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Full swing for private developers
What do you see while driving through downtown Grand Rapids?
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2013: Where is the regional business sentiment trending?
I’ve spent much of the fourth quarter meeting with local business owners in an attempt to understand where the regional business sentiment is trending.
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West Michigan: a culture of optimism and conscience
I learned something this year. After spending the past 20 years in Chicago and Detroit, I returned home to West Michigan approximately one year ago today. I returned to join The Bank of Holland as president and CEO.
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Preventing embezzlement can keep you in business
A 2011 Marquet International Ltd. study found that Michigan tied for second place for having the most major embezzlement cases in the nation, at 5.9 percent of the total. The Marquet study also found that Michigan’s major embezzlement losses reached more than $9.8 million.
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