DETROIT-No blackouts, high-tech workers and state-funded business credits should lure firms to move to Michigan, the MEDC says. The MEDC sends out computer mouse pads saying 'Michigan Will Never Leave You In the Dark.'

LONDON-The UK government's policy of clamping down on out of town retail development is now bearing fruit, and completions during 2000 stood at the lowest level since 1992.

OAKLAND-The new company, tentatively named Terravid Management Co., reportedly includes a Mill Valley restaurateur, the founder of Terranomics Development company and a former Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. executive and chef.

SAN DIEGO-After just two years developing office projects in North San Diego County, Kilroy Realty Corp. has passed the symbolic one-million-sf mark, and isn't slowing down a bit. Ground will break soon in Del Mar and Sorrento Mesa.