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Life Lessons From a Legal Rock Star
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NY Firms Cashed In on Lobbying at Record Pace
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Supreme Court Justices Turn to Ex-Clerks for Unusual Role
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Attorney Allegedly Fired for Being "Too Much of a Lawyer"
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UK law firm first to commit to stock offering
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90 N.Y. Lawyers May Have Collected Millions of Dollars in 'Scam' Pensions
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Consumer Confidence Falls to 26-Year Low
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Fewer Men Work
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G-7 May Have to Act Before Sustained Dollar Rebound
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World leaders show unity as credit crisis drags on
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Billionaire George Soros sees trouble where others turn a blind eye
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Slowdown tougher on debt-laden companies
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Greenspan defends oversight of economy
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Bernanke in 2002 Urged Readiness to Cut Rates `Aggressively'
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The Fed Had All It Needed to Avoid Crisis
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Remembering the Great Depression
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Rising Food Prices and Public Policy
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'Hard times' push more to request food stamps
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Obama Pushes Say on Pay
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Subprime players may get big tax break
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Negotiating with the Mortgage Company
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Taxpayers rescue mortgage lenders
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Washington Takes On the Mortgage Mess
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Bush for bailouts?
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Fannie warns homeowners who walk away
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Sinking housing market maroons homeowners
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The real estate crisis is nothing compared to our long-term debt addiction
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Foreclosure scam may have hit Napa
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Many areas are becoming ghost towns as families foreclose
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Federal program now best bet for home shoppers?
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Housing decline puts heat on CFM
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SunCrest: Sunk by 'perfect storm'?
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Fremont Forges Sale Pact
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Higley Park draws interim cash
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You Thought You Had an Equity Line
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Mortgage counseling hotline beefed up
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Feds finally take action in Airline Industry Bankruptcy Crises :)
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Pounded and grounded
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American Airlines to hike air fares
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Delta, Northwest Could Unveil Merger as Early as Tuesday
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Northwest pilot leaders due to meet amid merger buzz
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Pilot unions to meet separately
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Signs of trouble ahead for Northwest, Delta
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FAA's nosedive on air safety
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Airlines skid to end of rough week
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Frontier adds to airlines' troubles
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Frontier gets bankruptcy court approval to keep flying
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Frontier: Tweaks or overhaul?
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Fronteir boss willing to make tough decisions
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Frontier Airlines, The Latest Credit Card Victim
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First Data's demand turns fears to reality
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Frontier, First Data play the blame game
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Not all's fare as airlines seek cash
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Wave of airline bankruptcies shakes industry
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Matter of Time Before More Airline Frustrations Take to the Skies
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Bush gets update on airline woes
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Beset by flight delays, excuses, passengers need a bill of rights
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ATA plan ticks off workers
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Former Aloha Employees File Lawsuit
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High oil prices drive Sun Country to cut jobs
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Scared out of the sky
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How the recession could be good for airline passengers.
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United's next hurdle: costly repairs
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Aloha clouds Honolulu airport plan
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Bankrupt Airlines: Four's a Crowd
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Most airlines struggle to stay solvent
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Wall Street:
It's a Long, Cold, Cashless Siege
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Goldman Strategist Says U.S. Earnings Are 'Awful'
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Stocks in Europe and Asia Decline; U.S. Index Futures Retreat
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Stock Futures Track Global Falls
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Wall Street soured
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US stocks brace for flood of earnings reports
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Billionaire sues Bear over stock purchase
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Goldman sacks more employees
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Major Indexes Fall More Than 2 Percent
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Global equity markets slide in Q1
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Corporate Reform:
IMF advisory body says time for reform has come
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Hedge Funds:
Credit Crunch Hurts Hedge Funds
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Kaupthing accuses hedge funds of 'smears'
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SEC Demands $198 Million From Hedge Fund
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Credit Crunch Hurts Hedge-Fund Stars
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Court Dismisses Involuntary Petition against Ritchie Multi-Strategy Global, L.L.C.
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Autos:
American Axle Makes New Offer to UAW
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UAW rejects mediator in American Axle talks
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Veterans of GM buyouts offer tips to those facing new offer
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Delphi chairman recounts tense times with UAW
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Delphi seeks more time before bankruptcy exit
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Enron:
Battle Looms Between CRRA, Towns That Sued Over Enron Deal
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Student Debt:
College Loans Trigger New Worries
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Loans, aid unaffected by slow economy
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Fewer Options Open to Pay for Costs of College
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A Tougher Market for Student Loans
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Personal Finance:
Economic woes altering vacation plans
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Debt forced Naval officer to become call girl
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Rating Agencies:
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Manufacturing:
GE Stuns Investors With Profit Miss, Cut in Forecast
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GE shares fall 13%
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Lessons of GE
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GE's profit shortfall underscores credit crisis
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Tax:
IRS Corporate Tax Audits Fall
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Man renounces US citizenship during tax evasion sentencing
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Banking:
Wachovia posts surprise loss
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Citigroup and Merrill Lynch reveal fresh $15bn loss
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Citigroup faces growing pressure to cut dividend
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Citi mulling sale of its German operation
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Investors fear for US bank losses
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Bank of Nova Scotia interested in National City auction
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Banks resist push for greater cash reserves
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Deutsche Bank to Sell LBO Debt
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Banks edging closer to a subprime pass
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Mass Torts:
Congoleum Irks Insurers With Exit Plan
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Good Grace
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Retailing:
Retailers form check-out line
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Speculation Grows Over LNT Bankruptcy Protection Filing
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Apollo Struggles to Keep Debt From Sinking Linens n Things
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Linens 'n Things retains restructuring firm Conway Del Genio Gries
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Banks not bailing out retailers
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Economy's slide sends more stores into bankruptcy
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Religion:
Abuse Victims Group Plans Protest
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US Catholics seek bold papal action on sex abuse
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Archdiocese of Portland hands over deeds to 124 parishes
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Churches Tackle Worshipers' Money Management
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Scalia 'Disturbed' About Church-State Separation 'Lie'
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Art:
An Art World Casualty
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Is Street Turmoil Coloring Art Market?
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Credit Cards:
Even Credit Card Offers Are Ebbing
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Capital One Charge-Offs Rise, Delinquencies Fall
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Pensions:
Consumers increasingly take loans from retirement plans
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Accounting:
A Lender Failed. Did Its Auditor?
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Profit warnings reach seven-year high
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FASB defends fair value
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Restating: The Career Killer
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
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Bonds:
Auction Rate Collapse Brings Bondholders 12% After-Tax Return
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Jewelry:
LID New York plans on selling its assets
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Movie Industry:
Now playing: Revenge of the Hollywood Lenders
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UK:
UK economy faces tough times as credit crunch hits big City spenders
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'Apprentice' reject faces bankruptcy
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The House of Lords hands down its decision in the HIH assets appeal
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Equifax Survey Reveals Mortgage Troubles Ahead
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Fear of closure for 4,000 estate agents
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Erinaceous falls victim to property slide
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Switzerland:
IMF cuts Swiss 2009 growth outlook to below 1 per cent
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EU:
ECB Can't Afford to Cut Rates This Year
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China:
IMF says China not immune
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China Stocks Fall Most in 11 Weeks on Interest Rates Concern
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Canada:
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Australia: Families hit by rising bankruptcies and home repossessions
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Iceland:
Iceland's fire
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