Royal Oak TV repair survives downturn, sees bright future

Royal Oak -- The emergence of inexpensive and high-tech televisions spelled trouble for television repair shops, which have dwindled to about 10 in Metro Detroit. But that hasn't hurt Northern Television & Vacuum in Royal Oak, where owner Mike Sheppard's optimism and knowhow have allowed him to weather the economic downturn.

New soundstage facility finds itself in demand from film production crews

Tuesday was special for Jon Trozzolo and Jeff Owens, operators of StagePort, a new film production facility in the Crossroads. For the first time since they had opened two weeks earlier, all three of their spanking new soundstages were in use.

Governor candidates' job plans fuzzy on details

Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink are both former business executives duking it out in an increasingly hostile race to be Florida's governor, but they agree on one thing: more jobs are needed.

Valley chosen to test fast wireless network

Clearwire, the wireless Internet-service provider behind the technology, will start the tests this fall and hopes to offer the service throughout the Valley next year.

TRAPATTONI KEEPS HIS FOCUS

Giovanni Trapattoni has warned his Republic of Ireland players they must take nothing for granted as they look to complete a perfect start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign against Andorra.

Time Warner struggling to find new studio boss

Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes might have gotten a bit ahead of himself when it comes to planning succession at the industry's dominant film and television studio. Now he seems to be resetting the clock.