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		<title><![CDATA[Ford Plays Hardball With Michigan for $500 Million in EV Investment]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ford will build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid battery packs in-house, and is dangling up to $500 million in front of state officials as an incentive to enlarge a package of tax breaks--and consolidate EV and hybrid work in Michigan. by Jim Motavalli]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:19:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Michigan Is Mad, And Taking It Out on the Insurance Industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arguably no state has been hurt worse by the recession than Michigan, once the car capital of the country and now saddled with more than 15 percent unemployment, up 6 percent from a year ago.    Politicians there are mad as hatters and taking it out on a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:03:32 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cautious Optimism as Job Losses Slow]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some areas.Michigan's jobless rate fell to 15.1 percent in October from 15.3 percent in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:15:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. Q3 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instruction Your first question comes from Scott Siefers - Sandler O'Neill.  Scott Siefers - Sandler O&#8217;Neill I guess the first question on capital. I mean obviously the exchange was very, very successful, but you note in the release still looking at additional alternatives to boost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:56:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Michigan Fund Links Beaten Down Banks With Capital-Starved Businesses]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An innovative state program in Michigan is bridging the capital gap between small businesses and lenders, while also aiding local enterprises in sagging industries re-focus on growing sectors.    Launched in May, the pilot Michigan Supplier Diversification Fund helps businesses secure bank loans by providing financial collateral. For...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:23:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meijer Plans Detroit Supercenter, Michigan Plans to Reward New Food Stores]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan is ready to grease the wheels for retailers who want to bring their act to the state, and Meijer is in a position to gain.    Earlier this summer, word got out that Meijer had been assessing a property at Eight Mile Road and Woodward in Detroit,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:04:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPDATED: On Tax Issues, Pfizer Plays Michigan Like a Violin]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer is asking Kalamazoo, Mich., for breaks worth $367,000 on a building it has already built and fully staffed. That doesn't sound like much, until you put it alongside all the other tax breaks that Pfizer has gotten Michigan officials to offer it. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:36:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Three Automakers, Michigan Nab Bulk of U.S. Battery Grants]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest round of stimulus-funded grant dollars all roads point to Michigan. The Obama administration awarded Wednesday $2.4 billion in federal battery and electric vehicle grants and the bulk of the money went to Michigan-based universities and businesses including the country's three largest automakers.    In all,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:55:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Defense Restructuring Adding To Michigan Woes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/10002747/defense-restructuring-adding-to-michigan-woes/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Michigan has been losing jobs at a great clip and now boasts one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.  A great deal of this has been due to the decline of the U.S. automotive industry.  Over the last ten years some of this has been countered...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:05:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Want to win $100,000? Save $25]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could win $100,000 by depositing $25 thanks to an innovative Michigan program that gives you a lottery ticket every time you save. by Kathy Kristof]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Michigan's Spartan Stores Strive to Soothe State's Woes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spartan Stores is a food distributor and supermarket operator that is an institution in Michigan, and with that state particularly troubled in the recession, the company is providing support in ways that demonstrate its understanding of local challenges.    Indeed, in an era when a small group of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ford Speeds Up Green Research]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While General Motors and Chrysler are scaling back in the face of record losses, Dean Reynolds reports that major U.S. automaker Ford will be investing in studying green technology.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TCF Financial Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. We'll now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from the line of Jon Arfstrom with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Jon Arfstrom - RBC Capital Markets Thanks. Good morning guys. William Cooper Hi, Jon. Jon Arfstrom - RBC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:55:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After 174 Years, The Ann Arbor News Will Close]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Declaring that its "business model is not sustainable," the publisher of the venerable Ann Arbor News announced today it will cease operations as of this July.    The newspaper has been covering one of the nation's most important college towns and research centers continuously since 1835, the year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Hanover Insurance Group Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-266683.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Sure. Operator Instructions. Your first question that comes from the line of Mr. Michael Phillips from Stifel Nicolaus. You may proceed, sir. Michael Phillips - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. Thank you. Good morning everybody. Frederick Eppinger Hey Michael. Michael Phillips - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[GM to invest USD30m in Michigan battery plant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ General Motors GM will spend USD30m to develop a battery-assembly plant in Michigan. Scheduled for completion in 2010, the company will assemble lithium-ion battery components produced by South Korean developer, LG Chem. The deal, announced last week, will enable GM to mass-produce its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Chevrolet...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:23:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playing 'Hot Potato' With Insurance Coverage]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the economy worsens, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan BCBSM is asking the state legislature for rapid passage of a bill that would change how individual insurance is regulated and who pays for it in Michigan, which has a 9.3 percent unemployment rate, higher than any other state except...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama Backs Bailout for Autos]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is reportedly on the bandwagon demanding more help for the U.S. auto industry from the lame-duck Bush Administration. by Jim Henry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:08:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Motors Cutting More Jobs and Fast-Tracking Plant Closings Amid Merger Talks With Chrysler, an Industrial Info News Alert]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The final 10 weeks of 2008 will go a long way in deciding the near-term future of automotive giant General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM) (Detroit, Michigan). After decades of mismanagement and poor decision making, the automaker has lost more than $57 billion...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TCF Financial Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Thank you, sir.  Operator Instructions  Our first question&#8217;s from the line of Steven Alexopoulos with JP Morgan.  Please go ahead.   Steven Alexopoulos - JP Morgan Securities  Hey, good morning, everyone.   William Cooper  Hi.   Steven Alexopoulos...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:09 -0700</pubDate>
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