July 12, 2004 

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Enron:

Enron Asks Bankruptcy Court To Block Calif AG Suit -- Stay Violation
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Lays World: all fantasy, all the time
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Lay's court date -- who is she?
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Enron's Lea Fastow goes to prison Monday
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Houston comes to terms with Lay charges
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Verdict from Houston residents: Enron execs guilty
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Lay apologizes to ex-classmates for Enron furor
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Enron e-mail indicates DeLay's role in fund raising
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Ken Lay's Strategy: Come Out Fighting
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A Loser, Guilty or Not
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Lea Fastow To Report To Prison Monday
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Ex-Enron chief takes the offensive
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Pastor, Former Employees React To Lay Indictment
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What they said about ... Kenneth Lay
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Lay's victim role makes his stock drop even farther
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If Convicted, Enron's Lay Faces up to 175 Years in Prison
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Enron Prosecutors to Keep Pressure on Lay
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Ken Lay's Defense: Call Me Ignorant
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Making a good case against Enron chief
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Enron kingpin has collar felt for implosion of energy giant
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Arrest of Lay only a partial victory
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Enron wife trades luxury for prison
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Free 'Kenny Boy'
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No business as usual after "perfect storm" of Enron scandal
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The trials of Kenneth Lay
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Angry Bush Walks Out on Media, Refuses to Answer Questions About Relationship With Ken Lay
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Enron Investigators Worked From Outside In
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Lay indictment sends everyone right message
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Corporate accountability on trial in Houston
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Enron Case Highlights CEO Responsibility
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Indictment is a chance to sort it out
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Lay of Enron
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Ken Lay, Enron and the US Public
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Kerry's Attacks on Enron Draw Return Fire
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How Lay will play to a hometown jury
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MU still has position endowed by Ken Lay
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Ex-Enron Chief's Legacy Takes Especially High Toll on Smaller Companies
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Zing went the sting of pop culture for Enron
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Steel:

Courts give steel labor agreements weight in bankruptcy bids
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Law:

Behind the Breakup of the Kings of Tort
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Firm sues lawyer who brokered loan deal
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Holland & Knight: Driving profitability its own way
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Bonanza for barrister in BCCI courtroom battle
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Edwards' 4-year haul: $27 million
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Robert J. Dwyer Selected as Partner-in-Charge of Dorsey & Whitney's New York Office
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Crackdown on Lawyer Ads
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How to Expand Your Law Firm With Internet Marketing
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Acing the Toughest Interview Question
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Law Firm Partners with the Largest Minority-Owned Law Firm in U.S.; Firms to Benefit from a Larger National Footprint
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Houston lawyer corners Latino market
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Project Management: Strange New Language
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Piper, Venable vie for wealth of business in nation's capital
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Telecoms:

Internet firm Access US files for bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

Rigas Case Ends In Mistrial On Some Charges
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Warning to Executives: Honesty Is the Best Policy
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Hedge Funds Brace for New Rules
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In the US, Jail. In Brazil, Slap on the Wrist.
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Jury Fails to Decide on Michael Rigas Fraud
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Jury Begins Deliberations in Belnick Trial
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Sentencing in the trial of former Adelphia executives promises to be as heated as the trial
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Law Firms 'Regularly' Doing Debt Collection Are Covered by U.S. Act
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Westminster residents look at options following city bankruptcy
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Purely Supreme Foods to be sold at auction
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Campaign to Buy Bankrupt Gun Co. Hits Monetary Milestone
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Covington diocese disputes paper's report
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Maxim's parent petitions for Ch. 11
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Foreclosure rates in Pa. at crisis level
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Exec lifts Kmart's stock into blue yonder
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Indictment alleges bankruptcy fraud
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Airlines:

US Airways CEO Offers 'Glimmer Of Good News'
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Airlines Received Less Than Half The Loan Guarantees They Thought
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IRS seeks $129 million from Hawaiian Airlines
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Head of US Airways says it may lose loan guarantee
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US Airways Seeks New Cuts From Workers
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United's sleeping giant
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Three Stooges Stiff United
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Passengers face paying GBP 2 airline protection surcharge
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Air Canada unit attendants extend labor vote period
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Jazz flight attendants trip up Air Canada
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The airline savior whose feet are still on the ground
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US Airways CEO Calls For Speedy, Deep Cost Cuts
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Get Out the Glue for a New Business Model
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Court Orders Liquidation of Nigeria Airways
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With air travel recovered, it's time for the government to get out of the airline rescue business
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Alitalia's Rescue Tests EU's Resolve
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Catholic Dioceses:

Bankruptcy won't touch most assets, diocese says
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Vatican consulted in bankruptcy decision, archdiocese says
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Developments in Clergy Abuse Crisis
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Ordeal isn't new for archbishop
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Attorney details case against church
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Portland archbishop faces fresh challenges with bankruptcy filing
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What happens when a church goes bankrupt
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Chapter 11, Verse 1
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Too soon for bankruptcy talk, Sacramento diocese says
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Bankrupt by abuse
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Bishop Dupre takes the Fifth; Kentucky diocese may file for bankruptcy
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Church bankruptcy and the courts
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Bankruptcy filing distressing
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Levada's Oregon history surfaces Lawyers question S.F. archbishop's role in molest cases
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Vlazny can find no peace from the sex scandal plaguing Catholic
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Records detail case against church
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Devil in the details of a bankrupt church
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Asbestos:

