Detroit Bankruptcy

Matt Sledge

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Detroit?

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.29.2012

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PHILADELPHIA -- Bankers, consultants and elected officials gathered at a conference here on Wednesday to discuss a hot political question for the form...

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Michigan, Detroit and the Fall of the Byzantine Empire

James Melton | Posted 05.19.2012

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James Melton

Folks, it's time to just shut up and focus on what's coming at us across that metaphorical Dardanelles Strait. If the walls are breached, it really won't matter whose fault it is or how it happened. We'll all be in a bad way.

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Bankruptcy for Detroit?

Eric Scorsone | Posted 04.11.2012

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Eric Scorsone

No irony is lost in the fact that two of Detroit's biggest companies, GM and Chrysler, went through bankruptcy in 2009 and have emerged stronger. Municipal bankruptcy is considered by many to be a last resort for localities in fiscal trouble.

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Areas Of Detroit Could Lose Garbage Pickup, Police, Fire Services

Posted 05.25.2011

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In yet another sign of growing fiscal problems for states and municipalities, Detroit may be cutting key services in certain portions of the city, th...

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Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy Looming in Detroit

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government may force General Motors and Chrysler into bankruptcy to assure the taxpayers get back their $17.4 billion in bailout loans. The car ...

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