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【聯合晚報╱美聯社】

底特律和破產計畫反對者達協議 
Detroit, key bankruptcy plan opponent reach deal

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Detroit has reached a tentative deal to pay a key creditor 26 cents on the dollar, a move that that could clear the biggest hurdle in the city's plan to reduce its debts and emerge from bankruptcy protection.

底特律已和主要債權人達成每一元債務償還26分的初步協議；此舉可能為底特律減少債務、脫離破產保護的計畫清除最大障礙。

A joint court filing Tuesday evening said that Detroit and the bond insurer Syncora Guarantee "have reached an agreement in principle" to settle the company's $400 million claim in the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy case in the U.S.

底特律和債券保險業者「欣可拉擔保公司」9日晚間共同向法院申報說，欣可拉索討四億美元的糾紛「已原則上達成和解協議」。底特律破產創美國城市破產金額紀錄。

The two sides said they need two days to complete the deal and ask Judge Steven Rhodes for a postponement of the bankruptcy case trial until Friday.

兩造表示，他們需要兩天敲定協議，請法官羅茲將破產案的審理延後到12日。

Syncora Guarantee and fellow bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. have been leading a small group of creditors fighting the plan by state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr.

欣可拉和同業「金融擔保保險公司」帶領一小群債權人反對底特律緊急管理人歐爾的重整計畫。歐爾由密西根州長指派。

Most creditors have endorsed Detroit's plan to cut $12 billion in unsecured debt to about $5 billion.

底特律計畫將無擔保債務從120億美元削減為50億美元左右，大多數債權人贊成。