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Children’s Orchard and March of Dimes Host Ann Arbor’s First Family Expo

Special Guests: Brandon Inge and Jim Price of the Detroit Tigers

Ann Arbor Businesses Find Unique Opportunity to Connect with Local Families

Ann Arbor, MI (August 21, 2010) – Recognizing a need for a forum where Ann Arbor area businesses can make a personal connection with local families, Children’s Orchard of Ann Arbor has partnered with March of Dimes to host the community’s first annual Family Expo. Dozens of local businesses have already signed up to exhibit

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Revlon Selects VMT’s Velocity to Drive Their Demand Sensing and Analytics Strategy

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT), the leading provider of enterprise Demand Signal Repository (DSR) and Analytics solutions for the consumer products industry, today announced that Revlon has selected its Velocity® Solution Suite. With VMT’s award-winning Velocity® Demand Signal Repository (DSR) using Microsoft® SQL Server 2008, Revlon will increase product performance and inventory visibility from the time of shipment through store-level scanned sales at the register.

“VMT’s Velocity Solution Suite empowers business analysts

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ProQuest Eliminates Fees for Basic e-Submission to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

UMI ETD Administrator continues to revolutionize dissertation submission workflow

ANN ARBOR, Mich., August 31, 2010 – ProQuest is making it easier for students to contribute their work to the world’s most widely consulted source of graduate research. The company is eliminating fees for basic submission to ProQuest Dissertation &Theses Database through its ProQuest/UMI ETD Administrator. Use of the ETD Administrator — with its simple, paper-free, online process – has grown significantly and now accounts for

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Borders Group Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept 01, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ —

Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) today reported results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2010. Highlights include:

Second quarter sales were $526.1 million, down 11.5% from the same period a year ago, with comparable store sales declining by 6.8%. Borders.com sales increased 56.2% over the prior year, to $15.5 million. The company generated a loss from continuing operations in the second

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Borders Launches New Paid ‘Borders Rewards Plus’ Loyalty Program

Free, Enhanced Borders Rewards Program Also Launches Today – Programs Give Customers More Choices, Rich Benefits, Discounts and ‘Surprises and Delights’

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug 31, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ —

On Sept. 1, Borders will officially unveil its new Rewards loyalty program, bringing Borders customers more choices, richer benefits and better savings. Consumers can now choose from two forms of Rewards — a free, enhanced Rewards program, or the new "Borders Rewards Plus" program,

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ScrapWalls.com Makes It Easy to Create Custom Photo Collages

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transforming a digital photo album into a unique and memorable collage just got a lot easier thanks to ScrapWalls.com, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based startup.

“We’re focused on making the site as easy and fun as possible”

ScrapWalls allows users to construct shape collages out of their digital photo galleries in seconds by simply uploading their pictures and selecting a template. With more than 25 templates to choose from — ranging from wedding cakes

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Compendia Bioscience Awarded $1.3 Million in SBIR Fast Track Funds

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Compendia Bioscience, Inc. today announced the award of $1.3 million in SBIR Fast Track funds to incorporate micro-RNA data and analyses into the Oncomine platform.

Cancer is a highly complex disease in which all of the causes and effects are not well understood. In recent years a new type of non-coding RNA molecule — micro-RNA — has been identified as an important contributor to cancer development, progression, and

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