Category Archives: Finance

Takin it to the streets Thursday

As noted – with 50% more stuffed animals – this morning on Michigan in Pictures, the Big Three are returning to DC today to make their pitch. You can follow along live on C-SPAN beginning at 10 AM. We’ll feature up another holiday gift idea later. Until then, here’s a look at one holiday shopping [...]

Tuesday’s Gifts of the Season

Pillars of the Community by Autumm Crains Detroit notes that our passion for our community can influence economic growth. They link to a new study by Gallup and the Knight Foundation (that included Detroit) that explores the link between economic growth and residents’ loyalty to and passion towards where they live. According to the “Soul [...]

Boom, Bust, Bailout & Bankruptcy Monday

“We put all our chips on a poker hand called durable goods manufacturing, particularly the autos,” said Charles L. Ballard, a professor of economics at Michigan State University. “In the middle of the 20th century, every time we turned over the hand it was four aces, a straight flush. If you have an undiversified economy [...]

Changing Gears Thursday: Cars, Guards & 100 Pound Carp

Tom’s Vision by G0Da From the Pistons changing point guards and changing Tayshaun Prince to “point forward” to a Presidential campaign in which change was the overwhelming theme, “change” has been very much in the air of late. One part of Michigan that is certain to see change is the auto industry. The Globe & [...]

Trick or Treat Thursday: Curry wins #1, Tiger comic, Fixing Michigan, Wine harvest & new links

Congratulations to the Phillies, who last night won the World Series the Tigers were supposed to win. We’ll have to settle for Michael Curry’s first win as an NBA head coach in the Piston’s opener last night. While the Tigers and everyone in baseball has gone fishing, Sam over at Roar of the Tigers is [...]

Slightly Spooky Wednesday: Bats, Strange Michigan, Kerkorian & Haunted Houses oh my!

Bat by reddeviltj In Michigan bats – featuring the Iron Mountain Bat Mine, Edward Vielmetti introduces us to the Millie Mine, a critical hibernating and breeding location for up to 50,000 bats – one of the largest known concentrations of bats in the Midwest. He writes that the little brown bat is especially abundant throughout [...]

Sponsor Callout: Corporate Leadership and Sustainability Summit (CLASS)

The first annual Corporate Leadership and Sustainability Summit (CLASS) will be held October 23rd and 24th, 2008 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. The summit is sponsored by The Utopia Foundation, the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce and Northwestern Michigan College. It’s designed to provide for-profit and non-profit business leaders, managers and social [...]

The Week for September 15-21, 2008

Rain or Shine (since 1922) by paulh192 Welcome to a special Monday evening edition of The Week on Absolute Michigan. While the stock market falls, folks on Mackinac Island are getting ready for the Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon (Sep 18-20) which celebrates the time of year when the trees were told to stay [...]

Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise

The Promise Starts Here by Ed Roth Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Depending on the time in the district and income level of the family, students may earn up to 100% tuition at any public State of Michigan university or community college. You can get [...]

Get Local in June!

Blue and Green Checkerboard by Tim Stone I think that we’re all well aware that the Economy Is Not Good and that Gas Prices Are Really, Really High. While the constant drumbeat of bad news may well make us afraid to go anywhere or do much of anything, but is that really how life should [...]