November 22 , 2004 

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Trump's Casinos File for Bankruptcy
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Trump Hotels, Hurt by Debt, Files for Bankruptcy
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Enron:

Enron exits Chapter 11
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Enron seeks ruling in California lawsuit
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Internet trial moved to April 1
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Nevada Power files suit, claiming banks conspired with Enron
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Latest Brobeck Settlement Stalls After Objections
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Pittsburgh: Some city officials already see fiscal package falling short
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Law:

Court Secrecy Practices at Center of 11th Circuit Appeal
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Get the Wrong Answer, Ask Another Lawyer
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Morgan will pay Brobeck estate $10.2 million, but saga continues
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NY Firm Nabs Nine Laterals
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Part-time practice gives some lawyers freedom to pursue other dreams
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Insurers, Regulators Spur Law Firm GC Trend
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Lawyer's Goof Doubles His Disbarment
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A pit bull in Size 6 shoes
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Melton on a mission: Holland + Knight boss stressing image, structure in global buildup
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Ex- Clifford Chance chief becomes one of Britain's most senior regulators
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WAL-MART - The lawsuit supermarket
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Orlando: Best of the Bar 2004's top vote recipients shine
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Law firm believes in staff equality
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What do Atlanta's big law firms see in Midtown?
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Duane Morris uses book of art to celebrate 100th anniversary
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Attorney May Face Discipline for Saying He Faced Disciplinary Charges
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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart shops for new Boston space
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan, Bank of America sued by pension fund -- Investment banks touted WorldCom bonds even as they cut its credit rating
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Does deal come back to haunt MBIA?
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Alabama WorldCom pension-fund suit ends with mistrial
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Swiss Re Receives SEC Request For Documentation
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Insurance Lobbies Expect More Hearings From Spitzer Probe
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SEC is set to propose an overhaul of rules governing how billions of shares trade each day in the U.S.
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Kmart:

Uphill battle for Sears/Kmart
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Not So Fast, Eddie
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Retailing Deal Batters Short-Sellers
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The fizz could go out of Sears merger euphoria
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The Craftsman
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Two-For-One Sale -- by combining two badly managed retail dinosaurs into one, wags say, the companies may simply save themselves some bankruptcy fees
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If you can't beat them, you can always join forces
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Kmart-Sears really about real estate
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Asbestos:

Norris to step down as W.R. Grace CEO in May
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James Hardie announces decline in half-year profits
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Fresh battle for asbestos case workers -- how insurers are fighting claims of people who fear they have cancer-related condition
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Asbestos use still widespread in Asia, as are its ills
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Halliburton shares jump after favorable court ruling
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Halliburton Registers 59.5M Common Shares For Asbestos Trust
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Goldman, Lehman, Merrill Raise Merger Fees as Banks Discount
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Bostic Construction faces barrage of lawsuits - HIres turnaround consultant
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It's pay, pay, pay the plastic piper
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No extra credit for this class
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Credit Cards' Soaring Rates Lurk Hidden In Fine Print
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FTC settles credit repair scam charges
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Burger King franchisee in pickle
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Big-bucks Ducat Last Buy Before Bankruptcy
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Airlines:

Judge mulls canceling United union contract
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Little airport that could becomes coveted
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ATA looks to return to its roots
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Fuel price will settle future for Delta Air
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United gets more time to negotiate with unions
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ATA details its crisis situation to pilots' union
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Analysts see little hope in US Airways' survival plan
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Airline safety net expires
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Union raps American Airlines over job
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$2.6B debt exchange extended by Delta
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"He and his wife prayed for Delta Air Lines to go bankrupt"
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Airlines Are Counting On Luxury Up Front
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Can Independence make low-fare lemonade?
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Steel:

Stelco's bankruptcy restructuring looks more like an auction 10 months later
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Severstal, Steelworkers, others fight Deutsche Bank's Stelco bid in court
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Stelco bidding war heats up
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Looming deadlines have Stelco scrambling
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GM hasn't yet ruled out using Stelco steel in '05
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ISG calls thousands back to work in once-dying steel industry
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Businesses await profit from election -- bankruptcy reform on horizon
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US taxpayers should save pension agency-UAW official
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Carolina Investors:

