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Michigan Growth Capital Symposium founder and finance professor David Brophy talks about the evolution of Michigan's venture capital scene, the growth of entrepreneurship in the region, and what the future holds.

Terry Kosdrosky interviews Ambassador Weiser - What emerging countries switching to a free-market system can learn from Slovakia's transition. He also discusses what Michigan can do to improve its economy and attract young business leaders to the state.

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has been investigating causes of the 2008 financial crisis for more than a year and saw conflicts of interest every step of the way — from the originators of toxic assets to those who bought, sold, traded, and shorted them.

“The Corporation in Society,” explores the role of business in society. The idea is to experience the issues first hand. In particular, to take our students to a setting where the social and economic life is quite different from what we normally see.

On Sunday nights during football season, Bryan Marsal locks himself in his den to watch the game. But on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, the co-CEO of high-profile turnaround advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal, the Board of Lehman Bros., one of Wall Street's most storied institutions, was asking him to oversee the bankruptcy and likely liquidation of the firm.

Stephen M. Ross, stopped by the school April 30 after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at U-M's 2011 commencement. Ross discusses higher education funding, the state of the real estate markets, and what it's like to own an NFL team.