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Detroit Jobs Crank Up Alongside Auto Industry

2015-09-30 23:41:06| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

The unemployment rate in the Detroit metro area touched a 15-year low last month and joblessness in greater Motor City is declining at twice the pace of the country as a whole. The rate declined 2.7 percentage points in the past year to 6.2% on a non-seasonally adjusted basis.

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See who in Metro Detroit made Forbes 400 list of wealthiest in U.S.

2015-09-29 21:30:55| Grocery - Topix.net

Dan Gilbert, Mike and Marian Ilitch and Manual "Matty" Maroun are some of the wealthiest people in the state, according to the Forbes 400 list. Though Detroit's business leaders were a little behind the big names in the Grand Rapids area, Gilbert and the Ilitches, two of the strongest names behind the money pumping into downtown Detroit placed high up on the list.

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Detroit workers deal another blow to FCA-UAW contract

2015-09-28 22:42:14| Automakers - Topix.net

Workers at a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles assembly plant in Detroit have resoundingly rejected a four-year tentative agreement between the UAW union and the automaker, further jeopardizing chances of approval nationwide. At UAW Local 7, whose workers make the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant, 66 percent of the production workers who cast ballots voted against the contract and 77 percent of skilled trades workers voted against the deal.

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Dan Gilbert selling building in downtown Detroit to Lear

2015-09-28 18:32:42| Automakers - Topix.net

Southfield-based Lear Corp. announced Monday that the auto parts supplier purchased the 119 State Street building in Detroit's Capitol Park from Bedrock Real Estate Services. It's expected to become a center for the arts, automotive technology and hands-on learning.

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