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Asbestos and the federal fisc
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Corporate Reform:

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European shares slip as credit woes linger
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Asian markets fall amid subprime worries
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Hedge Funds:

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Banking:

The Lesson From E*Trade
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Wachovia bails out a money market fund
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Lender Cannot Derail Collective Action in Syndicated Transaction Without Express Contractual Authority
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E*Trade's Meltdown
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Small Business Optimism Sours on Fed Rate Cut
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Calpine reaches settlement with major debtholders
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Viansa files plan for bankruptcy
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Mexico's largest copper mine fraught with health, safety dangers
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Finance:

Fitch downgrades $37.2 billion of CDOs
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Personal Finance:

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Income gap among black, white families up
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Credit Reporting:

Supreme Court Finds FCRA Liability
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Trustees:

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Fraud:

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Venue:

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Predatory Lending:

Anti-Predatory Lending Legislation in House
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Culture:

Generational shift about debt
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Insurance:

How the Crunch Is Playing Out
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Allocation of Nondebtor's Payment to Interest Before Principal Violated Bar on Collection of Post-Petition Interest
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Pre-deposition Notice Required to Preserve Deficiency Claim
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Case studies in a mortgage collapse: broker and client
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Investigating subprime lending
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Texas Prosecutor Urges Lenders to Address Foreclosure Rates
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Home price recession could last ten more years
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Levitt unit falls like house of cards
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Texas Foreclosures Expected To Rise
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Credit turmoil threatens US commercial property market
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Countrywide Warns Credit Downgrade Could Hurt Business
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Homes Left Vacant in Slump Mar Neighborhoods
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Fannie Mae sitting on homes
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Housing slide may last years
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Assets auction a bust
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FHA loans soar in wake of subprime crash
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Should Bankruptcy Judges Be Given the Power to Rewrite Mortgages
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"Termination" of Lease Interpreted Broadly
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Insiders Buy Mortgage Insurer's Beaten-Down Stock
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Central Mall bankruptcy case a "convoluted mess"
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Slow Housing Market Drags Home Depot 3Q
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Deutsche Bank predicts subprime losses at $300-400 billion worldwide
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Mortgage-fraud task force opens command center in Cleveland
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E-Loan to cut 400 jobs
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Letter of Credit Proceeds Applied to Lease Rejection Damages
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One-Third of Americans 'Concerned' That Subprime Mortgage Crisis May Affect Ability to Obtain Car Loans, Other Credit
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Accounting:

Goldman Held Bigger Level 3 Share Than Citi, Merrill
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Court Declines to Hold Auditors Liable for Failure to Include Ongoing Concern Qualification
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Bad Faith:

Chapter 11 Petition Filed Days Before Expiration of Holdover Tenancy Constitutes "Bad Faith"
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UK:

Investment Group Eyes Northern Rock
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There is no Northern Rock rescue for subprime savers
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Some British banks lose shareholders' confidence
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HSBC braced for U.S. hit, to issue group Q3 update
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IVA minimum payment hikes
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House-Price Index Falls to Two-Year Low
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'Sub-prime black hole is getting scarier'
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U.K. Inflation Rate Increases to a Four-Month High
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Russia:

Moscow court orders end to Yukos bankruptcy proceedings
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Canada:

Eatery for rich and glitzy eyes bankruptcy
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Japan:

Japanese firm to hire Nova teachers
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Bank of Japan Holds Interest Rate Steady
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Germany:

German Investor Confidence Drops to 15-Year Low
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WestLB Expects Loss of More Than EU100 Million in '07
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Italy:

Parmalat Share Gain Probable as Litigants May Settle
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