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Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market plan for new multi-purpose building could get federal funds

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KALAMAZOO, MI — As weekly Farmers’ Market events wrap up with reduced hours in December, plans are underway that could help accommodate year-round activities at the site. A proposed addition of a multi-purpose building, called the Market Event Building, to the Kalamazoo Farmers Market is on the short list of projects and programs seeking to …

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The bucket approach to building a retirement portfolio

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Those who lived through the 1970s and 1980s undoubtedly find their photographs from those decades to be credible. But while few want to repeat a fashion era marked by pastel-colored suits and big hair, one aspect of those decades past is appealing: significantly higher interest rates than prevail today. The average interest rate on a …

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Meet a 26-year-old tech entrepreneur who says building a business is "an artistic and creative process"

Meet a 26-year-old tech entrepreneur who says building a business is “an artistic and creative process”

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Cathy Tie would consider herself an artist. Not the oil paintings on canvas, however. The 26-year-old from Toronto, Canada co-founded her first company, Ranomics, when she was 18. provides health risk predictions based on people’s genetic data and has now raised over $1 million, according to Crunchbase. She founded her second company, Locke Bio, a …

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