Occupy K Street (OKS). I just happened to walk by the Occupy DC encampment today at 15th and K Street, and took the photos above.  Even if not intentional, it’s appropriate that the protestors are headquartered on K Street, see … read more >

DETROIT – “General Motors and RelayRides, the world’s first peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, today announced an exclusive relationship that will allow millions of GM vehicle owners to leverage the OnStar system to rent out their idle cars through the RelayRides marketplace. … read more >

As they prepared for the lunchtime crowd, the owners of the Concrete Cuisine food truck in Detroit (pictured above) explained to the Detroit Free Press what it took to get their vehicle and food business licensed: “The food truck owners … read more >

There’s so much positive economic news coming out today that I’ll summarize six of the reports below instead of writing a separate post for each one:     1. Gallup’s survey-based measure of the U.S. unemployment rate dropped sharply to 8.3% in … read more >

From Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), co-sponsors of the Stop Unfair Giveaways and Restrictions Act, writing in Politico: “U.S. sugar policy is rigged in favor of a handful of large sugar producers — at the expense … read more >