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Fed Up With an Underperforming Staff, Ohio Firm Imposes Sanctions

In January 2023, having overcome pandemic-related terciary obstacles, Toledo...

World Beats Path to Mousetrap Factory Door

Fifteen people were injured on Tuesday when billions of...

More Michigan Municipalities Looking to Fill Town Drunk Positions

There are currently 31 Michigan municipalities looking to fill...

Utilizing the “Penny Tray” Strategy to Meet Budget Goals

October of 2022 was a grim time at Santa...

Bolt Maker Guarantees You Can Get It Yesterday

When you tell a vendor “I need it yesterday,” it means you need it as soon as possible. It has traditionally been considered one step above, “ASAP” and two...

Two Hospitalized After Failed Attempt to Move the Needle

Six employees of Minneapolis equities firm Polling/Quinn were injured on September 8 when they tried unsuccessfully to move the needle. The company will not release their identities or the...

Michigan Company Merges Chief Financial Officer and Chief Electrician Into One Job

Over the past year, Purifoy LLC of Livonia, Michigan, has combined a number of positions in an effort to improve the bottom line. The most recent, on September 1,...

Detroit’s A-Ha!!! Conference Will Target Thinkers, Doers, Makers, and Neo-Transformatives

The first Detroit A-Ha!!! Conference is scheduled to begin September 15, 2018 – with events to take place at venues across the city. The organizers had hoped for a...

Business Names First Vampire Employee of the Month

Des Moines formulations company Hitts-Whitmer has selected its first-ever vampire as Employee of the Month.  Marilyn Stillman, a clerk in Accounts Payable, was cited on December 2 for her...

Before Buying “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Publisher Wants to Know How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down, Etc.

Destiny45, the Detroit music publisher, is negotiating to purchase the rights to Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Before the deal can be finalized, however, the company insists it...

Company Lays off 97% of Staff Due to Misplaced Decimal

A simple typo has led to record earnings for Nortown Techniques. It began with this January 3 memo from CEO Jerry Widleman to VP/Human Resources Marilyn Nils: To provide a more...

North Pole: Fed Ex Will Take Over Christmas Delivery Starting in 2017

The North Pole announced Friday that Federal Express will take over Christmas Eve gift delivery starting in 2017. “We understand about Santa Claus, the tradition and all that,” says North...

Another Madison Site Hacked; This Time It’s Dolly’s

Not even two years after the adultery website Ashley Madison was hacked and its client’s names made public, the same fate has befallen the Dolly Madison company, makers of...

Pizza Corp Wins Right to Adopt

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted First Amendment religious freedom to the Hobby Lobby Corporation - validating the principle that “corporations are people too'” - many court...

Transistor Radio Maker Steps Up Marketing to Millennials

Torvald-Collinger, the world’s largest manufacturer of transistor radios, is launching a new marketing campaign aimed at the Millennial generation. The company hopes to reverse a sales decline that has...

Trump Plans to Abolish Tornadoes; Home Rehab Industry Nervous

When he first mentioned it a couple months ago, it was lumped in with other campaign promises: “We’re going to build a wall, we’re going to get rid of...

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Entire State of Rhode Island May Soon be Replaced by One Enormous Data Center

If proposed Bill 234-6W is passed by the state’s general assembly next week - and recent polling shows it will be - Rhode Island...

Ingredients-Free Menu Makes for Healthier Dining Experience

When it opened a year ago, Montie's in Midtown Detroit needed an edge over its competitors in the the city's crowded restaurant scene: Its...

FBI: Ad Exec Took Bribe to Throw Pitch to Potential Client

 A Cleveland advertising executive is behind bars this week, after allegedly throwing an account pitch to a potential big client on June 18, Vice President...

As Number of Heads on Them Grows, Production of Chopping Blocks Soars

In 2019, the average number of heads on the chopping blocks at a US corporation was 4.4.  Today it's 22.5 and is expected to...

Finally! Product Packaging That Absolutely Nobody Can Get Open

Chicago home goods maker Peers & Webb has achieved the goal that has eluded businesses for over a century: A product package that is...