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 automobile sales figures for February show that the slowdown in the auto industry is accelerating rapidly, with each of the Big Three automakers dropping at least 44% over the previous year and the big Japanese automakers doing only slightly better. Automotive News reports the figures.
The already bleak sales data for the Big Three automakers got significantly worse in January as all three American companies report enormous drops in sales compared to last year. Chrysler sales dropped 55% in January, while GM fell 49% and Ford fell 42%. The sales figures are now at their lowest level in 26 years, [...]
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 Big Three automakers are not alone in shutting down their plants for a period of time to deal with flagging sales and too much inventory. Toyota is doing the same thing:
More bad news for auto sales as the automakers release their sales figures for December and compare them to sales from the previous year. Ford was the first to release their data and the numbers show a sharp decline.
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