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Thursday, February 28, 2013  $85 billion in cross-the-board federal spending cuts – known as sequestration – are on the horizon, but there's no compromise in sight on Capitol Hill.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  The state said Tuesday that the seasonally unadjusted jobless rate remained flat statewide, going from 8.2 percent in September to 8.3 percent in October.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  In a statement, St. Mary's said there will be 24 job eliminated, additional cuts and reduced hours to adopt to a challenging environment.

Friday, November 16, 2012  University of Michigan economists say that over the next two years, the U.S. economy will regain the rest of the nearly 9 million jobs lost in the recession.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  In October, 171,000 jobs were added to the nation’s economy. The numbers are not making the cut for some people.

Monday, November 05, 2012  Survivors of Suicide talk about the link to unemployment.

Friday, September 14, 2012  Citizens Republic Bancorp sold to FirstMerit of Cleveland.

Friday, September 02, 2011  The national unemployment rate remained flat in August, but private sector payrolls went up.

Saturday, August 13, 2011  Local postal worker says the government is keeping her in the dark

Wednesday, June 01, 2011  A leading outplacement firm says employers eliminated 1.8 percent more jobs in May than they did the month before.

Thursday, February 10, 2011  Congress' failure to pass 2011 budget will trigger cuts in major defense systems, job losses

Friday, March 05, 2010  Unemployment rate unchanged at 9.7 percent as employers cut fewer jobs than expected

Wednesday, July 15, 2009  Michigan already has the nation's highest unemployment rate and that probably won't change when June figures are announced.

Thursday, July 02, 2009  Employers cut larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June; jobless rate ticks up to 9.5 percent

Friday, May 08, 2009  Job losses slow to 539,000 in April; jobless rate rises to 8.9 percent, highest since 1983