Street Talk
A casual, and sometimes cutting, roundup of what's being said around town.
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Street Talk: Benteler Automotive closing Hall Street plant early next year
Fab 50.
Benteler Automotive is announcing plans to close its manufacturing plant located at 320 Hall Street in Grand Rapids.
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Street Talk: Shelby fruit business makes Financial Times
Rap wrap.
A reader in Oceana County mentioned a couple of months ago that Chinese investors were rumored to be buying Peterson Farms in Shelby.
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Street Talk: Fear of failure? Not for these people
Boy toys.
Six storytellers took to the Wealthy Street Theatre stage recently and poured their hearts out to 400 people during the first-ever Failure-Lab.
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Street Talk: Money still talks in CEO performance reviews
Woof hoof.
A new study conducted by the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance and The Miles Group reveals boardrooms are giving poor grades to CEOs for their mentoring skills and board engagement — but still prioritize financial performance above all else.
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Street Talk: West Michigan: lower unemployment, higher growth
Add Chinese consumers as friends.
The growing number of consumers in China is a good thing for manufacturing centers like West Michigan, according to Brad Haverkamp.
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Street Talk: Game of musical chairs keeps hospitals hopping
Ford’s foundation.
A tipster said last week that Metro Health may make a big announcement very soon regarding its choice of a new partner.
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Street Talk: Mini-MI to D.C.: They came, they saw, they had meetings
Gentleman's bet.
Chamber leaders and members from Grand Rapids, Ottawa, Muskegon and Allegan counties used the waning days of April for a jam-packed, two-day visit to Washington, D.C., led by Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce President Rick Baker and Vice President of Government and Corporate Affairs Andy Johnston.
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Street Talk: Water, water everywhere — and lots of sandbags, too
Voice over.
Last week’s unprecedented 1,500-volunteer sandbag effort in support of the city of Grand Rapids’ Environmental Services Department was essentially organized over the course of a one-story stair climb following Mayor George Heartwell’s first emergency press conference at City Hall, and later deployed from the back of a speaker hall.
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Street Talk: Have you hugged your banker today?
Cheesebrough rising.
The American Bankers Association says that many small business owners have been wondering what it takes these days to get a bank loan.
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Street Talk: EPIC finalists represent a little bit of everything
Winds of change.
This is gonna be EPIC!
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