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The aviation industry has a clear business interest in stamping out Covid

Countries that used to treat Covid-19 like the plague are starting to think of it more like new seasons of American Idol—just a fact of life

Earlier this year, the Dearborn automaker announced it was increasing its investments in electrification to $30 billion through 2025.

We've seen this scripted act of fiction before. Every year at this time, so-called "experts" from biased, politically motivated think tanks release a report concluding it is time to call "cut" on film, TV, and streaming program tax credits nationwide, as a columnist did in the July 26 issue of…

Only a mile and a half from the nearest CVS Pharmacy, Deborah Hurst received the first dose of a Pfizer vaccine last week sitting at a computer desk at her home in Lincoln Park, the midsummer sun peeking through the rear sliding door. The 68-year-old retired school teacher finally received the…

The 18-month drop, the steepest decline since World War II, was fueled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Amazon is pushing landlords around the country to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device.

Hispanic and Black populations in the U.S. saw the largest declines in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows.

Some legislators want to resuscitate Michigan's defunct tax subsidies for film and television production — a program that once spent half a billion taxpayer dollars. That would be a colossal mistake.I should know. I've analyzed those incentives more than most. My first nationwide study…

Michigan won't get 70 percent of residents vaccinated against COVID-19 by the Aug. 3 end of the state's "vaccine lottery" program.The realization presents an expensive reality as the state on Wednesday announced the first four winners of the MI Shot to Win lottery program designed to boost…

VR collaboration enable exchanges as they are in real life erasing the barrier made by distance between two work teams and allowing total interactions.

Students fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at Central Michigan University can enter to win full-year scholarships and hundreds of gift cards.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's MI Shot to Win vaccination lottery program isn't doing much to convince vaccine-hesitant residents to get inoculated. As of July 13, about 62.4 percent of Michigan residents 16 or older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. That's an increase of less than 1…

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Job postings featuring hiring incentives have more than doubled on the search platform Indeed compared to last year

The effort will give Michiganians who are vaccinated the chance to win more than $5 million and nine college scholarships.

Job seeker searches for bonuses have surged.

Ford touts range of its high performance Mustang Mach-E vehicles.

Learn all about diminishing marginal utility in just a few minutes! Professor Jadrian Wooten of Penn State University details diminishing marginal utility as...

The price for Ubers, scooters and Airbnb rentals is going up as tech companies aim for profitability.

The United States and the European Union have agreed a truce in their near 17-year conflict over aircraft subsidies, suspending for five years one set of Trump-era tariffs which had soured relations between them.

The restaurant industry has been boosting wages to attract workers as it faces a labor crunch.

Consumers Energy implemented a new summer pricing program that will increase rates for its 1.6 million residential homes by 50% during peak hours.

Biogen's drug will cost $56,000 a year

This is the first new drug approved for Alzheimer's disease since 2003. It's the first to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

Your time on Earth is precious and limited. Here’s how to waste it.

DENVER — The Rangers weigh the rewards vs. the risks of having towering Jonah Heim set up on one knee to get his body lower for pitchers. The rewards: He’s...

And what happens to your brain when you finally nail it