Ford Says Ratified Contract Will Mean Flexibility and Jobs
Ford is touting the new, ratified deal with the UAW as a deal that will make the company more competitive, and allow it to hire new workers.
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Ford is touting the new, ratified deal with the UAW as a deal that will make the company more competitive, and allow it to hire new workers.
Michigan needs a new tax on services. That's the message MSU economist Charles Ballard will deliver Thursday morning as part of his 2012 economic forecast for the Engineering Society of Detroit.
If you build it, they will eat! Mallie's Sports Bar and Grill in Southgate wants to beat its own world record for the largest commercially-available burger, hoping to tip the scales at 350 pounds.
So, is it cheery or creepy that retailers bring the Christmas season closer and closer to summer every year? Is it, in fact, ruining the holidays?
I saw the birth of hundreds of businesses Wednesday, and it was a beautiful thing.
Energy efficiency experts from DTE Energy will be at The Home Depot stores in metro Detroit on Saturday, Oct. 22, to offer homeowners advice on how to save money by making changes to the way they light their homes.
During the month of October, Xfinity On Demand and XfinityTV.com are serving up more than 200 movies in a comprehensive collection of classic and current horror and monster films, from edge-pushing slasher and giant monster epics to family-friendly animated scares in its "Halloween Moviethon" collection.
If Detroit recovers, it will start with hundreds of little projects: homes repaired, small businesses started, charter schools opened.
The Detroit Casino Council told WWJ Newsradio 950 that the tentative deal was reached Wednesday and a ratification vote could come as early as Friday.
"When you have a private company willing to take all the cost and all the risk in this economy and invest in Detroit, it's appalling that we even have this fight," Moroun's wife, Nora Moroun, told WWJ this spring.
Businesses around the Palace of Auburn Hills are paying close attention to the NBA labor talks to determine the fate of the season -- and their livelihoods.
"I believe UAW Ford workers understood the importance of each and every vote," said UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles.
Most people who spoke to WWJ at the meeting, including casting agents, writers and others, agreed Michigan's film incentive needs to be restored to put people back to work.
Coleman will serve as spokeswoman for the association of 59 private and public universities in the United States and two in Canada.
A contract deadline has been extended for another 24 hours for Detroit's casinos and their employee unions.