On July 18th‚ 2013‚ Detroit became the largest city ever to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The city sat in $18 million in debt. Over the next couple of months‚ the city’s crime rate rose and many people lost their jobs and left the city of Detroit‚ which hurt the real estate market. Detroit relied on the auto industry‚ which slowly terminated jobs. Forbes reported one out of every 764 homes foreclosed. More than 100‚000 homes and 78‚000 buildings were vacant during this period of time. The price of
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hope that the bankruptcy stage would be effective and completed within 30 to 60 days‚ clearing the company’s liabilities and allowing it to emerge in healthy shape. But legal experts questioned whether this will be achievable and factory workers expressed fear for their jobs. Chrysler employs 54‚000 people‚ but tens of thousands more work for parts companies and in motor dealerships that depend on the firm for business. About 115‚000 retired Chrysler workers depend on the company for healthcare
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Part 3 The bankruptcy of Enron not only significantly impact the employment and pension of workers‚ but also the relevant major financial institutions‚ including investment Banks‚ commercial Banks‚ pension funds and mutual funds. On Feb. 14th‚ 2002‚ the international accounting standards foundation chairman and former Federal Reserve chairman Paul pointed out that the obvious problems in accounting and auditing profession has formed a kind of crisis after a long-term period of existence. A typical
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Professor Simon M/W History 1301 History essay: Ulysses S Grant Hiram Ulysses Grant was born April 27‚ 1822 in the state of Ohio. Grant was born to an average working family who moved to Georgetown Ohio shortly after Grant’s birth. At the age of 17 Grant did not want to follow his father’s footsteps and carry on the family leather business‚ Grant’s father had his son join into the United States Military Academy at West Point. Grants birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant‚ upon registering in the
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comparative study of the poetry of John Donne and Margaret Edson’s play‚ ‘W;t’‚ is essential for a more complete understanding of the values and ideas presented in ‘W;t’. Discuss this with close reference to both texts. When deconstructing the text ‘W;t’‚ by Margaret Edson‚ a comparative study of the poetry of John Donne is necessary for a better conceptual understanding of the values and ideas presented in Edson’s ‘W;t’. Through this comparative study‚ the audience is able to develop an extended
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was more educational and experimental learning for me. The main point of the presentation was to inform students about grants and how it works. For example‚ finding grants through internet‚ types of grants‚ budget‚ grant writing and different types of formats. Jodi from office of research and sponsored program in St Cloud State University gave us the presentation about the grants. Office of research and sponsored programs in St Cloud state provides educational and workshops to students‚ faculty‚ and
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Executive Summary A&W Restaurants‚ Inc. is a chain of fast-food restaurants that specialize in root beer and root beer floats. It is the first fast food restaurant in Singapore and expansion was fast in the early nineties‚ but in 2003‚ A&W’s Singapore operations came to an end. Many Singaporeans grew up eating A&W‚ and that is one reason why many people are protesting for it to make a comeback in Singapore. Hence‚ our campaign will draw an emotional appeal‚ focusing on the theme‚ “Bringing
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out about a huge bankruptcy her dad filed back in 2011. For some reason‚ Farrah has been able to keep this all a secret up until now. Radar Online shared the details about her dad Michael Abraham’s bankruptcy and what went down. Farrah claims to be very successful and rich‚ but that doesn’t mean that she would help dad out with his money issues. Farrah wasn’t part of the problem at all‚ and it was her dad not taking care of his issues like he should have done. This bankruptcy happened back in
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Arizona v. Grant Arizona v. Grant The U.S. Supreme Court limits how police searches a vehicle after Arizona v. Grant. April 21‚ 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court adds new limits on how law enforcement officer can search the passenger compartments of a vehicle. Due to this ruling‚ police officers require having either evidence of a crime for which the suspect is being arrested for‚ or the officers are completing a weapons check that could be within reach of the suspect. Arizona v. Grant makes important
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Grant Character Analysis In the book A Lesson Before Dying it’s about Grant‚ Who wanted to help Jefferson not think that he is a hog‚ but he didn’t believe he wasn’t a hog because of society‚ so Grant was counseling Jefferson‚ then Jefferson believed he wasn’t a hog anymore. Because Grant is a dynamic character in the novel he goes from being disappointed‚ to a cynicism person (someone who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest)‚ and to a secretive person During the exposition
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