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When it comes to licensing, Michigan is the clear victor over rival university Michigan State. MSU currently has 17 live registrations, while U of M has 54. The two schools report millions of dollars in annual revenue from athletic licensing and royalties. Some new data collected by...

Joel Elconin is the co-host of Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep, a daily trading idea radio show. He is also a 1985 graduate of the University of Michigan and a multi-generational season-ticket holder. It is fact that the University of Michigan football team is the all-time NCAA leader with 915...

Detroit has lost its luster over the past few years, but the advent of a new autonomous vehicle testing ground at the University of Michigan could turn the city's gloomy fate around in the coming years. Several interested companies including Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE: TM), Honda Motor...

For large numbers of Americans the Independence Day weekend is an opportunity to take a mini-vacation. This year, according to community-based gas price comparison app, GasBuddy, more of those mini-vacations will take place in state and national parks. Credit Cheap Gas Thanks to some of the...

“As Americans take to the road for Christmas travel, they've all been given a gift that keeps on giving: falling gas prices.” That, according to Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with gasoline price website GasBuddy.com, was good news for consumers Monday, “...

Only a mountain top cave dweller would have missed the fact that gas prices, in general, have been falling for months. According to GasBuddy.com, the Detroit area has enjoyed what the rest of the country has enjoyed – and then some. Beating The National Average GasBuddy reported...

Driving anywhere this Thanksgiving? If so, GasBuddy recently said the price of unleaded gasoline to get there would average about 44 cents per gallon less than it did last year. Related: GasBuddy: Lowest Gas Prices Of 2014 Unfolding Right Now More Turkey For a 16-gallon fill-up...

Morgan Stanley issued a note Wednesday on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signing a bill to prevent Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) from operating its own stores in the state. Analysts led by Adam Jonas noted that while Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM)...

Alex Fisher is the founder of Commercial Progression, a Michigan-based Drupal web design agency. It was one of the first companies to begin accepting bitcoin payments in Michigan. According to the company’s website, Fisher bootstrapped his company in 2008 with a personal investment. He...

New Study Links Casual Marijuana Use To Brain Abnormalities A study conducted at Northwestern University links casual, recreational marijuana use to abnormalities in key regions of the brain. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, focused on 20 causal smokers and 20 non-smokers...

Rufino Valentine grew up in a Northern Michigan town where you bought milk from the local dairy. He was raised with an appreciation and respect for handmade products. After attending college at Cornell University, he migrated naturally to Wall Street and worked as a trader for about a decade. And...

Michigan drivers don't need to be told how bad their roads are. For those who don't know, dodging potholes on main roads is akin to playing real-life Frogger where the difficulty level is always on expert and there are no extra lives. To put it in perspective, a report released earlier this...

Michigan is one of the top exporters of copper to China. Combine that with a nationwide economic recession and little regulation of scrap metal, the Great Lakes state has seen a huge increase in illegal scrapping over the past few years. Copper is being sold for $3 per pound, meaning a scrap metal...