Law:

At Trial, Lawyer Claims Former Firm Cut Her Salary Over Pregnancy
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Edwards Scandal Puts Texas Plaintiffs Lawyer on the Defensive
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Attorney Says He Paid for Cross-Country Moves Before Learning of Edwards' Affair
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In U.S., Expert Witnesses Are Partisan
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Layoff Watch: The Sky Is Not Falling, and a list of law firms that have done layoffs)
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Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: Stoel is Freestylin'
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Pepper Hamilton Expands Delaware Corporate Practice
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Law Firms Opening Distressed Assets Groups
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Law Firms: Upping the Flex Factor
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Economy, Exits Hurt Buchanan Ingersoll
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London and New York, Meet Mumbai and Delhi
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Thelen: And Then There Was Steiner. For Now.
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Another Firm Drops Summer Associate Program
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GCs' Pet Peeves
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General Motors drives the use of minority and women lawyers on its matters, with targets
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Aides in US Hiring Scandal Won't Be Prosecuted, Mukasey Says
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E-Discovery Worries Persist
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Attempt to Relax Conflicts Rules Falls Short at ABA Annual Meeting
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Under what circumstances may a plaintiff file a complaint using a pseudonym?
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Lawyer saved in daring jungle rescue
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What was the date again?
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Judges:

Judge's Perjury Trial Begins
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Banking:

Banks' Subprime Losses Top $500 Billion on Writedowns
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Banks remain exposed to risk after debt sales
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UBS: Preparing to Dump Its Investment Bank?
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Cool reception greets UBS shake-up
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UBS chiefs knew of rule breaches
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UBS reorganizes, appoints new CFO as rich clients flee
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UBS posts Q2 losses, writedowns of $5.1B
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Michael Price Shorts Citigroup, Sees Few Banks to Buy
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FDIC official cuts estimate of IndyMac's uninsured deposits
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Fifth Third to seek bidders for payment arm
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ABN arm secures future with €1bn financing
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Chevy Chase Ceases Lending In All But 11 States
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ING bank reports 25 percent fall in 2Q earnings
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As Big Banks Send Work to India, World Financial Centers Lose Steam
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Wall Street:

US stocks head for moderately lower open
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Stock Pessimism Fades as Commodities Tumble, Bank Concern Eases
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U.S. Stocks Fall Tues. on Banking Concern; JPMorgan, Goldman Retreat
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Goldman Estimates Cut by Oppenheimer, Deutsche Bank
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Stricter Short-Sale Rules Seen In Wake Of Emergency Order
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Short-selling rule backfires
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Since 2002, when research was formally separated from investment banking, the quality of research on Wall Street has deteriorated, and many top analysts have left the business
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Efforts to de-risk banks' balance sheets raise questions
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Tax:

Study says most corporations pay no US income taxes
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Do Most Companies Really Pay No Taxes?
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Music:

McLean trustee wants instruments returned
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Oil/Gas:

Trustee's office calls for investigation of Semgroup trading practices
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U.S. oil demand drops to lowest level in 26 years
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SemGroup's bankrupt claim questioned
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Autos:

Severance falls short for Plastech workers
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Dura still looking for cost savings
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Suppliers warn U.S. already losing race for electric car technology
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Blue Water decides to liquidate
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GM sees "significant interest" in assets for sale
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Auto supplier Intermet seeks bankruptcy protection
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Ford lays off 300 Detroit-area auto workers
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An S.U.V. Traffic Jam
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SUV Inventories: Up, or Down?
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BMW, Daimler face reality, but Europe's mass car makers are in denial
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Construction:

Fletcher Full-Year Earnings Fall on US Housing Decline
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Workouts:

Who Owns Your Loan? - Entrepreneurs are negotiating with tough new creditors as banks look to ditch troubled loans
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Resorts:

Wildwood, lender hit choppy waters
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Pensions:

Fla. state pension fund loses 4.4 pct in year
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Predatory Lending:

Payday loan bill bad for consumers
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Cross-Border:

New Cap wins permanent protection
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Real Estate:

