Before they reach store shelves, food and drinks proposed to be made for Kroger's brands must pass muster with taste-testers who are paid in nibbles and sips and in-store coupons.
Hearings on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's proposed 31 percent rate hike on Medigap policies -- affecting 210,000 seniors across the state -- are scheduled to wrap up today in Lansing.
Two companies won $125 million in tax credits Tuesday toward their $1.3 billion plan to convert Ford Motor Co.'s shuttered Wixom plant into an alternative energy park with 4,000 workers.
Detroit Metropolitan Airport had the best on-time record in June among the nation's largest air hubs, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The worst: New York's LaGuardia, where only 56.7 percent of flights arrived on time -- and that's even with the government giving airlines a 15-minute grace period.
Two retail giants, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Meijer Inc., plan to open or expand 17 stores in Metro Detroit and Michigan by next spring, creating more than 2,700 jobs.
