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DETROIT, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Michigan Business Activity Index compiled by Comerica Bank fell 2 points in November to 102, reversing the 2 point rise in October. Over the first eleven months of 2007, the index has averaged 103.8, down 0.5 from the average for all of 2006.
DETROIT, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Michigan Business Activity Index compiled by Comerica Bank rose 2 points in October to 104. Over the first ten months of 2007, the index has averaged 104, essentially the same as the average for all of 2006.
DETROIT, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Michigan Business Activity Index, compiled by Comerica Bank, gained 2 points in December, to close at 108, compared with a revised 106 reading in November. A year earlier the index stood at 114. Through December, Michigan's economy, after removing the effects of inflation, is down 2.2 percent from the same period a year ago.
WARREN, Mich., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan's largest business magazine, Corp!, asked its readers to name which businesses they considered the "Best" in Michigan. And 1,000 readers responded with their opinions and praise for businesses throughout the state.
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"Business activity in Michigan accelerated impressively this summer, reflecting stronger national trends and a pick-up in auto sales and production," according to Dana Johnson, chief economist at Comerica Bank. "Compared to earlier in the year, the Michigan economy is in much better condition now to absorb the blow from rising energy prices and cutbacks in the Michigan based auto industry."
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