There are no ‘quick fixes’ to clean up your credit
July 5th, 20190 By Lisa Lake If you're trying to clean up your credit, you'll come across plenty of companies offering an easy fix. But any company promising instant results for a price is likely a scam. The FTC says Grand Teton is one of those companies. In its lawsuit, the FTC says Grand Teton tricked people into paying hundreds — even thousands...
Sanctions on Iranian oil bring U.S. drivers pain at the pump
April 26th, 20190 American middle class consumers are enjoying the strongest wage growth in a decade, but higher gasoline prices are eating a good chunk of that increase for many, and it looks like pump prices are headed higher. Gasoline pump prices have already jumped about 25 percent this year, the fastest rate in three years. Trump administration...
Online lending company broke the law. FTC counts the ways
April 23rd, 20190 If you need to borrow money to consolidate credit card debt, make home or auto repairs, or pay other unexpected bills, a personal installment loan may be an option. Most personal loans are unsecured, meaning they don’t require collateral like a house or car, and typically have higher interest rates than secured loans. Paying a...
Garden City Hospital named to national top 100 list for outstanding performance
March 15th, 20192 GARDEN CITY — Garden City Hospital has been named as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health, which ranks the top-performing hospitals in the country based on a balanced scorecard of publicly available clinical, operational and patient satisfaction metrics and data. The hospital was also among a list of 15 to earn...
Detroit Metropolitan Airport holds job fair this Saturday
March 1st, 20190 DETROIT – The Wayne County Airport Authority, which operates Detroit Metropolitan Airport, will host a job fair for its concessionaires from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the airport’s Michael Berry Administration Building. According to a Feb. 27 press release, management teams from several concessionaires will be on...
Syrian refugee’s falafel shop offering free meals to federal workers
January 17th, 20190 KNOXVILLE, TN - The ongoing government shutdown has made life difficult for hundreds of thousands of government workers whose paychecks have been put on hold. But one Tennessee restaurant is taking it upon itself to feed those affected, making the decision to provide free meals to help the community that has supported it for so...
Brian Calley to lead Small Business Association of Michigan
January 3rd, 20190 LANSING — Former Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley announced Wednesday he will join the Small Business Association of Michigan, where he will serve as president, leading the group's lobbying and communications efforts. Calley left office on Tuesday under term limits. Current SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler remains the Lansing-based...
4 tips for a good, safe online shopping experience
December 24th, 20180 Unless you enjoy the bustle of traditional holiday shopping, you’re probably thankful for being able to get what you need online. Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission has gotten reports from consumers who didn’t get their orders as expected — or never got them at all. Here are tips to have a good online shopping...
Businessman sentenced to one year in prison for bribery
December 9th, 20180 NORTHVILLE — A technology company CEO has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for delivering bribes to a Detroit city official in restaurant bathrooms. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland sentenced Parimal "Perry" Mehta, 55, of Northville for paying Charles Dodd, the former director of Detroit’s Office of Departmental...
Research: New vehicle technologies double repair bills for minor collisions
November 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN — According to new research from AAA, vehicles equipped with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning and others, can cost twice as much to repair following a collision due to expensive sensors and their calibration requirements. Even minor...
Should banks be raising the citizenship question?
August 20th, 20180 Why are banks asking about your citizenship? Candidate Donald Trump rode his anti-immigrant rhetoric straight to the White House. Since then, he’s banned people from heavily Muslim-populated countries, taken children from their parents upon arrival at the Mexico border, is attempting to make citizenship status a question on the...
More sales tax coming to Michigan from online retailers
August 19th, 20180 LANSING — State Treasurer Nick Khouri said the state’s sales tax administration will now require many mail order and online retailers located outside of Michigan to pay the 6 percent sales tax on taxable sales into the state. This change comes on the heels of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. “This is an important step...
