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New Wal-Mart meets resistance from Flint area trades
Date: Jan-06-2006
Wal-Mart's latest foray into construction of a new store in Michigan is meeting with a resounding thud in Vienna Twp., north of Flint area. The huge retailer is just coming...
The world's economic race to the bottom goes through China
Date: Jan-06-2006
By Thomas I. Palley Special to Press Associates WASHINGTON (PAI) - For the past five years the global economy has been flying on one engine. That engine is the U.S....
Wal-Mart's P.R. effort can't mask lousy deal for taxpayers
Date: Jan-06-2006
By Andrew Korfhage The documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" premiered last month (on PBS). It was only the latest in a steady stream of public commentary on...
He shoots he scores: tinknocker's other job is Red Wings team photographer
Date: Dec-23-2005
Sheet metal worker Dave Reginek calls his second job at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena "a really cool gig." The legions of Detroit Red Wings fans around the state would probably...
House Dems push jump in state jobless benefits
Date: Dec-23-2005
LANSING - There's yet a new package of bills from Michigan's Democratic House members that would increase unemployment benefits and extend those benefits by 13 weeks when the state's unemployment...
Icon on Bond illustrates Grand Rapids' growth
Date: Dec-23-2005
GRAND RAPIDS - A former foundry is the site of the new Icon on Bond project, a nine-story, $55 million condominium development that's just coming out of the ground. Funded...
News Briefs
Date: Dec-23-2005
GOP rejects hike in minimum wage LANSING - Michigan House Republicans on Dec. 4 voted against raising the state minimum wage to $7.15 per hour. House Democrats introduced legislation to...
Prevailing wage 'reinvigorated' with renewed state efforts
Date: Dec-23-2005
This, the second in a series of articles about the fair enforcement of Michigan's Prevailing Wage law, discusses some of the coverage issues that have changed. By David Plawecki, Deputy...
'A' for effort on DTE-Rouge powerhouse outage
Date: Dec-09-2005
A new and improved Unit 3 at DTE Energy's River Rouge Power Plant is up and running. The 275-megawatt unit was shut down and underwent a $28 million outage to...
Construction pay fair to middlin' by comparison
Date: Dec-09-2005
Construction workers, as a group, are about in the middle of all wage packages compared to other occupations, says a new report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Spread...