This year’s Ann Arbor WineFest promises its usual attractions for what Ann Arbor Art Center President and CEO Marsha Chamberlin calls “foodies,” plus an opportunity for everyone to support the Art Center and have a good time.
But the 26th annual event is chartering new territory with the addition of food and wine events that run [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Apr 17, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) — Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTM), a leading regenerative medicine company, today announced encouraging data from the first two compassionate use patients treated with the Company’s autologous stem cell therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a type of severe chronic heart failure. Hans Michael Klein, M.D., [.. more ..]

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April 16, 2008 - FAAC Incorporated, a subsidiary of Arotech Corporation’s (NasdaqGM: ARTX) Training and Simulation Division, has completed fielding MRAP training capability to the USMC Operator Driving Simulators (ODS) for use by the Marine Corps’ stateside active components ahead of schedule. In December 2007, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, Program Manager for Training [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 16, 2008 - Borders, Inc. announced today that it will open a store in Wareham, Mass. in June, when the retailer will debut a new 25,401-square-foot store at Wareham Crossing, located at Highway 28 and Interstate 495. The store will be one of 14 concept stores that Borders will open this [.. more ..]

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Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) today reported net income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2008 of $22.5 million (after preferred stock dividends), or 47 cents per diluted share. The results compared to first-quarter 2007 net income from continuing operations (after preferred stock dividends) of $24.9 million, or 51 cents per diluted share.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 15 /PRNewswire/ — Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), now offering a $4 pizza value bundle, responded today to a press release from a competitor that compared its higher $5 pizza deal to Domino’s lower-priced choice. The recognized world leader in pizza delivery had this to say:
We’re surprised and delighted that our esteemed [.. more ..]

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Ann Arbor, Mich. - The economic slump, skyrocketing gas and grocery prices and consumers’ increasing anxieties about unprecedented environmental issues have fueled increased traffic and spending at Children’s Orchard, a growing franchise of children’s

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Ann Arbor, MI - April 7, 2008
Accuri Cytometers, Inc. today announced the commercial launch of the Accuri C6 Flow CytometerTM System, designed to bring the power of flow cytometry cell analysis to the laboratory of every life sciences researcher. The Accuri C6 is a bench-top system that delivers performance and features similar to those of [.. more ..]

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 9, 2008 - Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today announced that it has closed on the revised financing agreement with Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. that was announced in the company’s April 7, 2008 news release. The agreement includes a $42.5 million senior secured term loan, a “put” right of $135 [.. more ..]

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