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Start-up Puts Advertising on the Backs of Students

March 6, 2010 – WeWearYou.com, an Ann Arbor start-up wants to wear your company on their backs — literally.

Christopher Boll and Brian Hurd, two Juniors at the University of Michigan, recently launched WeWearYou.com, an advertising and marketing agency built upon “t-shirt” advertising. The company outfits students with shirts bearing a client’s logo and they continue their day, wearing the shirts wherever they go. 

In addition, the client receives exposure via Facebook, Twitter, flyering, and

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DesignHub Produces 2010 Wholesale Gift Tile Catalog for Motawi Tileworks

SALINE, MI (March 5, 2010) – DesignHub, Inc. (www.design-hub.com), a Saline-based creative services and marketing firm, has designed and produced the 2010 Wholesale Gift Tile Catalog for Motawi Tileworks (www.motawi.com) of Ann Arbor.

The 2010 catalog updates previous editions, also produced by DesignHub, with a refreshed design and details on new decorative tiles from Motawi Tileworks.

The catalog spotlights tiles based on the designs of artist Yoshiko Yamamoto, whose works fuse Japanese design sensibility with

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Borders Community-Based Spring Book Drive to Provide to Needy Kids Nationwide

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 3, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Having recently delivered to needy children across the nation more than 900,000 new books collected during its winter book drive, Borders has launched its company wide, community-based spring book drive that will last through April 6. Staff at more than 700 Borders(R) and Waldenbooks(R) stores nationwide are encouraging customers to open their hearts and give the gift of new books to children within their communities.

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Tecumseh Products Company Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Call

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 2 /PRNewswire/ — Tecumseh Products Company (Nasdaq: TECUA, TECUB) announced today that it will release its 2009 fourth quarter and full-year financial results after the market close on Tues., March 9, 2010. The company will broadcast its financial results conference call live over the Internet on Wed., March 10, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern.

Those who wish to listen to this conference call should visit the Investor Relations section of the Company’s

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Shionogi Enters Into Exclusive Agreement with Quatrx

Osaka, Japan, Atlanta, GA and Ann Arbor, MI— Shionogi & Co., Ltd. and QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Company, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, today announced that they have entered into a worldwide license agreement to develop and market ospemifene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (“SERM”). Under the terms of this agreement, Shionogi will have worldwide marketing rights to ospemifene. QuatRx will receive an up-front payment of $25 million and is eligible to receive in excess

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ProQuest Selected by Iceland for National Provision of Electronic Resources

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 1, 2010 – The Steering Committee of Iceland Consortia for electronic subscriptions has selected ProQuest Central to provide electronic resources nationally for the next three years. On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, the Steering Committee is responsible for the evaluation and procurement of resources which can then be accessed by all Icelandic citizens from any computer within the country. Electronic content not only serves academic and research

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