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- GM Tennessee transplants to find welcome surprises
- In what could be a tough call for many, General Motors Co. has offered work at a plant just outside Lansing to 840 of the 2,000 workers who will lose their jobs when GM closes its factory this week in Spring Hill, Tenn., about a half hour…
- Delaware Online
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- The spirit of this season: Be thankful, spend less
- NEW YORK — Sometime in the 1980s, when he was living on the street, the kid who later became the seminal rapper KRS-One stopped at the Bowery Mission for a sandwich. He doesn't recall what kind, only that it was served with respect. On…
- USA Today
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- 1 hour ago
USA Today- Lewis: Fire sale for civic pride
- She moved to Pontiac from Port Arthur, Texas, when she was 10 ... When I was visiting Detroit last year, a real-estate broker offered to give me a house that he had listed for $1. Not sell. Give. But, silly me, I didn't want to deal with…
- Denver Post
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- 1 hour ago
- Be wary if you build, remodel a home
- ... either will make consumers pay more up front or slap liens on consumers' homes ... But now, the Michigan Homeowner Construction Lien Recovery Fund is broke -- a victim of too many claims stemming from the nationwide real estate crash.
- Detroit Free Press
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- 56 minutes ago
- Wealthy Michigan alumnus Stephen Ross thinks Rich Rodriguez…
- The billionaire real estate developer donated $100 million to the school in 2004, and it renamed the business school in his honor. Ross also gave $5 million toward the Michigan Stadium expansion project that he expects Rodriguez to see…
- Detroit Free Press
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- Letters: Beach restoration in N.J. benefits many
- There are 3,400 homes in Sea Isle City; 155 of those are on the beach ... your wasted tax dollars, study Alaska, West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania. The dollars spent on New…
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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- Increased Risk Appetite Boosts European Stocks
- LONDON -- European stocks opened higher Wednesday, benefiting from a late recovery on Wall Street and a slight pick up in risk appetite following Tuesday's worries about capital levels in the global banking system. Wall Street recovered…
- Wall Street Journal
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- "Holiday Magic for Meaghan” Raises Funds for 5-yr old Detroit…
- Tramonto Press and Jericho Beach Apps donate portion of proceeds from sales. Half Moon Bay, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2009 -- Tramonto Press, publisher of the new children’s book, Alfonso, the Christmas Pumpkin, and Jericho Beach Apps,…
- Earthtimes
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- 54 minutes ago
- Paltry sale for once-proud Pontiac Silverdome in once-proud…
- AP photo For a little more than $7 a seat, a Canadian company is about to buy the Silverdome and its 127-acre site from hard-pressed city of Pontiac. PONTIAC, Michigan — The Pontiac Silverdome, built three decades ago for $56 million, is…
- MLive.com
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MLive.com- Black Friday going digital
- GRAND RAPIDS (WZZZM) -- In just three days, stores across West Michigan will be packed with shoppers hoping to get Black Friday Deals. But what is an annual tradition for some, is changing. Big-box retailers are fighting harder than ever…
- WZZM 13
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- 2 hours ago