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Whole Foods: Any would-be real estate developer needs a variety of traits -- good with numbers and a knowledge of construction to name two -- but probably the most important trait is patience. Case in point: Developer Peter Cummings' 15-year effort to build out the site of the new Whole Foods grocery store, which opens in early June in Detroit's Midtown district.

Tip your hat to Tata. The Indian conglomerate that bought Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008 has turned out to be the best owner the British marques ever had.

Senior entrepreneurship may be more common today but it was far less so when veteran Detroit public relations executive John Bailey launched his own firm in 1996 at age 57.

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson expects the automaker to soon regain its investment-grade credit rating and rejoin the Standard & Poor's 500 about four years after being removed from the index. A higher credit rating could lower the cost of borrowing for GM, whose corporate debt is currently rated one step below investment-grade by the major ratings agencies.

The auto industry cannot find enough software, electrical and chemical engineers to work on today's sophisticated vehicles.

Christina Lovio-George recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Detroit public relations firm she founded in 1982 in a former residence in Midtown. Though modest in size, with just 13 staffers today, the Lovio George firm has represented some of Detroit's most notable organizations, including the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, the M-1 Rail initiative, Cobo Center, The Parade Company, Midtown Detroit, and special events including Super Bowl XL and the Ryder Cup golf tournament.

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