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Fixing Michigan's Unemployment Problem

With the nation's unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, and Michigan at 14.7 percent, steady economic growth along with top-tier retraining programs will lead to a turnaround, says Joe Bastian, president of Human Performance Network, a workforce development company in Royal Oak.

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