Investors may see more put on trial
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Former S.C. Official Sentenced for Fraud
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Legislator wants to strip Morris' name from road
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Economy:

Indicators point to slow growth ahead
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Accounting:

Deloitte Ranks Highest in Satisfaction Among Major Tax Firms
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Suit Alleges IL Man Sold Bogus "Defense" to Refusal to File Returns & Pay Taxes

Accounting Grads Face Best Job Prospects in Years

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NYC: Putting a curb on spending
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Wilbur Ross, Steel Winner, Bets on China Textiles as Quotas End
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Houston: Bankruptcies rock city housing
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IRS Receives Approval to Hire Private Debt Collectors
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Toy Makers Face An Unmerry Noel
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Playing Scrooge
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National Benevolent Association slashes payroll
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Future of Formula One is at stake in a London courtroom
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General DataCom: Borough wins GDC tax case Federal bankruptcy judge's ruling means $77,000 more in tax revenue
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Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition
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Thurman, Boyfriend Buy Guccione Estate
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Former governor owes Bank of Hawaii $828,598, according to a suit, and $122,905 in taxes
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Injunction upheld against Denver Schlotzsky's Delis
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Jacko sued for antiques bill
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Fur storage dispute leaves customers cold
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Austin: Creditors pull firm into Ch. 7: Investors want to reclaim $2M
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Auburn, Ca. auto dealer files Chapter 11, cites economy
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Recent Going-Concern Statements
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Murray uses bankruptcy to force labor contract settlement
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Borrowers Find System Open to Conflicts, Manipulation
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Bills Overdue, Hospital Seeks Liens on Patients
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WorldCom Figure Cuts Mansion Price By Half
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National Benevolent Association approves sale of 11 senior-living centers
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Suppliers see drop in auto-parts sales
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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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Judge Blocks Transfer of Parmalat Milk Patents
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Financial blunders that even experts can make
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Catholic Dioceses:

Catholic leader skirts tricky issues
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Bishop's group probably won't take position on church bankruptcies
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Judge orders mediation in archdiocese bankruptcy
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Davenport cases set precedent
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'Facing Poverty With a Rich Girl's Habits'
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Pay attention to D&O policy provisions when negotiating
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A Painful Goodbye to Cheap Money
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Sinkhole -- The private pension system continues its slow decline and fall
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New military target: payday loans
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Glenshaw Glass ordered closed
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UK:

UK profitability rises for first time in 5 years
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Creditors accuse MyTravel of 'gross mismanagement'
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A woman in fear of receiver's demands
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Director ban for shamed solicitor -- Properties were used to sell sex
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Korea:

Sewon Telecom Gets Court Approval to Exit Bankruptcy
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Hanaro Telecom Faces Turbulent Future
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S. Korean bankruptcies up in Oct.
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Iraq:

Iraq welcomes creditors' decision to slash debt
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Canada:

VoiceIQ Inc. to restructure under court protection, move into oil and gas
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Poland:

Rough ride for PKP Cargo?
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Australia:

Pixie 'offers creditors little hope'
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Skase's widow arrives in Australia
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Skase widow makes mystery visit home
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Italy:

Bank of America Banker Helped Parmalat Deceive, Investors Say
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Russia:

Yukos Can Operate Without Yuganskneftegaz, Says Gerashchenko
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YUKOS shareholder to sue Russia
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Russia lays out a bleak future for Yukos
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Russia sets date for auction of oil giant Yukos
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Fury as Putin declares Yukos auction
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Foreign Directors Want to Leave Yukos Board
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Russia Seeks to Prosecute Two More at Yukos
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New Zealand:

The cost of keeping up with the Joneses
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Indonesia:

U.S. creditors of APP launch new attack
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Thailand:

Thai TPI Founder Requests To Buy TPI, TPI Polene Stakes
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China:

Families use kids to avoid tax
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Israel:

1/3 of TASE cos at over 50% bankruptcy risk
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