October 6 , 2004 

Airlines:

Pilots ponder cuts; airline heads to court
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Delta executive pitches plans to retirees
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Pilots get say in $1.8B pact
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How airlines resisted change for 25 years and lost
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US Airways pilots to vote on $300 million in cost cuts
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US Airways Circles as Pilots Bicker
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US Air Unions Object to Plan for Cuts
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Delta, Pilots May Be Moving Closer to Labor Agreement
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Unions clear way for Alitalia turnaround plan
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Congress may extend failed airline passenger protection
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Budget airlines seek 'bite'
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United to Cut U.S. Flights
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United Airlines plans to sharply reduce U.S. capacity by the end of 2005 and look to more promising overseas destinations
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America West Warns, Airline Shares Slump
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Law:

Wall Street leader dishes out $20k "special" bonus
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The next generation of top Supreme Court advocates may be assembling at Baker Boots
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Alleged Discovery Abuses Lead to $500M Dismissal
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Hollywood High Noon: Lawyers in a Duel for Clients
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Rising Star Partner Quits NY Firm
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House Votes to Break Up 9th Circuit
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Life After the Gold Rush
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Malpractice Suit Against NY Partner, Firm Dismissed
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Linklaters hires senior Shearman man for NY finance push
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Eye to eye: In-house and private-practice lawyers face up to change
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If law firm wants to use scary animal image, you can't stop them
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Big San Diego law firm talks merger
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Practice Leader Quits to Join NY Firm
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Two International Firms Ink Deals for New Manhattan Offices
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Enron:

Ex-Enron Asst Treasurer Strikes Plea Deal
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Papers piling up in Enron evidence files
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Prosecutors say e-mail shows barge deal a sham
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Former Enron exec admits lying about cash flow
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SEC Seeks Info On Teco's Enron-Panda Energy Ties
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A dispute in the Enron bankruptcy case highlights troubling questions about credit default insurance
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Bankrutpcy sale of paper mill sought
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Asbestos:

Key disputes hold up asbestos bill
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Judge Declines to Confirm Oglebay Norton Plan of Reorganization Due to Feasibility Concerns Related to Insurance for Tort Liabilities
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US corporate watchdog urged to investigate James Hardie
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Miss. judge still mulling dismissal of asbestos lawsuits
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Judge substantively consolidates Owens Corning bankruptcy claims -- The Consolidation Order
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Steel:

AltaSteel Inc. on the block in major Stelco asset sell-off
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Stelco Inc. plans sale of three additional assets in continuing restructuring plans
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Stelco considers sale of entire company
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Corporate Reform:

Celebrated CEO faces critics
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Martha Stewart's greatest gift to fellow inmates can't be neatly gift-wrapped
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Witness in Martha Stewart trial wins acquittal
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SEC May Consider Stock-Offering Reforms This Fall
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Hollinger International Announces Findings of Internal Review at The Chicago Sun-Times
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Accounting:

House Negotiators Reject Tougher Tax Shelter Penalties
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The 2004 CFO Compensation Survey
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Stress on the rise for young accountants
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IRS Issues Final Regulations On Home Sales
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National Merger in Doubt as Canadian Accountant Groups Stay Separate
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SEC Charges Raymond James With Fraud

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Kodak cuts 600 jobs and shuts two plants as digital toll rises
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Disney, FAO head for showdown
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About four out of 10 people think they will be short of money in retirement
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Judge approves HomeGold payout
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Board votes to buy bankrupt Santa Paula hospital
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Youbet.com Proposes Acquisition of American Wagering for $9.5 Million
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Solutions for debt crisis are beyond tinkering
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San Diego adopts borrowing plan to fix pension gap
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Recent Going-Concern Statements
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Union Calls PBGC Preemptive Attack on Shutdown Benefits "Outrageous"
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Taxpayer Beware -- The IRS goes where the money is
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Banking system hedged risks, weathered tests well: Greenspan
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Texas: Northlake ranch is foreclosed
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Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings are up
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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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Is mag high and dry?
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Shocking Credit Card Facts
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AB Liquidating Corp. Settles Litigation
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Sale of bankrupt coal company now complete
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Court Ruling A Blow To Home Lenders' Fat Fees
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Adelphia May Reject Joint Bid
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Job-cuts pick up in US tech sectors
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Large, late spike in job losses clouds predictions of recovery
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Standard & Poor's to Evaluate Muni Swaps Exposure
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Big Lots Reports September Retail Sales of $357.6 Million as Comparable Store Sales Decrease 2.1%
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UK:

New guidance on Combined Code on Corporate Governance
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'Top 50' firm goes under
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Canada:

When the SEC comes calling
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Italy:

Protesters vent anger at Parmalat hearing
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Parmalat's Bondi Annuls UBS Euro Trades Worth EU241.6 Million
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Judge indicts pair in Parmalat scandal
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Intesa Board To Meet Amid Report Of Parmalat Settlement
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Korea:

Creditors Wrap up Sale of Hynix's Chip Unit to Citigroup
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SK Networks Creditors Approve Capital Write-Down Plan
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Germany:

German banks clean up as bad debt becomes good business
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Russia:

Yukos pays 75 percent of 2000 tax bill
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Group MENATEP to resist selling YUKOS assets
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Menatep: Still Against Yukos Bankruptcy, Expropriation
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Natural Resource Min To Discuss Yukos Licenses Fri-Agency
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The Yank Caught in Yukos' Nightmare
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South Africa:

Liquidation industry 'riddled' with bias
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Japan:

Report on August 2004 Bankruptcies
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