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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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These have been dark days for Detroit. The finances of a city once the center of the automotive universe are in the hands of an unelected manager appointed by Michigan’s governor. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. automaker from going the way of the dinosaurs.

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$25 Million Pledged for Economic Development Partnership in Flint, Michigan Amid Water Crisis

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FlintNOW was launched in January by Tom Gores, chair and CEO of Platinum Equity and owner of the Detroit Pistons, to support immediate relief for victims of the water crisis as well as longer-term revitalization of the region’s economy.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The new facility, which will increase Apple’s workforce in Austin to more than 6,700, will serve as the primary operations nexus for the company in the Americas outside of Apple’s global headquarters in Cupertino, CA, centralizing accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and finance. Airbus is the largest customer of the U.S.

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