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79 GM Dealerships In Ohio To Close


Last Update: 6/16 11:56 pm
NEW YORK - JUNE 1: General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson announces that General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker for 77 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, at a news conference June 1, 2009 in New York City. As a result of the bankruptcy filing, GM will have its liabilities reduced by more than 50 percent and will get $30.1 billion in bankruptcy financing from the government. GM is expected to cut 20,000 jobs and close about a dozen plants by the end of 2010. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - JUNE 1: General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson announces that General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker for 77 years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, at a news conference June 1, 2009 in New York City. As a result of the bankruptcy filing, GM will have its liabilities reduced by more than 50 percent and will get $30.1 billion in bankruptcy financing from the government. GM is expected to cut 20,000 jobs and close about a dozen plants by the end of 2010. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Ohio is taking the brunt of General Motors' decision to close dealerships.

By the fall of 2010, 79 dealerships are expected to close in Ohio.

That's according to a list released this week by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The automaker is closing 2,300 dealerships nationwide.
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