After Ohio, more states to act on asbestos claims
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States Take On Asbestos Issue
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Protecting businesses from debtors and bankruptcy
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New bankruptcy record is likely
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Investors to discuss bankruptcy Carolina Investors settlement
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Customer Who Lost $1 Million In Carolina Investors Bankruptcy Protests Settlement Organizes Investor Meeting
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Footstar to outsource warehouse, distribution ops
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He's one grand topic in the halls of Sears
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Tangled Vines -- The collapse of Radanovich Winery
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Paper trail winds through 51 acres
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Fresh Choice Changes Strategy to Focus on Core Markets; Plans to File Chapter 11
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Bankruptcies soar in outer Chicago suburbs
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Carlyle's turnaround fund to be disbanded
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Squeezed middle class not on Bush's priority list
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As riverside house crumbles brick by brick, Branchville family fights financial ruin
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Millions are gone; questions linger
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Author sheds light on U.S. credit system
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CTIA urges FCC to fully open NextWave spectrum bidding
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Middle Class Feels Squeeze In Sputtering Economy
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Tenet-owned hospital files for bankruptcy protection in Philadelphia
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TMA International News
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Home Loan Delinquencies Fall, Foreclosures Inch Up
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Only 19% of Americans Plan to Use Credit Cards to Pay for Summer Vacations
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Creditors Approve Fleming Reorganization
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Court removes Pepper Hamilton
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Frankel's links to Vatican probed
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Queens Moat works for deal next week
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Carlyle turnaround team splits
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Adelphia: The Big Sale That May Never Be
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Mutual Benefits investors' finances withheld
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Bankruptcy not a pass for sprees
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Workers trade low pay in U.S. for risks of Iraq
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Putting pinch on credit card users
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Buyout gone bad -- Ex-Mobile Tool employees say insiders drained company dry
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Bondholders file new objection to Cone sale
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird News
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Weird News
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Kmart's Realty Deal
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MCI Sues Ebbers, Seeks Repayment on Rest of $408M Loan
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Energy:

NorthWestern Corp. rates may be frozen
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Montana agency's agreement with utility helps resolve bankruptcy issues
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Judge approves Fair Grounds bankruptcy statement
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Teen hopes judge takes late bid for gun factory
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Auction of failing Fair Grounds track is set for Aug. 16
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Buyer: Union may kill RBX sale
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Golden exec felt sting of Adelphia
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Monsour faces rough recovery
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Accounting:

U.S. states to fight judge's ruling in KPMG battle
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Connolly is best paid accountant
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Stock exchange should pick US company auditors
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U.K. Delays Action on Auditor Liability Protection

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Layoff notices require finesse
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Utah is holding off on probe of school-fitness foundation
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Met Mortgage bookkeeping questioned
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Loral shareholders press court to help with claims
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UK:

UK regulator concerned about T&N pension fund
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Danger signal for Green
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Liquidators sell failed company's 24,000 pigs
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Green demands meeting to gain access to M&S books
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Wembley's in the doghouse
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More English Soccer Clubs May Face Cash Crisis
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Jarvis tries to allay worries
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Bankruptcies 'set to drop'
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Stars' pay could see clubs knocked out
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Forget the hype, here's the retirement reality
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M&S tries to fight off Green bid
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Canada:

Intl Forest To Buy Crown Pacific Sawmill Assets
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Russia:

Yukos confirms $8bn tax offer
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As the bailiffs move in on Yukos, is its apparent demise an exception - or a sign of worse to come?
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Russia seizes servers, but oil keeps flowing
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State Duma Raised State Insurance Coverage Of Bank Deposits
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BNP, Citigroup Marketing $1.6 Billion of Russian Company Loans
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Russian Oil Magnate Trial Resumes Monday
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Yukos Under Pressure As Govt Dictates Terms
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Russia's banks run out of credit
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Experts speak about YUKOS debts
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Fin Min: No Chance To Restructure Yukos Debt
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Yukos offers 8 billion to Kremlin
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Duma Expedites Deposit Bill, Bank Fears Ease
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Yukos case is defining economy under Putin
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Russia's YUKOS Offers Gov't $7.5 Billion
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Russian Oil Industry's Risks To Grow
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Yukos shareholders sue accountants for millions
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Russians Move Gingerly on Collecting Yukos Taxes
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Sibneft Tax Avoidance Legal -Watchdog
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Australia:

Generation Y in debt
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Rotorua company makes final attempt to stave off liquidation
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Argentina:

Argentina concerned on debt servicing threat
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France:

M&C escapes brush with bankruptcy
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Ireland:

Big drop in company failures
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The advantages of using examiners
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Singapore:

$400m debt: Daewoo S'pore to be wound up
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South Africa:

Broad inquiry aims to expose liquidations malaise
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