West Michigan Business ReviewManpower Vice President Becca Dernberger Metro Detroit employers surveyed as part of the Manpower Outlook Survey say they will hire at a steady pace from now until the end of the year, reports Crain's Detroit Business.Crain's reports...

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Their three-story vacation home sets a new standard for size and grandeur among the other million-dollar-plus mansions that line Lake Macatawa.

APA new survey says 2011 college grads will have an easier time finding a job than 2010 grads did.College grads in 2011 can expect an easier job search than college grads this year. According to a survey by the National...

GMDetroit's high unemployment and high crime rate make it the most stressful city in America.It's a dubious distinction to be the most stressful city in America, but it's one that Detroit can now claim, according to Portfolio.com, a national business...

Chronicle/Ken StevensJan O'Donnell, left, and Lynn Whalen of Whitehall display some of the soldier helmet liners they are making for service men and women. They are part of a volunteer group called the Helmet Liner Knitters and meet the second...

Michigan school children need to spend weeks longer in school than they do now, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Tuesday, and she'd like lawmakers to require the school year to last more than 180 days.

AP Photo | Alex BrandonPresident Obama will speak about his three-part plan to boost the economy today near Cleveland.President Obama will be speaking about the economy today near Cleveland, where he is expected to talk about middle class tax cuts,...

AP file photoHouse Minority Leader John Boehner offered a Republican plan to stimulate the economy on his website.House Minority Leader John Boehner posted a statement on his website offering an alternative to the economic proposals offered by President Obama.Boehner listed...

Enbridge Inc., the Canadian company responsible for the July 26 oil spill into a Kalamazoo River tributary near Marshall,said the company is working now to consolidate its contractors as it moves into its long-term cleanup phase and that will mean more local jobs. Also, Crain's reports that Southeast Michigan employers will cut 420 jobs in coming weeks, according to data for plant closings and layoff notices received by the Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.

Aaron Foley | MLive.comJames McDaniel, Aisha Hines and Jon Michael Hill, stars of "Detroit 1-8-7," arrive at a red-carpet premiere of the show at MGM Grand Casino in Detroit.One of the stars of ABC's upcoming police procedural "Detroit 1-8-7" cautioned...

Meyers Ace HardwareDave and Dale Meyer will reopen the Gaylord Ace Hardware later this month.Dave and Dale Meyer of Petoskey recently purchased the Gaylord Ace Hardware and plan to reopen the store later this month under the new name Meyer...

One day after calling urban farming "cute but foolish," the Rev. Jesse Jackson this morning reiterated his belief that agriculture is not a viable solution for Detroit's economic woes.

Massachusetts-based A123 Systems will have the grand opening of its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Livonia, Michigan on Monday, reports WWJ.Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, other government representatives, and executives from the auto industry...

At least 85 fires broke out in a four-hour span Tuesday afternoon across Detroit as strong winds and alleged criminal behavior combined to overwhelm the city's fire department.

Oakland University will host two career fairs this fall.Oakland's Fall Career Fair showcasing business, liberal arts and human resources majors will take place from  noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, in the Oakland Center Banquet Rooms in Rochester.Representatives...

In his first stop in Kalamazoo since winning the GOP nomination last month, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder highlighted aspects of his 10-point plan for Michigan on Tuesday and said the state requires reinvention to rise from economic disaster.

Taylor police are investigating the hit-and-run death of an auxiliary police officer who was assisting a motorist when he was struck by another vehicle.

Court decision was a good one even if reason given was nitpicking.

President Barack Obama's spokesman said Tuesday the White House was correct to attribute a famous quotation in the rug's pattern to Martin Luther King Jr., even though the civil rights leader acknowledged being inspired by a 19th-century abolitionist, Thomas Parker.