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Why manufacturing still matters
date: September 24, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
By: Bill Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company
Over the years, I've gained a reputation as being outspoken about
environmental issues. I'm proud of that reputation, and happy to see
the efforts to address these concerns are accelerating. But there is
another critical issue that I've also talked about for many years, with
more mixed results: the importance of manufacturing to local, regional
and national economies.
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New plan would cut foreclosures
date: July 10, 2008
SOURCE: The Detroit News
HUD secretary unveils pilot program, to start in September, at the Detroit Economic Club.
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HUD secretary announces pilot program to reduce foreclosures
date: July 9, 2008
SOURCE: Crain's Detroit Business
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve
Preston announced a pilot program that would reduce housing
foreclosures in his speech today at the Detroit Economic Club.
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HUD Secretary unveils foreclosure prevention program in Detroit
date: July 9, 2008
SOURCE: Oakland Business Review
Steve Preston has been on the job as the Secretary for
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a month. He
chose Detroit, which he called "the epicenter of the foreclosure
crisis," for his first major address as HUD secretary to announce an
aggressive foreclosure prevention assistance program.
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Delphi's Miller could address health care next, He says bankruptcy exit is priority
date: June 5, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
During a speech to the Detroit Economic Club on Wednesday, Miller noted
areas to pull $1 trillion of waste out of the system by, among other
things, reducing the number of malpractice suits, expanding wellness
programs to prevent illness and replacing paper records with electronic
ones.
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SURVEY SAYS CLUB IS THE TOP FORUM OF ITS KIND
date: May 27, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Economic Club
A new survey of Fortune 500 communications and marketing
executives ranks the Detroit Economic Club among the most influential
corporate conferences for CEOs and C-Suite Executives. The survey also
ranks the Club as the top organization of its kind – a regionally-based
membership organization that offers an ongoing speaking forum.
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BURSON-MARSTELLER STUDY REVEALS THE TOP 10 MOST VALUED PODIUMS FOR CEOs AND C-SUITE EXECUTIVES
date: May 19, 2008
SOURCE: Burson-Marsteller
New York – The World Economic Forum, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes sponsor the most influential corporate conferences, according to corporate communications and marketing executives at Fortune 500 companies surveyed for Burson-Marsteller's Most Valued Podiums study 2008.
According to the study, the most sought after forums for senior executives are:
The Top 10 MVPs for CEOs and C-Suite Executives
1. World Economic Forum
2. The Wall Street Journal
3. Forbes
4. Fortune
5. World Business Forum
6. Detroit Economic Club
7. Economist Magazine
8. CFO Magazine
9. Consumer Electronics Show
10. Wharton Business School
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Obama talks tough on Detroit
date: May 14, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
To hear Sen. Barack Obama tell it, his speech to the Detroit Economic
Club last May pitching tougher fuel-economy standards was a
Daniel-in-the-lion's-den moment, one that he has replayed for crowds
from Oregon to North Carolina.
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Stabenow: I'll stick with Clinton until end
date: May 12, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
“I think the numbers are very tough,” Stabenow said
Monday after a speech to the Detroit Economic Club in Dearborn. “But
she has to be the one to make that decision.”
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Stabenow: Future 'tough' for Clinton
date: May 12, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit News - Washington Bureau
Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club at the Dearborn
Inn, Stabenow portrayed Michigan as economically battered, but making
progress on alternative energy and health-care improvements that can
make the state a national model.
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Peters: Cut reliance on gas tax to fix roads
date: May 6, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit News
"As family budgets strain under the burden of record
gasoline prices, it is increasingly clear that fuel taxes are not only
ineffective but also wildly unpopular," Peters said in a speech Monday
to the Detroit Economic Club. "Increasing dependence on gas taxes to
fund infrastructure makes zero sense when Detroit and other automakers
are working so hard to make more efficient cars every year."
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Changes to No Child unveiled
date: April 23, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
“We can't solve a problem until we diagnose what's
wrong," U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said in a speech
before the Detroit Economic Club at the Masonic Temple.
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Education secretary promises federal aid for uniform graduation rate formula
date: April 22, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced
today federal support for a uniform formula to calculate graduation
rates.
The formula was first proposed by the National Governor’s Association
in 2005 and endorsed by 45 states including Michigan. She announced
states would be required to adopt the formula by 2012. She made the
announcement at a Detroit Economic Club luncheon today at the Masonic
Temple in Detroit.
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Sweeping No Child Left Behind reforms unveiled in Detroit
date: April 22, 2008
SOURCE: The Detroit News
In town to speak before the Detroit Economic Club at the Masonic Temple, Spellings deplored the Detroit Public Schools district's abysmal graduation rate -- the lowest in the country at 24.9 percent, according to a national study released this month. Fewer than half of students graduate in 17 of the nation's largest cities, and 1.2 million drop out annually, according to the study by America's Promise Alliance.
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A Brand Called C.E.O.
date: April 3, 2008
SOURCE: Conde Nast Portfolio
There is no single approach to perfecting the C.E.O. brand, but B.M.’s
Ballock uses what she calls the 10-10-10 influencer approach. For each
company and industry, she identifies the top 10 conference
opportunities, the top 10 media placements, and the top 10 best-of
lists that will raise their profiles and establish them as industry
leaders. Currently, she considers the top conference-speaking
opportunity for executives to be the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, followed by Washington, D.C.’s Business Roundtable, the
Detroit Economic Club, and executive conferences run by Fortune and
Business Week.
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CEA CEO to Detroit: Embrace Free Trade
date: February 26, 2008
SOURCE: Great Lakes IT Report
The CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association appealed to a Detroit Economic Club audience for free trade, open technology standards and open competition as the keys to a prosperous future for Detroit, the nation and the world.
Gary Shapiro acknowledged that "free trade hurts people in the short run, but we must look at the big picture and what's best for our nation." He said free trade helped the high-tech industry add 25 million jobs in the last 15 years alone.
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Free trade fight called misguided
Electronics chief: It's hurting city's image
date: February 26, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
Quit your whining.
That, in effect, was the message from Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, to the auto industry, politicians and -- in particular -- the UAW over their opposition to free trade agreements with Korea and other nations.
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Detroit should embrace free trade, innovation
date: February 22, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
Free trade is disruptive to the status quo, but it is the key to both innovation and Detroit’s economic resurgence. Detroit must compete in the new economy, not retreat with the old one.
Gary Shapiro,51, is the president and chief executive officer of the Consumer Electronics Association, a trade organization representing more than 2,200 companies. Shapiro, who lives in Detroit and Washington, speaks Monday to
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Huckabee: I'll take Michigan seriously
date: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
SOURCE: Detroit News
Mike Huckabee said Tuesday he plans to make a significant effort in Michigan's Republican
presidential primary, with television ads hitting the air Wednesday and a
high-profile speech Friday to the Detroit Economic Club.
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Candidates heading for Michigan now that New Hampshire has voted
date: Tuesday, January 8, 2008
SOURCE: The Associated Press
Mike Huckabee plans to speak Friday to a noon meeting of the
Detroit Economic Club, while Romney and fellow Republican candidate Duncan
Hunter are scheduled to speak at the Ottawa County Republican Party Lincoln Day
Dinner in Hudsonville that evening.
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