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Michigan Unemployment Held Steady At End Of 2012

ABC News Radio | Anselm Gibbs | Posted 03.20.2013 | Detroit
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(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan ended 2012 with no change in its unemployment rate, a report released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, ...

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Michigan Unemployment Rate Drops

ABC News Radio | Anselm Gibbs | Posted 02.20.2013 | Detroit
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(LANSING, Mich.) -- Michigan's unemployment rate is on the decline, according to the latest figures from the state's Department of Technology, Managem...

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Relentless Positive Action to Reinvent Michigan

Gov. Rick Snyder | Posted 10.31.2012 | Politics
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Gov. Rick Snyder

There are a lot of great stories of success in Michigan, and each of them has the same theme: Michigan is open for business, and together we're reinventing our state with relentless positive action.

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Restoring Faith and Confidence

Mervin T. White, Jr. | Posted 08.03.2012 | Detroit
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Mervin T. White, Jr.

As an elected official, I will work diligently towards restoring faith and confidence back into our government by providing the highest level of integrity to the office of State Representative.

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Detroit Shows Big Job Growth In One Sector

Posted 05.09.2012 | Detroit
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Reversing the trend of the previous decade, Detroit has added more manufacturing jobs in the last two years than all but one other metropolitan area i...

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Analyst: Michigan 'Not Out Of The Woods Yet' On Unemployment

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.29.2012 | Detroit
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Michigan' unemployment rate continues to decline, dropping below 9 percent in February for the first time since 2008. But the situation is more grim i...

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Boot Camp For Geeks Comes With Job Training

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.13.2012 | Detroit
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At a time when many in the Detroit area are looking for work, one school is offering an intensive training course in a field with thousands of availab...

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Paul Needham

Is This The Next Michigan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Needham | Posted 12.14.2011 | Business
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- When Rich Sheridan lost his job in the dot-com bubble about a decade ago and decided to start his own company, he had some trouble...

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Obama Talks Jobs In Key State

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics
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NEW YORK — Aligning himself with a public fed up with economic uncertainty and Washington gridlock, President Barack Obama declared Thursday: "T...

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Arthur Delaney

Michigan Becomes First State To Curtail Jobless Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.28.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Gov. Rick Snyder signed controversial legislation on Monday, making Michigan the first state in the country to reduce unemployment insur...

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Arthur Delaney

Jobless Aid Advocates Fear Michigan Will Become The Next Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Congress deadlocked several times last year over renewals of federally-funded unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless, twice in...

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Ford's To Invest

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two Ford Motor Co. factories near Detroit will see 170 additional blue-collar jobs in the next two years as the auto...

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GM To Build Small Car Plant In Michigan

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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SPRING HILL, Tenn. — Workers at General Motors' soon-to-be-idled assembly plant in Tennessee held out hope for a reprieve, but now it's back to ...

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GE To Build Michigan Manufacturing Research Center

Ap | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) -- General Electric Co. said Friday it will build a $100 million manufacturing technology center in Michigan that will eventual...

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