A2: Google

The Detroit News reports on Google’s recently released economic impact analysis, which says that the firm’s online ad tools generated $903 million in profits for Michigan businesses. The News also looks at impact in terms of jobs at Google’s Ann Arbor and Birmingham offices – Google had originally said it expected to employ 1,000 workers. The article quotes Lou Glazer of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Future Inc.: “A thousand jobs would’ve mattered, but it’s been much less than they initially promised … The folks in Ann Arbor thought it was like getting the Good Housekeeping seal of approval – if Google is here it must be a good place. It just turned out to be 200 reasonable-paying jobs.” [Source]