October 26 , 2004 

Law:

Piper Merger: Is Bigger Really Better?
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Cleary Gottlieb promotes New York partners as it turns LLP
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Lawyer Ordered to Pay $45K for Frivolous Appeals
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Part-Time Partners Become More Common
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'Fortune' 250 Stick With Firms They Know
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Minimize Costs Without Sacrificing Service
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For a Successful Marketing Plan, Define Your Services
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NY Firm Returns to Building Damaged by Fire
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Corporate Reform:

Martha director profiting
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Fannie Mae's Raines Fights for Job Amid Accounting Scandal
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Greenberg, Targeted by Spitzer, Steps Down as Chief of Marsh
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Marsh McLennan CEO Could Aid Spitzer Relations
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EU to Propose Disclosure Rules to Fight Parmalat-Type Scandals
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California launches Sallie Mae probe
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Judge Orders Ex-Qwest Exec To Testify Before SEC
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Citigroup fined over hedge funds
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Split SEC Set To Vote On Tighter Hedge Fund Oversight
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Steel:

$4.5 billion offered for U.S. steelmaker
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ISG Goes From Savior to Sold in Two Years
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US trio lead on mega steel deal
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Billionaire's Payday To Gild Golden Years
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Steel sector girds for more mergers
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Merger might have effect on Georgetown Steel
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Investor Wilbur Ross: smart or lucky?
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Keystone reaches agreement with retiree groups
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Spendaholics need a dose of cutting back
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Supra bidders reach no deal
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Oil Price Shocks Mean Historic Wealth Transfer
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Jillians asks for 2-month extension
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INTERMET Gains Immediate Access to Interim DIP Funding
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Recent Going-Concern Statements
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Breuners wins on pay bonuses
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Airlines:

No deal reported with pilots
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Pilots' chief says salaries not main woe
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American Express Travel could keep Delta aloft
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Delta deal with AmEx depends on pilot concessions
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Troubled Delta lands $600m in financing
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Delta Air Lines upped to neutral at JP Morgan
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Delta Negotiates Two Deals, but Not One With Its Pilots
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Delta in last-ditch offer to pilots
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United will outsource reservations work to India
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Struggling ATA nears bankruptcy
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Atty Says ATA May Seek Bankruptcy Protection Tue
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ATA parent hires restructuring officer
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American airlines flex international muscle
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Airline wants deeper cuts
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UAL hires Bridge
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US Airways New CFO May Be Sign Of Financial Changes
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US Airways CFO to resign, join plastics company
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US Airways Seeks Fast-Paced Talks On Retiree Benefit Cuts
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Beleaguered American Airlines cuts work force
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Accounting:

EDS forced to delay earnings report
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Asbestos:

We'll die unpaid: Hardie's victims
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Compensation Fund Seeks Extra A$100M From James Hardie
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Australian asbestos fund faces collapse
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Convicted Hawaii tax evader gets 98 years
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English lawyer sentenced in National Revenue case
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Rochester: Golisano, Sands settle loan dispute
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One Really Ugly Mark on Star Gas
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Revised Offer in Compromise Form Now Available
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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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Adelphia to Allow Time Warner/Comcast Dual Bid
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Judge says no to advocacy group in church bankruptcy
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Enron:

Final arguments at hand in Enron barge trial
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Jury Deliberations To Begin Tomorrow On Enron Barge Deal
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Citibank Takes Brobeck Settlement
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UK:

Law graduate jumps ship to join Blue Peter
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Couple fear losing home as debt soars from £5,750 to £384,000
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Argonaut Administrators Appointed
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Switzerland:

Converium still paying the price for US collapse
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Italy:

Parmalat Changing Its Mind On Deutsche Bank Stake
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Bankruptcy Law, Fazio: Reform Inevitable
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South Africa:

ThisDay facing liquidation application
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Russia:

Khodorkovsky marks first year in jail
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YUKOS board discussed possible bankruptcy
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Analysts on possible YUKOS' bankruptcy
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Russian-German consortium could buy YUKOS key asset
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Yukos Set To Bankrupt Itself
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Ireland:

Liability 'haven' comes to Ulster
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Thailand:

Creditors Of Thai TPI Units Approve Revised Debt Plan
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Israel:

16.6% of telecom firms face bankruptcy
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