Willie Mae Sheard (Photo: Gwenda Sheard via Facebook) The family of Willie Mae Sheard, a prominent figure in the Church of God in Christ, is hosting a COVID-19 testing in Detroit in her honor. Sheard, the wife of national wife of national Church of God in Christ Bishop John Henry Sheard and mother of [...]
Mark Hicks, The Detroit NewsPublished 8:43 p.m. ET May 24, 2020 Every Saturday for more than a month, Isauro Sanchez has driven around southwest Detroit delivering relief from a truck. The 27-year-old volunteered for “Not a Family Goes Hungry,” a program led by Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with its school, community leaders, nonprofits, business partners [...]
Every Thursday, Small Business Lifeline provides the small business community with timely expert advice and updates about navigating the COVID-19 crisis and rebuilding for the future. Subscribe to Small Business Lifeline on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher and wherever you find your podcasts. Read the Full Story Here [...]
Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Published 7:38 a.m. ET May 18, 2020 | Updated 11:19 a.m. ET May 18, 2020 Michael Devine had chest pain. He thought it was heartburn. He thought it would go away. He tried to will it away. Because in the middle of a pandemic, Devine, 51, of Redford didn't want to have [...]
DETROIT – The COVID-19 outbreak has created problems for automakers like GM, whose auto plants can employ thousands of people with some working closely in tight spaces. The automaker released ‘Returning to Work with Confidence,' a 48-page booklet that auto industry analyst Alex Calderone said hits the right notes. “There have been UAW workers who [...]
Tel Ganesan // Courtesy photo Prior to the arrival of COVID-19, major shifts were taking place in hiring needs and workforce development. With the economic impacts brought by the virus, things will now change even more. Tel K. Ganesan is founder and executive chairman at Kyyba Inc. — a global staffing, innovations and [...]
President and CEO of CARE of Southeastern Michigan on concerns of alcoholism related to the COVID-19 pandemic Read the Full Story Here
SimScreen in West Bloomfield Township, a developer of portable two-way mirrors created for the education of health care professionals, has reallocated all manufacturing capacity to bring its new line of SeparationScreen to market, a customizable virus-barrier solution available to businesses. By Grace Turner - April 29, 2020 SimScreen has developed SeparationScreen virus barriers for [...]
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free PressPublished 8:56 a.m. ET April 27, 2020 | Updated 5:51 p.m. ET April 27, 2020 The cumulative compensation for the six top executives at Ford Motor Co. — $70 million — exceeded the automaker's annual net income of $47 million in 2019, a year that included a botched Ford Explorer launch and billions in warranty costs. On [...]
Connaé Pisani // Courtesy photo NATIONAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT GROUP: After several years working in the oil industry in Texas, metro Detroit native Connaé Pisani wanted to drill into a completely different field: commercial real estate in her hometown. The 32-year-old University of Michigan graduate fled Houston and founded National Real Estate Management [...]
