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Detroit Chamber Introduces Michigan Small Business To Boeing

Nearly 100 Detroit-area companies gathered at the Macomb-OU INCubator at Velocity Center on 18 Mile Road in Sterling Heights Monday to meet with officials of Boeing Co. in hopes of becoming suppliers to the aeronautics giant.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/25

Grand Hotel. (credit: Matt Roush)

Poll: 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference, Your Thoughts?

It was back to work for hundreds of community and business leaders who spent much of last week on Mackinac Island for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/04

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MEDC Announces New Initiatives At Mackinac

The Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced five new initiatives under the Pure Michigan Business Connect umbrella at the Mackinac Policy Conference last week that will further help Michigan businesses grow and improve the state’s economy.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/03

Grand Hotel. (credit: Matt Roush)

Region’s ‘Fab Five’ Meet Again On Mackinac

Should Southeast Michigan be marketed as a single brand? That was the question before the “Big Five” area leaders Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

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A Mackinac To-Do List For That Southbound Trip

Well, it’s over. Three days of panel discussions, keynotes and informal networking on the future of Michigan and its economy have concluded, and more than 1,500 movers, shakers and difference-makers are headed back south along Michigan’s major roads — well, except for a few who came here from the U.P.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

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Friedman: Average Is History

“We’ve all got to be above average now just as the opening ante in the hyperconnected global economy, according to New York Times columnist and best-selling business author Thomas Friedman.”

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

Gov. Rick Snyder

On Mackinac, Snyder Says We’re Catching Other States

Gov. Rick Snyder said other states are now sufficiently worried about losing new business to Michigan that they’re saying bad things about us.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company Bill Ford (credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, File)

Ford On Mackinac: Michigan Can Be Silicon Valley Of High Tech Auto Future

The great-grandson of Henry Ford told the Mackinac Policy Conference Thursday morning that America has a newfound respect for manufacturing, a field that can and should be green.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/31

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Obama Wins Straw Poll At Chamber Mackinac

President Barack Obama easily won an unscientific election of the crowd Wednesday night after an evening political panel discussion at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/30

Joseph Leto, a commercial operations manager at Comcast, shows off the new Business VoiceEdge system at the Mackinac Policy Conference.

Comcast Business Services Expands Voice Portfolio

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: used the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference to roll out a new business phone service, called Comcast Business VoiceEdge.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/30

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