Newspaper: Stimulus brings few private-sector jobs

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Sun, 11/15/2009 - 16:11

The federal stimulus funding that has reached Michigan so far has created few private-sector jobs and some recipients of the cash have overstated the number of jobs created or protected, an analysis by the Detroit Free Press shows.


 

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