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DTE in Detroit to Sell Vantage Unit for Nearly $3 Billion Nessel Asks Regulators to Rehear DTE Deal CreatorCon Returns to Huntington Place in Detroit in November Detroit Wing Company Offers Free Wings If Lions Top Vikings Last Daly Drive-In Closes After 67 Years in Livonia Kercheval Bar Review Splits East Side Neighbors in Detroit Detroit Gas Prices Climb More Than 30 Cents in a Week Detroit Broadcaster Kevin Adell Files Chapter 11 After Verdict RenCen Tax Deal Would Be Detroit’s Fourth Mega-Brownfield Foldable iPhone Launch Draws Overnight Line in Detroit Detroit business news updating soon. DTE in Detroit to Sell Vantage Unit for Nearly $3 Billion Nessel Asks Regulators to Rehear DTE Deal CreatorCon Returns to Huntington Place in Detroit in November Detroit Wing Company Offers Free Wings If Lions Top Vikings Last Daly Drive-In Closes After 67 Years in Livonia Kercheval Bar Review Splits East Side Neighbors in Detroit Detroit Gas Prices Climb More Than 30 Cents in a Week Detroit Broadcaster Kevin Adell Files Chapter 11 After Verdict RenCen Tax Deal Would Be Detroit’s Fourth Mega-Brownfield Foldable iPhone Launch Draws Overnight Line in Detroit ● Detroit MI Business & Economy # Detroit MI Business News The county economy was a $269.0 billion engine (2022). Unemployment ran at 5.2% through 2025-05, against a state rate of 4.0%. ## What anchors the Detroit economy - **General Motors**. - **Henry Ford Health**. - **Detroit Public Schools Community District**. - **Detroit Medical Center (DMC / Tenet Health)**. ## Beyond the headlines Detroit is corporate home to **General Motors (NYSE: GM)**, **Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT)**, **DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE)**, and **Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (nonprofit)**. 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