Detroit

During the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and U.S. Census Bureau released new data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 Survey of Business Owners showing that the number of African American-owned firms in Detroit grew to more than 32,000. In the entire United Sta...

Life is a succession of fortunate circumstances. And when former Governor Jennifer Granholm issued an executive order, just before the 2006 campaign, calling for the creation of a “21st Century Energy Plan for Michigan” — the mission being to find alternative energy sources and greater energy efficiency — Louis E. James knew he had to...

Once rejected, now connected, Detroit is making a unique footprint on defining urban culture. With the announcement of the M-1 rail system, the city of Detroit is not only on the edge of becoming the business address of 25,000 new downtown residents, 200 new storefront businesses along Woodward Avenue and 20,000 new workers, but of...

The 49'ers played hard, however the Ravens came out the winners at the end of the Super Bowl game. However the real winners are the advertisers who spent up to four million dollars for a 30 second spot to show off their products to the nation.If you missed the best part of the super bowl in my opinion, CLICK HEREfor a playlist of all the ads that...

Like the battle of Armageddon, the campaigns of the various candidates seeking to be Detroit’s next mayor are lining up support, building political ammunition with zest and ready to duke it out in what is to become the most hotly contested mayoral race in decades.It’s political show time in Detroit this summer as the battle for the next leadership...

BlackBerry is clearly trying to revamp its outdated style to compete in the cellular phone market. The once coveted Blackberry phone has seen its sales and desirability floundering amidst a post iPhone and Android market. The innovative QWERTY keyboard has been replaced by touch screens and wide screen phones that function more like tablets than...