Automaker failures to cost 5% of state jobs

5 December 2008, 4:21 am

Michigan would lose 225,000 jobs -- 5% of its total payroll -- next year if two of the Detroit automakers file for bankruptcy, Comerica Bank's chief economist warned in his latest report on the state's economy.... Read More »

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