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Retirees Watching Anxiously; Will GM Be Saved?

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By Dustin Dwyer

Published November 20, 2008 at 6:00 AM EST

Detroit automakers have hundreds of thousands of retirees who are wondering what might happen if their former employers go bankrupt? Auto executives say without $25 billion in loans, they could be forced into bankruptcy.

Dustin Dwyer reports for Michigan Radio.

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Dustin Dwyer

Dustin Dwyer is a reporter for a new project at Michigan Radio that will look at improving economic opportunities for low-income children. Previously, he worked as an online journalist for Changing Gears, as a freelance reporter and as Michigan Radio's West Michigan Reporter. Before he joined Michigan Radio, Dustin interned at NPR's Talk of the Nation, wrote freelance stories for The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and completed a Reporting & Writing Fellowship at the Poynter Institute.

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