Dearborn community comes together to help those in need during Ramadan
May 25th, 20180 By Sarah Kominek DEARBORN— During the holy month of Ramadan, merchants and community organizations in Dearborn are motivated to be charitable, but they also help the less fortunate throughout the year. Local merchants deal with the infrequent occurrence of begging, which happens year round, not just during Ramadan. Danya Saed,...
Roasting Plant franchisee suing for $9.5 million, citing fraudulent profit forecast
February 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Mike Shehadi, owner of two local Roasting Plant coffee shops, is suing Roasting Plant founder and CEO Mike Caswell, Thomas Hartocollis, the company's chief sales and marketing officer, and the New York-based parent company itself for fraud. Shehadi claims that the amount of profits he was promised were...
Roasting Plant coffee shop offers high-end java for a low-end price
November 3rd, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS—“It picks up something from the ocean around it, from the humidity, from the surrounding trees,” said Mohamad Zeitoun, manager of the Roasting Plant coffee shops in Dearborn Heights and Ann Arbor, about the flavor profile of the Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee bean. The Dearborn Heights location opened in June;......
Franchise buys local “casual fast” restaurant
September 29th, 20170 DEARBORN — The Butcher's Grille isn't your ordinary butcher's shop. Yes, you can pick up fresh cuts of halal meat to take home, but you can also have it cooked on site and eat it there. Founder Samer Saad said the success the restaurant/butcher shop has experienced since its opening in April of 2016 is because of the continuous hard...
The future of most business districts outside of Downtown Detroit is uncertain
May 30th, 20170 By Lester Graham | Michigan Radio There are small business districts throughout Detroit that are barely hanging on. They were once thriving. But, population loss, and the loss of wealth in the neighborhoods have caused hard times for neighborhood businesses. The question is: what to do with them now? In the MorningSide neighborhood...
Literary journal ‘Mizna’ proves Arab art is timely and alive
April 21st, 20170 TWIN CITIES, MN — Since its inception in 1999, the literary journal Mizna has been a platform for the arts and free expression of a multitude of writers and artists from an Arab and Arab American nexus. The journal, published by Mizna.org, a non-profit arts organization that promotes contemporary expressions of Arab American...
Trump signs executive order scrutinizing skilled immigrant visas
April 19th, 20170 President Donald Trump will be ordering a thorough review of the country's high-skilled immigration visa program Thursday after having signed an executive order Tuesday targeting the H-1B program. The move signals a further attempt at Trump to target foreign companies that typically hire foreign workers over Americans. In the......
With revitalization underway, new downtown Dearborn Hampton Inn hotel opens doors
April 4th, 20170 DEARBORN – The opening of a hotel in the heart of downtown Dearborn brings the first stages of promising business developments expected to substantially revitalize the city. A towering, seemingly new building on Michigan Avenue is among dozens of award-winning Hampton Inn Hotels owned by four Iraqi immigrants – the Bacall...
Local residents to open up arcade bar in downtown Detroit
March 31st, 20170 DEARBORN— THE AANEWS sat down with Mohamed Badaoui and Wael Gharbie, two Dearborn residents set to open their new arcade bar, Ready Player One, in the Globe Tobacco Building in Greektown in April. We asked about their idea, the process and their prospects for the arcade and restaurant that brings together all with a love for video......
Over 400,000 vehicles recalled due to fire risk, latch issues
March 29th, 20171 DETROIT-In response to reports of technical issues that put vehicles at risk for engine fires and unexpected door openings, Ford recently issued a recall on more than 440,000 vehicles in North America. Its initial recall addressed over 230,000 Escape SUVs, Fiesta ST subcompacts, Fusion midsize cars and Transit Connect vans with...
Sales drop to impact Ford first-quarter earnings
March 24th, 20170 DETROIT- Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it expects lower earnings per share in the first quarter and lower pretax profit in 2017 due to higher spending on commodities, warranties and investments and a drop in sales volumes especially fleet sales. Ford shares were down nearly 1 percent at $11.66 in late morning trading after the......
