Good FORTUNE found in outsourcing in Detroit

Outsourcing used to be a dirty word in Detroit. That is until IT companies like GalaxE.Solutions started filling downtown's office towers.

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FORTUNE -- The downtown business district of Detroit, Michigan contains precious few beacons of economic optimism these days amid the empty office buildings, vacant lots and unsold condos.

One notable and unlikely bright spot is Somerset, New Jersey-based GalaxE.Solutions. The firm opened its doors a few months ago in a near-empty office tower with a promise by its chief executive officer to hire 500 workers from Detroit over the next five years. Only the landing of a flying saucer might have been more unexpected.

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