Unemployment rates rose last month in more than half of the nation\'s largest metro areas, driven higher by weak private-sector hiring and natural disasters. Several cities in Michigan, including Detroit, Ann Arbor and Battle Creek, are among those that endured big increases. \"They\'ve scrambled like crazy to keep those plants going, by raiding and borrowing,\" said John Taylor, director of supply chain programs at Wayne State University. \"They tended to get through March and April OK but they had problems in May and June went they had started to run out of creative ideas.\" http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/29/3736336/unemployment-rises-in-more-than.html#ixzz1QlANjmZy