By Mark | February 13, 2014
Comcast, the nation’s largest provider of cable and internet service, as well as the world’s largest media company, made clear their intention today to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable company in the United States. Assuming the $44 billion deal is allowed to move forward by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, […]
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By Mark | October 8, 2013
I imagine it has more to do with gaming property values than it does with anything else, but, according to our friends at the Ann Arbor News, there’s a group of Ypsilanti Township residents actively pushing to rename their community. It would seem they want jettison the “Ypsilanti” in favor of something that, in their […]
By Mark | December 20, 2009
It was just announced on Friday that, come January, the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce would be rolling up into a single entity. I was going to take the opportunity to ask what our local Chamber actually does, other than host fundraisers at local golf courses, fight progressive […]
