After a summer of widespread flight delays and cancellations, the airline industry may soon have to answer for the chaos its caused consumers. The U.S. Department of Transportation has promised stern action if travel conditions do not improve. But for… Continue Reading  

Hi, I’m Matt Gutowsky. I will be graduating ahead of my class this upcoming Fall from Michigan State University with a specialty in Finance and a minor in Insurance and Risk Management. Today was my final day serving as a… Continue Reading  

This week for Forefront Friday Patrick O’Keefe is joined by the leading real estate agent in Michigan, Pat Leavy – Kidd & Leavy Real Estate, to discuss the market outlook in the northern parts of the state.

M & A activity really picked up last year, and many of you are now in the process of integrating two companies.  Here is where the new organization looks to gain the synergies it strived for with the transaction. Most… Continue Reading  

The latest reports indicate that the U.S. housing market is starting to cool off as record prices and rising mortgage rates continue to deter what would be potential buyers. In June, the median sales price of an existing home climbed… Continue Reading  

Elon Musk made headlines when he announced that he wanted to acquire Twitter and take it private. He entered into an agreement with Twitter to do so in April of this year for $54.20 per share, equating into a $44… Continue Reading  

Shocked by your property tax bill?  For those of you here in Michigan who have lived in their homes for a while, chances are pretty good the taxable value increased more than 3% over the prior year and for those… Continue Reading  

The fourth of July is fast approaching and according to AAA, nearly 48 million Americans are expected to travel over the holiday, and 42 million of us are expected to travel fifty miles or more. Whether we pack up the… Continue Reading