Concierge Medicine: A trend that's arrived in northern Michigan?

Lots of one-on-one time and same-day visits are the promises concierge medicine docs say have personalized patient care.

So far, four area physicians have affiliated with MDVIP, a Boca Raton, Florida-based primary care concierge service that links affiliated physicians in a network spread across the country.

To join, patients pay …

Boyne Goes Big: Revised debt structure enables reacquisitions, upgrades

Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana

It started with a one dollar bill and a young man's dream to own a ski hill.

Boyne Resorts, North America's third-largest mountain resort company, was founded when 30-year-old Everett Kircher bought 40 acres of barren property near Boyne Falls for darn near …

'Everybody Wants to Save a Dime': Companies self-insure to thwart health care costs

Ever-rising costs are prompting more employers to consider ditching their health insurance providers and paying the medical claims of their employees themselves.

Self-insurance was once mainly for large corporations that could afford the risk of potentially expensive claims. But benefit consultants say self-insurance can work for smaller employers hoping to …

Survey Reveals Top 10 Destinations, Transportation Challenges of Area Businesses

The results are in! We know where you want to fly.

Cherry Capital Airport recently surveyed northwest lower Michigan businesses about travelers' air service development needs. (Thank you to Kent Wood, Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce and Tom Rockne, Tom Rockne Travel Resources for assisting with gathering this information.)

Complacency is Our Fork in the Road

There’s a consistent – and important – message emanating these days from business and political leaders across the state: Keep Michigan’s economic comeback moving forward.

Michigan’s economy has gotten to a much better place in the past decade. It’s evident in traditional barometers like economic growth, jobless numbers, property values, …

Book Review: The Arsenal of Democracy

The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War - By A.J. Baime

364 pages, published by Mariner Press September 2015; softcover $14.95; E-read edition $9.95

Reviewed by Chris Wendel

In a nutshell: The background story of the U.S. auto industry’s role in …

The Influencers Up North: Who's making business happen in Emmet, Antrim and Charlevoix

For some, living the relaxed, Up North lifestyle is just not for them. The movers and shakers in northern Michigan are not content with a book on the beach; instead, they're making things happen in their communities in all kinds of ways. Here are a few influencers who have …