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Accounting courses teach fraud investigation
Irene Bembenista, associate dean of accounting and finance at Davenport University, said courses on criminal law, investigative techniques and procedures, security foundations and accounting fraud examination are offered in the program, with a number of accounting and finance classes.
Had Gil Grissom been more interested in business than biology, the fictional leader of crime scene investigations in Las Vegas just might have enrolled at Davenport University.
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Area’s slow but steady growth pattern is continuing
Modest growth. That's the latest word on the greater Grand Rapids economy, according to the data collected in the last two weeks of January. New orders, our index of business improvement, eased to +14 from +20. However, the production index rose to +22 from +14. The back-to-work mood of the post-Christmas season resulted in the index of purchases bouncing to +17, up from +0. The employment index slid back to +0, down from +8. Like last month, all of this bodes well for a pattern of slow but steady growth, even though the pace of the recovery has slowed since the summer and early fall of 2009.
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Engineering placements reflect better economy
Domke
The placement of GVSU School of Engineering co-op students this year appears to reflect good news on two fronts: There still is a need for highly trained manufacturing engineers in West Michigan, and some of the local manufacturers that were battered last year are doing better now.
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Exports from Michigan rose 4.1 percent in November
After an increase of 5.0 percent in October, sales abroad from Michigan's exporting companies rose 4.1 percent in November. The $132.6 million monthly rise in foreign sales from the previous month brought exports to $3,336.1 million in November, adjusted for seasonal variation.
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Levin charts progress
We have just ended what ranks as perhaps the most difficult and challenging year for Michigan, and our nation, since I came to the Senate. We began 2009 facing uncertainty over the fate of the domestic auto industry. There was concern about our nation’s financial system. And we were engaged in two difficult, challenging wars.
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New Rylee's Ace Hardware is changing with the times
The sporting goods department at Rylee's Ace Hardware should be a lot more visible to customers when they walk into the new $4 million store slated to open in mid-March at 1234 Michigan St. NE. The 25,000-square-foot store is just down the street from the existing 12,000-square-foot Rylee's at 1121 Michigan St. NE.
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No applications yet in Muskegon
MUSKEGON — Last year the federal government allocated up to $20.8 million in ARRA bonds for use by private investment projects in Muskegon County, but apparently no formal applications have been received.
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Richard Raubolt helps through psychoanalysis
Richard Raubolt believes that managed and insurance-driven mental health care can put unrealistic demands on treatment.Grand Rapids psychologist Richard Raubolt said he wanted to know why people behave the way they do.
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Stimulus bonds curbed by lack of credit
OTTAWA COUNTY — Federal stimulus bonds allocated to Michigan counties and seven large cities for distribution last year aren't exactly flying off the shelf, seemingly due to a lack of credit commitments from financial institutions.
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Trinity plan is good for area business
Trinity Health’s work to create a regional health care system among its hospitals is important, not only for the savings built into collaboration but for its strength as a system and for the market choice. It is also necessary as its competitor is increasingly viewed as a bully monopoly, increasingly cavalier in regard to its community commitments or involvement in community partnerships that have helped rein in Grand Rapids area health care costs.
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