Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of $59.6 billion at September 30, 2009. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts.

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Book Drop-off/Donation Details:

    --  Beginning November 13( )and ending December 11, RAFT and Comerica Bank
        will be gathering books. By distributing the books to the organization's
        8000 member teachers, RAFT will make them available to San Francisco Bay
        Area schools and underserved students.
    --  RAFT will distribute the books at its San Jose and Redwood City
        locations between December 3( )and December 19.
    --  The 35 drop-off points for the books are currently listed online at
        www.raft.net and www.mercurynews.info/gor. These drop-off points include
        RAFT San Jose at 1355 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131 and RAFT
        Redwood City at 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065 as well
        as 21 selected branches of Comerica Bank in Alameda, Santa Clara and
        Santa Cruz Counties.
    --  Financial donations, which will be used to purchase additional books,
        can be made online at www.raft.net.

    --  Volunteers interested in helping RAFT organize and sort the donated
        books can sign up online at www.raft.net.

Supporting Quotes:

"Comerica Bank is dedicated to improving the communities where we live and work," said J. Michael Fulton, President and CEO of Comerica Bank's Western Market, based in San Jose. "We are honored to work with RAFT and the Mercury News to ensure that all students have equal access to the opportunities that only a high level of literacy can provide. We look forward to working with RAFT, our customers and our communities to make this year's Gift of Reading campaign a success."

"For our children, reading is an absolutely crucial first step toward mastering an understanding of how our world works and gaining the confidence they need to effectively participate in it," said Mary Simon, Executive Director of RAFT. "We are pleased to work with Comerica Bank and the San Jose Mercury News to make it easier for all teachers to help their students work toward a bright future."

About RAFT

Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) is a non-profit organization that transforms the classroom experience by providing teachers with the materials, training, and support they need to increase student achievement. RAFT's hands-on resources make learning more engaging, memorable, and real for pre K-12 students. The organization offers professional development workshops, how-to demonstrations, low-cost classroom supplies, and pre-packaged classroom activity kits in math, science and art. RAFT impacts 600,000 children each year by "repurposing" materials commonly used in the day-to-day operations of a wide variety of businesses. By supporting RAFT, these companies minimize their footprint on the environment and enable teachers to offer curriculum-based, hands-on activities for pennies per student. Founded by former math and science educator Mary Simon 15 years ago, RAFT serves 8,000 teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit www.raft.net or call RAFT at (408) 451-1420.

About Comerica Bank

Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas that is strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping people and businesses be successful. Comerica Bank also has locations in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of $59.6 billion as of September 30, 2009. Web site: www.comerica.com.

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"The impact of the cash-for-clunkers program cannot be isolated in the data that we use to construct our Index," said Dana Johnson, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank. "However, the average amount that consumers spent on new vehicles in the third quarter was the lowest since early 2004. That along with the monthly pattern of sharp declines in July and August strongly suggests that the federal rebate program was largely responsible for the improvement in affordability this past quarter. In all likelihood, affordability will deteriorate modestly in the current quarter now that these rebates are unavailable."

This report incorporates the latest data on consumer spending on light vehicles and on the terms available on auto loans. The full history of the Index is available upon request.

Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of $59.6 billion as of September 30, 2009. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts.

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