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January 16, 2019 - 8:39 am

Sears Staves Off Liquidation, Remaining Stores To Stay Open

Sears will live on -- at least for now.
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January 15, 2019 - 4:29 pm

Filing: OxyContin Maker Forecast 'Blizzard Of Prescriptions'

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller's launch party in the 1990s that it would be "followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition," according to court documents filed Tuesday. The...
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An order of HopCat's popular beer-battered, seasoned Crack Fries, pictured with warm dipping cheese (John Froelich,Special to Free Press)
January 14, 2019 - 10:39 am

HopCat Changes Name Of Popular Crack Fries

The restaurant chain said it wants to distance itself from a word associated with the drug epidemic.
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January 14, 2019 - 9:09 am

Debbie Dingell: 'Compromise Is Not A Dirty Word'

"They need money."
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January 11, 2019 - 5:30 pm

Want A Job Driving The Wienermobile? Oscar Mayer Is Hiring Hot Dog Hosts

What they're calling "Hotdoggers" travel across the country the Wienermobile -- a 27-foot long hot dogs on wheels -- making people smile while promoting the brand.
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January 10, 2019 - 5:41 pm

Ferndale Restaurant Owner Offers Free Meals To Federal Employees

Many government workers are not expected to be paid this Friday.
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January 10, 2019 - 12:02 pm

Security Breach Exposes Some Michigan Patients' Personal Information

RICHMOND, Mich. (WWJ) - There's been a security breach involving a rehabilitation center in Macomb County. Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center -- a provider of HIV/AIDS care services and substance abuse treatment with a location in Richmond, Michigan -- says a "limited number of patients" had their...
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Ford Motor Co., President, Global Markets Jim Farley, left, and President and CEO Jim Hackett stand next to the redesigned 2020 Ford Explorer during its unveiling, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Detroit. Ford's aging Explorer big SUV is getting a major revamp as it faces growing competition in the market for family haulers with three rows of seats. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
January 09, 2019 - 8:25 pm

Ahead Of Auto Show, Ford Revamps Explorer SUV For 1st Time Since 2011

DETROIT (AP) — Ford's aging Explorer big SUV is getting a major revamp as it faces growing competition in the market for family haulers with three rows of seats. The company unveiled the new version Wednesday night at Ford Field, home of the NFL's Detroit Lions. It comes just before next week's...
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FILE - In this May 6, 2014, file photo, a vehicle moves past a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Fiat Chrysler will pay more than $650 million to settle allegations that it cheated on emissions tests involving more than 104,000 Jeep SUVs and Ram pickup trucks, a person with the knowledge of the settlement told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
January 09, 2019 - 8:23 pm

Fiat Chrysler To Pay Around $650M In Emissions Cheating Case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiat Chrysler will pay more than $650 million to settle allegations that it cheated on emissions tests involving more than 104,000 Jeep SUVs and Ram pickup trucks, a person with the knowledge of the settlement told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The Italian-American automaker...
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FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, an empty shopping cart sits in the snow outside a Sears store in the Streets of Southglenn mall in Littleton, Colo. Sears is getting another reprieve from liquidation after its chairman and largest shareholder revised his bid to save the iconic brand. The Hoffman Estates, Illinois-based retailer says it has accepted Eddie Lampert's bid through an affiliate of his ESL hedge fund that could keep 425 stores open and save tens of thousands of workers, according to a hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at the bankruptcy court in White Plains, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
January 08, 2019 - 5:29 pm

Sears Gets Another Reprieve From Liquidation

NEW YORK (AP) — Sears received another possible lifeline Tuesday when the company's chairman and largest shareholder promised to line up the necessary financing to keep the struggling department store chain afloat. The reprieve came after what Sears lawyers described to a bankruptcy judge in New...
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