Ford has been running a marketing campaign it is calling "Fiesta Movement" since May.

President Barack Obama's push for wind and solar energy to wean the United States from foreign oil carries a hidden cost: overburdening the nation's electrical grid and increasing the threat of blackouts.

Revved: GM says the Chevy Volt will get 230 m.p.g. That figure is much debated, but we are safe in saying that it won't qualify as a gas-guzzling clunker someday. Revved: Dream Cruise weekend. After a tough year, it's time to celebrate that the Detroit Three are still alive.

TODAY'S SUBJECT: The Kitch law firm's 40K Challenge

Osiris Innovations Group, headquartered in Auburn Hills, a provider of e-business, supply chain management and supplier enablement solutions, hired Jamie George-son as executive vice president of global sales. Georgeson oversees OIG's global sales initiatives. He manages the company's sales staff and partner organizations in serving clients in the United States, Mexico and Europe while growing OIG's presence worldwide.The Hunter Group LLC, a provider of executive search services for key management positions worldwide, announced that Bryan Becker and Wim van Acker have joined the firm as partners, bringing an expanded network of affiliated offices in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands. Upon retiring from Ernst & Young, Becker joined the executive search profession, building on the executive placement skills he gained from placing top talent with clients and developing and mentoring staff. Van Acker was the managing partner for North America at the international consulting firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, where he focused on increasing performance of client organizations.

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce has announced the formation of the Michigan Chamber Litigation Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to championing important precedent-setting legal issues before state and federal courts.

If you think the highest technology in firefighting is a fancy red truck and high-pressure hoses, Dennis Carmichael and John Ellis have something to show you.

Two dozen CEOs are to gather in early September to try to chart a new course for our state as it continues to hemorrhage jobs and livelihoods.

When Lucas Miller bought his first property in June, he decided it was no time to splurge. He opted for laminate rather than granite kitchen countertops in his $127,000, two-bedroom townhouse in Fishers, Ind.

Renting out a room in his home was both a financial necessity for Christopher Paulsen and a hedge against loneliness. "It was like empty-nest syndrome, and I thought I could use a few bucks to offset costs," said Paulsen, 48, of Incline Village, Nev., whose youngest son left home last year.