Seniors Say "No" To 'Granny-Tax' On Pensions
As Michigan faces a 1.4 billion dollar deficit, Governor Snyder has proposed taxing pensions, much to the dismay of area senior citizens.
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As Michigan faces a 1.4 billion dollar deficit, Governor Snyder has proposed taxing pensions, much to the dismay of area senior citizens.
It looks like Michigan residents these days are feeling a little better about the future of their state.
The era of falling clothing prices is ending.
Good news at the pumps across Metro Detroit - gas prices have sloped below $3.10 per gallon, down about six cents in the last week.
The latest developments in Egypt are critical to the U.S. economy.
The Bloomfield Hills based homebuilder PulteGroup Inc., is expressing guarded optimism that sales trends so far this year could signal improved home sales this spring.
The unemployment rate is sinking at the fastest pace in half a century because a surprisingly large number of people say they're finding work.
Metro Detroit drivers lost 33 hours a year to traffic delays, according to the study. That is down from 42 hours in 2006 and 2007.
WWJ's and Fox 2 Business Editor Murray Feldman will be listening closely for details on the economic impact of the State-of-the- State Address.
We're awaiting Michigan's jobless numbers, due out later today. It follows the national unemployment rate, which dropped to 9.4-percent percent last month, the lowest level in 19 months.
It looks like 2010 is ending on a good note for the auto industry, setting things up for a better year in 2011.
Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell four-tenths of a percentage point to 12.4 percent in November, mainly because there are fewer workers in the state, Michigan's labor agency announced Wednesday.
Governor Granholm and the man who will take her place appeared together in a bipartisan show of how things should be done.
Unemployment benefits help drive the economy because the jobless tend to spend every dollar they get, pumping cash into businesses.
