cards are...
Coffee Table Book Printers Offer to Produce Museum-Quality Prints
Posted by: imogenemeis
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 08:29:11 -0700 | business-news
Grand Rapids, Michigan (April 1, 2013) – ArtBookPrinting.Com, one of the dynamic coffee table book printers based in Michigan, is offering artists and archivists the opportunity to print museum-quality limited editions of various works. The company can help self-publishers and...
Fine Art Book Printing Company Offers Self-Publishing Services
Posted by: imogenemeis
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 08:07:01 -0700 | business-news
Grand Rapids, Michigan (April 1, 2013) – ArtBookPrinting.Com, a fine art book printing enterprise managed by Innerworkings™, is giving budding artists and authors a chance to share their works to other people through self-publishing services. The company can help their...
US furniture giant opens factory in Pune
Source: NewKerala
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 06:59:39 -0700 | business-news
The place will help enhance the services and logistics Steelcase provides to its growing Indian customer, giving timely delivery of products and services, tailor-made to suit the Indian clientele, said Uli Gwinner, president, Steelcase Asia Pacific. "It reinforces Steelcase's capabilities...
SMO Fitzgerald Global - Texas Instruments Forecast Revenue.
Posted by: inpress360
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | updated 2012-05-26 03:51:57 -0700 | business-news
Texas Instruments Inc, the largest manufacturer of analog semiconductors, used in everything from smart phones to power systems, forecast its second quarter revenues at between $3.22 billion and $3.48 billion, buoyed by a resurgence in chip orders. This exceeds SMO...
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