I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The end of year sales figures for 2008 show that General Motors (NYSE:GM) did not lead the world in car sales for the first time in 77 years. GM sold 8.36 million cars in 2008, while Toyota (NYSE:TM) sold 8.97 million cars.
The 2008 results cap an advance by Toyota that has seen the Japanese automaker overcome a 3 million-unit deficit since the start of the decade, fueled in large part by gains in the United States. In 2008, both automakers posted sales declines.
At the time of the announcement, just before 9 a.m. ET today, GM defined itself on its Web site as “the annual global industry sales leader for 77 years.” The description will change to “one of the world’s largest automakers,” said GM spokesman John McDonald.
Toyota’s sales dropped significantly in 2008 as well, particularly in the American market, but not as far as GM’s sales fell.
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