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Detroit's historic bankruptcy, which officially ended earlier this month, cost the city nearly $178 million in fees and expenses for teams of lawyers and consultants, according to a city court filing on Tuesday.


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China's Huawei 2014 smartphone sales rise by a third

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Samsung Electronics says new smart TVs in 2015 to run Tizen platform

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