http://www.yourstreet.com/news/southfield-mi YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A Muslim woman on Wednesday sued a Michigan judge for telling her to remove her headscarf in his courtroom, claiming he violated her First Amendment right to practice her religion.Raneen Albaghdady, 32, says she felt humiliated when Wayne... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6625241/muslim-woman-told-to-remove-scarf-sues-mich-judge Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:52:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan judge is being sued by a woman who says she was forced to remove her Muslim headscarf in his courtroom.   Melanie Elturk, an attorney for the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6605697/mich-judge-who-made-woman-remove-hijab-to-be-sued Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:38:19 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - General Motors Co. may have to cut more US hourly jobs after an offer of buyouts and early retirements fell about 7,500 workers short of the reorganized automaker’s target. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6482959/more-job-cuts-looming-at-gm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:35:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Ford Motor Co. said US sales rose in July, the first monthly gain from a year earlier since 2007, as buyers took advantage of the government’s “cash-for-clunkers’’ incentives. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6473897/ford-sales-rise-on-8216-clunker-8217-credits Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:49:08 -0700 Brentwood-based Tria Staffing has announced a merger with Santa Rosa Consulting of Southfield, Mich. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6453918/mich-firm-buys-brentwood-staffing-agency Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:19:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Boston Scientific Corp. , Medtronic Inc. , and five other companies promoted surgical devices for unapproved uses, cheating the federal Medicare program, a whistle-blower said in lawsuits unsealed in Houston. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6343541/boston-scientific-named-in-lawsuit Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 NEW YORK — Struggling automotive parts supplier Lear Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after receiving the support it needed from lenders and bondholders. The move had been expected from Lear, which missed an interest payment on its... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6290612/lear,-gm,-ford-supplier,-files-for-bankruptcy Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:04:08 -0700 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced Wednesday that it has sold its Southfield-based DenteMax dental subsidiary to the Dental Network of America, a move that the insurer said would allow it to offer companies a larger network of dental care benefits. Blue... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6255254/blue-cross-sells-dentemax-unit-to-nationwide-group Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:18:08 -0700 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said today that it has sold its Southfield-based DenteMax dental subsidiary to Dental Network of America, a move the company said would allow it to offer companies a larger network of dental care benefits. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6251002/blue-cross-sells-dentemax-subsidiary Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:58:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - General Motors Corp. , seeking to become a more nimble automaker when it emerges from bankruptcy, plans to eliminate about 4,000 US salaried jobs by Oct. 1. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6196890/gm-to-trim-4,000-salaried-employees Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:00:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - General Motors Corp. said it has reversed decisions to end franchise agreements with 60 dealers, as the largest US automaker scales back its retail network under bankruptcy reorganization. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6165275/gm-rescinds-closure-of-60-dealers Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:13:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - A group led by Fiat SpA will complete its purchase of most Chrysler LLC assets this morning New York time, after the Supreme Court rejected creditors' objections and cleared the way for a new US automaker, said two people familiar with the matter. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6094768/fiat-chrysler-deal-likely-to-be-completed-today Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:00:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Two Southfield, Mich., businessmen are suing a Knoxville company and its owner, claiming breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy for soliciting investors to develop technology for a social networking Web site and then profiting from the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5936982/knox-firm,-owner-named-in-michigan-social-networking-suit Wed, 20 May 2009 11:02:08 -0700 AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh We love baseball. And while Sox fans outnumber Cubs fans in the office, one thing we can all agree on is that we're big fans of Bobby Scales , the Cubs infielder who has languished in the minors for over ten years, bouncing around from team to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5906191/we-hearts-bobby-scales Sat, 16 May 2009 15:15:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - General Motors Corp. reported that six executives sold shares in the company, as the largest US automaker said it is more probable than previously thought that it will need to file for bankruptcy. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5879647/six-top-gm-executives-unload-their-shares Mon, 11 May 2009 20:00:08 -0700 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A third one-on-one Detroit mayoral debate was held Thursday night as the abbreviated campaigns of the two candidates move closer to next month's runoff election.   WXYZ-TV hosted the debate between Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5733208/cockrel,-bing-face-off-in-3rd-mayoral-debate Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:48:08 -0700 The Southfield Eccentric is one of six publications to be incorporated into the new South Oakland Eccentric, a weekly newspaper serving Berkley, Clawson, Huntington Woods,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5676037/southfield-eccentric-to-join-new-weekly-paper Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0700 This could be a stressful weekend for more than 70 high school students — including Avielle Movsas from Southfield — vying for a scholarship and other prizes at Lawrence... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5676038/students-become-techno-vators- Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0700 A police detective who helped record conversation of five men accused of plotting to kidnap a family and rob a Southfield jewelry store was the only witness to testify in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5676039/detective-testifies-in-kidnap-case Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0700 An attempted arson, the sexual assault of a minor and the theft of two vehicles and some tools are among the complaints filed with Southfield police over the weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5676040/molotov-cocktail-thrown-at-business Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:00:00 -0700