Detroit's Ills Symptomatic Of a Manufacturing Plague DETROIT -- First it was the outsourcing of components, and then vehicle assembly. Then gasoline prices shot up, slashing demand for trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Now, just when things seemed as if they could not get any worse here, the credit crunch and the subsequent stock market meltdown have...
... 10/10/2008 4:00:00 AM washingtonpost.com - Business
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