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Articles in June, 2003 issue of Crain's Detroit Business

• Program Directory; Master's Degree programs.(Special Report)
• Senator key to funding; Transit plan will have to prove itself to budget stalwart.(Shirley Johnson)
  by Lane, Amy
• The Palm wants hands of time to fly at lunch.(Special Report)
  by Strong, Michael
• Property sales thaw in northern Michigan.(Special Report)
• Rapid growth, big potential make Delphi bullish on China.(News)
• image one Corp. Oak Park, Rob Dube, president.(Special Report)(Company Profile)
  by Lombardo, Natalie
• Diversified Property Services l.l.C. Southfield, Jennifer Tallman McLean, principal and COO.(Special Report)
  by McClure, Ian
• Fidelity, Oakland team on paperless mortgage.(News)
• Hayes Lemmerz closes financing, emerges from bankruptcy.(Review)(business briefs and obituaries)
• Mental-health battle brews in Lansing; Businesses plan to fight bills that would require equal coverage.(mental health coverage legislation)
• A leader of the Detroit business community since 1956, Joseph Hudson Jr. (below) has stepped down as the chairman of the foundation he helped create. He's not retiring, though. He's just ... Moving to the side.(News)(Hudson's department store chain's chie
• Fixing Eastland; Owner looks to home stores to shore up mall.
  by Snavely, Brent
• Entrepreneur of the year finalists.(Special Report)
• Foundation offers model for graduating minorities.(Coleman A. Young Foundation Scholars Program)
  by Bailey, Laura
• This Just in.(briefs)
  by Smith, Jennette
• A controversial image; As doctors debate their wisdom, body scans grow in popularity.(Special Report)
• Marketing group sticks it to them once again.(News)
• Briefly.(Questor Management, Friends of Development Centers Inc., and the Women's Economic Club)
• DMC names board members.(News)(Detroit Medical Center)(Brief Article)
• General Sports Turf raises $3M, appoints advisory board.(News)
• Seeking health care heroes.(News)
• Eagle Manufacturing Corp. Sterling Heights, Brent Short, CEO, president and CEO.(Special Report)
  by Charlton, Brian
• DMC doctors question Porter's ability to obtain aid.(News)(Detroit Medical Center)
  by Merx, Katie
• Partnerships can help small businesses grow.(Small Business)
• JCI expects savings with Covisint system; Messaging service could save 50% on data exchange.(Suppliers)(Johnson Controls Inc. adopts new messaging service)
• Henry Ford, St. John win go-ahead to move beds.(Briefs)(Henry Ford Health System and St. John Health will move 500 hospital beds)
• Week in Review.(briefs)
• Consulting firm opens center to train execs.(News)(Right Management Consultants)(Brief Article)
  by Snavely, Brent
• San Marino Club gets $600,000 renovation.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Smith, Jennette
• Calendar.
• Anti-sprawl push divides suburbs.(News)
  by Kosdrosky, Terry
• Nerves of steel; Managers buy Alkar after parent firm's bankruptcy.(News)
  by Kosdrosky, Terry
• Into the health care fire; Schlichting takes reins at Henry Ford Health amid regional debate.(News)
• Stroh offshoot brews up medical proteins using yeast; ApoLife has big plans for small organisms.(News)
• MEDC looks to land Boeing in Michigan; Willow Run among sites seeking new plant.(News)(Michigan Economic Development Corp.)
  by Strong, Michael
• GM's vehicle-engineering center opens in Warren.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Snavely, Brent
• Rumblings.(business briefs)
• Improved sales boost 1st-quarter earnings for area companies.(News)(Southeast Michigan's nonautomaker companies report aggregate earnings of $948 mn )
• Senate pulls in reins on racetrack gambling.(News)(Senate Gaming and Casino Oversight Committee may hold hearing)
• What a great way to promote tourism.(Ford Motor Co. 100th anniversary celebration, tourist delivery of cars)(Column)
  by Crain, Keith
• 2003 Winners.(Special Report)(Michigan 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year)(Brief Article)
• Perceptron wins over investors in spite of battles over patents.(News)
  by Dietderich, Andrew
• People.(recent appointments)
• Acro wins deal to coordinate temps for CMS Energy.(News)
• Entertainment Pubs making most of new corporate siblings.(News)(Entertainment Publications Inc.)
  by Smith, Jennette
• Analyst cutbacks worry smaller public companies.(News)
• Sights on Japan; TI Automotive hopes plastic gas tanks show their mettle overseas.(Suppliers)(new plastic gas tank technology)
• Doner closes Baltimore operation.(News)(advertising agency closes direct-marketing)(Brief Article)
• Frank's looks for new name, path back to profitability; With craft's gone, retailer plans to emphasize garden products.(News)(Frank's Nursery & Crafts Inc.)
  by Snavely, Brent
• Blues push generics with more coupons for free prescriptions.(News)(Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan)
  by Lombardo, Natalie
• Alternative energy revved up, but long road remains ahead.(News)
• A peek inside makes nice birthday present.(Special Report)(body scan)
• Corrections.(Correction)(Correction Notice)
• Zenacomp; Livonia, Mark Lichtman, president.(Special Report)
  by McClure, Ian
• Investor buys stake in home builder, brings with it access to capital.(News)(Tadian Homes)
• Freeway signs leave Toilets.com bowled over with business.(Rumblings)
• New Covisint CEO says focus will stay on messaging service.(News)(driveline and transmission group's chief, Bruce Swift)
• Troy shrinks ambitions for civic-center project.(News)($250 million civic center project)
• Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
• Popularity of expensive procedures drives up costs.(Special Report)
  by Merx, Katie
• 2 Delphi plants sign early deal.(News)(Brief Article)
  by Armstrong, Julie
• Opinion.
• In affairs of heart, sometimes you listen to your gut.(Special Report)
  by Merx, Katie
• Health care leaders make case for regional fix.(News)
  by Merx, Katie
• DMC not alone in taking on governments for funding.(News)
• People.
• Harbor Cos. plans to start Bloomfield Park by end of year.
  by Dietderich, Andrew
• Graham eager for trial, lawyer says; Says ex-ThyssenKrupp exec didn't need kickbacks to support 'high-level lifestyle'.
  by Kosdrosky, Terry
• DMC doctors, others keep employment options open.(News)(The Detroit Medical Center)(Brief Article)
  by Merx, Katie
• This just in.($750 mn development in Oxford Township )
• Supplier Briefs.(Briefs)(new car dealer information technology system )(Brief Article)
• Stability control should be added to vehicles, federal safety agency says.(Suppliers)(stability control for cars and trucks)
• Wayne State's numbers.(minority graduates)(Brief Article)
  by Bailey, Laura
• Briefly.(Briefs)
  by Dietderich, Andrew
• Suppliers fret over Big Three labor talks; Worry that union shops get more work.
  by Kosdrosky, Terry
• No field day; Competition for Marshall Field's rises as more stores enter Detroit market.(Marshall Field's to open 4 new department stores in Detroit)
• Granholm pitches commission for 'cool cities'.(News)
• Be it ever so ... grumble; Condo governance can give a complex a complex.(Special Report)
  by Mindell, Amy
• Detroit should take lessons from other cities' efforts.(News)(redeveloping waterfronts)
  by Ankeny, Robert
• Vacation home styles are luxurious - yet casual.(Special Report)

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