Community Relations Director Ann Curran says her network will have to cut programming to keep its analog signal on the air.

NPR: TV Stations Say Digital Switch Delay Will Be Costly

At the huge Los Angeles County fair in September, Levi Strauss will peddle a body-scanning technique that will allow fairgoers to find the perfect pair of jeans in 10 seconds, says Mary Ann Halford of the Fair Network, a company which arranges sponsorships.

ECONOMIST: State fairs

The new Cleantech industry has a firm footing in Michigan, and in fact the thought leaders in the world, the Cleantech Venture Network based just north of Ann Arbor, is the group holding conferences all over the world (U.S., China, Toronto, Germany, France) to create financial markets for this new industry.

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