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Fifth Third Bank names Tom Welch head of West Michigan
Michelle Van Dyke, regional president of Fifth Third Bank, has announced that Fifth Third’s longtime St. Louis market president and CEO, Tom Welch, has been named president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank, Western Michigan, replacing Mary Tuuk.
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Whirlpool's KitchenAid 'powered by' SodaStream
Whirlpool Corporation’s KitchenAid division has made a deal with SodaStream, an Israeli manufacturing company, to add to the KitchenAid product line an in-home carbonated beverage system, according to the Benton Harbor-based home appliance manufacturer.
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Perrigo acquires rights to Fera Pharmaceuticals line for $93M
Perrigo has acquired the rights to produce an ophthalmic sterile ointment and solution products portfolio from Fera Pharmaceuticals of Long Island, N.Y., for an upfront cash payment of approximately $93 million.
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Legal squall hits Lake Winds Energy Park
Disgruntled homeowners near the new Mason County wind farm are going to get their day in court — if they don’t settle out of court first. But prior cases in Michigan hint at a tough battle in the courtroom.
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Fifth Third Bank re-assigns West Michigan president Mary Tuuk
Grand Rapids native Mary Tuuk, a longtime Fifth Third Bank executive who became president of the bank’s Western Michigan region in January 2012, has been re-assigned to the bank's corporate headquarters in Cincinnati.
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West Michigan office furniture industry wins at NeoCon 2013
West Michigan’s best-known names in office furniture manufacturing have done well at NeoCon this week, with Steelcase, the largest company, taking the most awards.
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Spectrum Health raises prices 5.9 percent in Grand Rapids
Spectrum Health prices at Grand Rapids hospitals and clinics will increase an average of 5.9 percent in FY2014, which begins July 1, according to its annual budget review.
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Priority Health gives Medicaid patients access to Metro Health
Priority Health has increased access to care for Medicaid members in a new relationship with Metro Health in the Grand Rapids area.
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Gun Lake Casino makes $8.4M revenue-sharing payments
The Gun Lake Tribe has announced that its spring revenue-sharing payments to the state and local governments from its casino revenues in Wayland Township will exceed $8.4 million and now total more than $34 million since the Gun Lake Casino opened in February 2011.
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Saint Mary’s Health Care now Mercy Health Saint Mary’s
New regional brand has been launched for Trinity Health properties in West Michigan.
A new sign has been unveiled on the second largest hospital in Greater Grand Rapids: Saint Mary’s Health Care is now Mercy Health Saint Mary’s.
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