http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/Local Small Business, Market Updates, Economy, Finance News & MoreenSat, 07 Nov 2009 12:26:55 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noLocal Small Business, Market Updates, Economy, Finance News & Moreann_arbor_business_reviewhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/8etD52tp8o4/Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:26:55 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3907056 ]]>Ypsilanti officials will be serving the owner of the Thompson Block with an order to either demolish or permanently stabilize the structure, severely damaged by a Sept. 23 fire, according to blogger Mark Maynard. Stewart Beal, owner of the 30,000-square-foot......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ypsilanti-officials-want-thompson-block-action-within-30-days/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/8QeIjnLCj0g/Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:56:06 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3903883 ]]>Here's a roundup of shopping hours for big box retailers, local shopping centers and malls and regional destinations. These will be updated throughout November and December to reflect special holiday hours.......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/holiday-shopping-hours-for-washtenaw-county-and-beyond/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/ITnFt0AI8JM/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:45:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902380 ]]>AnnArbor.com's Business Review announced the winners in its 5th annual "Deals of the Year" celebration, held Friday night in Ann Arbor. All winners were kept secret until the gala event at the Four Points Sheraton. Here are the winners: •......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/business-review-announces-winners-in-fifth-annual-deals-of-the-year-celebration/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/iDzwM8pZD_Y/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902384 ]]>Dr. James Woolliscroft, dean of the University of Michigan Medical School, and Stephen Forrest, vice president for research, at the former Pfizer facility. (Photo by AnnArbor.com's Lon Horwedel)Ann Arbor's lamentable loss is also an unmistakably significant opportunity. The 2008 departure......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/pfizer-departure-paved-the-way-for-major-university-expansion/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/iDzwM8pZD_Y/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:30 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902382 ]]>Dr. James Woolliscroft, dean of the University of Michigan Medical School, and Stephen Forrest, vice president for research, at the former Pfizer facility. (Photo by AnnArbor.com's Lon Horwedel)Ann Arbor's lamentable loss is also an unmistakably significant opportunity. The 2008 departure......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/pfizer-departure-paved-the-way-for-major-university-expansion/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/XgQPbw93HGE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:47:17 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902385 ]]>It reads like an All-Star list of Ann Arbor's top technology companies. HealthMedia, HandyLab, Accuri Cytometers, Esperion Therapeutics. The common thread among all four? Arboretum Ventures. The Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm has invested in all four firms, not to......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/venture-capital-firms-73-million-infusion-makes-it-a-viable-national-player/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/XgQPbw93HGE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:47:35 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902387 ]]>It reads like an All-Star list of Ann Arbor's top technology companies. HealthMedia, HandyLab, Accuri Cytometers, Esperion Therapeutics. The common thread among all four? Arboretum Ventures. The Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm has invested in all four firms, not to......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/venture-capital-firms-73-million-infusion-makes-it-a-viable-national-player/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/XgQPbw93HGE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:47:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902388 ]]>It reads like an All-Star list of Ann Arbor's top technology companies. HealthMedia, HandyLab, Accuri Cytometers, Esperion Therapeutics. The common thread among all four? Arboretum Ventures. The Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm has invested in all four firms, not to......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/venture-capital-firms-73-million-infusion-makes-it-a-viable-national-player/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/r8VkNX4At-0/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:08 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902390 ]]>Ann Arbor welcomed part of its wave of downtown condominium projects this decade, but while some that didn't meet with support fell off the radar, one survives. That one took years - and many incarnations - before it reached a......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbor-welcomed-part-of/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/r8VkNX4At-0/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:33 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902391 ]]>Ann Arbor welcomed part of its wave of downtown condominium projects this decade, but while some that didn't meet with support fell off the radar, one survives. That one took years - and many incarnations - before it reached a......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbor-welcomed-part-of/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/r8VkNX4At-0/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:32 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902392 ]]>Ann Arbor welcomed part of its wave of downtown condominium projects this decade, but while some that didn't meet with support fell off the radar, one survives. That one took years - and many incarnations - before it reached a......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbor-welcomed-part-of/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/r8VkNX4At-0/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:51 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902394 ]]>Ann Arbor welcomed part of its wave of downtown condominium projects this decade, but while some that didn't meet with support fell off the radar, one survives. That one took years - and many incarnations - before it reached a......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbor-welcomed-part-of/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/Pnl-2rdKxwE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:00 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902393 ]]>Gary Glick is convinced: Innovative technology will attract investors, regardless of geographical disadvantages. His faith produced dividends in April when his University of Michigan spinoff company, Lycera Corp., landed $36 million in venture capital. The investment, Michigan's biggest VC deal......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/u-m-spinoff-lands-36-million-in-venture-capital/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/Pnl-2rdKxwE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:37 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902397 ]]>Gary Glick is convinced: Innovative technology will attract investors, regardless of geographical disadvantages. His faith produced dividends in April when his University of Michigan spinoff company, Lycera Corp., landed $36 million in venture capital. The investment, Michigan's biggest VC deal......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/u-m-spinoff-lands-36-million-in-venture-capital/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/Pnl-2rdKxwE/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902399 ]]>Gary Glick is convinced: Innovative technology will attract investors, regardless of geographical disadvantages. His faith produced dividends in April when his University of Michigan spinoff company, Lycera Corp., landed $36 million in venture capital. The investment, Michigan's biggest VC deal......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/u-m-spinoff-lands-36-million-in-venture-capital/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/3Es6xzDLk-Q/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:57 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902396 ]]>Ann Arbor represented a perfect expansion opportunity for Cooley Law School, which didn't even have to look at more than one building to make it happen last summer. Cooley signed a deal to lease the former Ave Maria School of......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/law-schools-lease-of-former-ave-maria-site-keeps-area-vibrant/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/3Es6xzDLk-Q/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:54 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902398 ]]>Ann Arbor represented a perfect expansion opportunity for Cooley Law School, which didn't even have to look at more than one building to make it happen last summer. Cooley signed a deal to lease the former Ave Maria School of......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/law-schools-lease-of-former-ave-maria-site-keeps-area-vibrant/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/3Es6xzDLk-Q/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:14 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902400 ]]>Ann Arbor represented a perfect expansion opportunity for Cooley Law School, which didn't even have to look at more than one building to make it happen last summer. Cooley signed a deal to lease the former Ave Maria School of......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/law-schools-lease-of-former-ave-maria-site-keeps-area-vibrant/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/vBeVig_S58w/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:54 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902404 ]]>Clean Energy Coalition is becoming a go-to source for renewable energy fueling infrastructure and the acquisition of alternative propulsion technology vehicles.......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ypsilanti-nonprofit-lands-15-million-grant-to-help-cities-green-their-fleets/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann_arbor_business_review/~3/vBeVig_S58w/Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:50:50 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf//5005.3902405 ]]>Clean Energy Coalition is becoming a go-to source for renewable energy fueling infrastructure and the acquisition of alternative propulsion technology vehicles.......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ypsilanti-nonprofit-lands-15-million-grant-to-help-cities-green-their-fleets/nonadult