One Third of New Owners Owe More Than House Is Worth
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45 Percent of 2006 Home Buyers Underwater
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America's most in-debt households
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Mortgage Applications Index Fell 1.5% Last Week
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Home Prices Off Nearly 12 Percent in June, Index Says
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CA Foreclosures Unexpectedly Surge
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W.Va. AG sues Countrywide over home foreclosures
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Countrywide/BofA Merger Impacts California Defaults
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See you in court, Countrywide edition
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HUD: bankrupt Arizona lender violated RESPA
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Freddie to Stop Buying Subprime Loans in NY State
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Banks, GSEs Crossing Signals?
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Mortgage Giants Find a Bright Spot in Rental Financing
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Pa. starts to test subprime lenders
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D.R. Horton funded down payments for 29% of its sales last quarter?
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California foreclosure sales jump 22.5% since June
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World focused on Merced's dire housing situation
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Toll Reports Revenue Decline as Home Slump Deepens
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Finance:

Mechanism for Credit Is Still Stuck
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CDOs:

S&P Cuts Ratings On $17.63 Billion In CDOs On Credit Deterioration
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Economy:

The likeliness of a consumer squeeze
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U.S. Retools Economy, Curbing Thirst for Oil
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Fed auctions another $25 billion in loans
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Meltzer Says Fed Failing to Control Inflation, ECB Doing Better
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Bankruptcy Rising, in the Midst of a Boom
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Newspapers:

Bad News At Thomson Reuters
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ARS:

Citi, UBS, Merrill Say 'Oops' on Auction Freezeout
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Buyback Headache for Fund Firms
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Auction-Rate Hangups
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Funds Join Redeem Team
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The 2005 Chapter 11 Amendments: Facilitating a downward spiral?
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings Hit Recent High Last Month
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Food/Drink:

Upscale New York Sandwich Chain Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Uno Restaurant Faces 'Default' Grade on Missed Coupon
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Reinhold Creditors Request Liquidation
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Bennigan's franchisees look to regroup
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Municipalities:

Vallejo bankruptcy case proves time-consuming
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Jeffco Commission To Consider Sewer Options
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After failing to produce a workable sewer bailout plan, Jefferson County should call on the governor to appoint an independent sewer task force
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Jeffco wants AG Troy King to investigate banks in sewer banks
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Wall Street Losses Cut Tax Bill, Sap New York Revenue
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Retailing:

Bed Bath & Beyond benefits from Linens' woes
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Linens to Close 28 More Stores
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At Linens, the news worsens
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Gottschalks seeks cash infusion
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TJX Net More Than Triples as Shoppers Seek Bargains
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Circuit City: Outlook Is Grimmer Than Ever
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Boscov's future
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Alumni Hall wins Dawahare's stores, 117 Bidding Rounds
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Turnarounds:

What it Takes to Be a Turnaround Pro
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Tatum Appoints Leadership to Texas Restructuring Practice
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Distressed Investing:

Private equity funds focus on distressed debt
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Firm finds value in bad loans
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Finance:

Banks to toughen lending standards into 2009
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Hotels:

Credit crunch catches up with IHG
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Alternative Fuels:

Biofuel Energy shares fall 60%
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Corporate Reform:

Brocade Backdating Cases Make for Strange Bedfellows
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Derivatives:

Credit Default Swaps Dealers Get Nasty
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Student Debt:

Three Large Lenders Out of FFEL - Nonprofits Unable to Secure Bridge Loans
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Avoidance Actions:

Incorporation = fraudulent transfer?
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
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Aviation:

Frontier receives first round of funding
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Prosecutors launch Alitalia investigation
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Delta, Northwest pilots to arbitrate seniority
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Troubled airlines boost parts auctions
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United Airlines: O'Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
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Bankruptcy Sales:

Judge Markell's Bombshell BAP Ruling That a Winning Credit Bid in a Bankruptcy 363 Sale Doesn't Strip Off Junior Liens
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Jewelry:

Whitehall to hold liquidation sale into holidays
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Courts:

Bankruptcy Court finds new home
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Politics:

Fannie Mae spent more than $1.5M lobbying in 2Q
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Freddie Mac spent nearly $2.3M lobbying in 2Q
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Awards:

The 2009 Vault Rankings Are Out!
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Fried Frank Named One of the Best Law Firms for Women
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Hunton & Williams LLP Chosen Among Best Law Firms for Women
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Heller Ehrman Named Among Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers' 2008 List of Best Law Firms for Women
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz #1 Law Firm for Sixth Straight Year, Says Vault
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Sidley Named a Best Law Firm for Women
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4 CA Firms fall, 4 join 'Working Mothers' list
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Davis Polk Named Among Best Law Firms for Women
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Annual Report Puts Spotlight on Best Law Firms for Women
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Credit Cards:

Card Issuers Tighten Underwriting Standards
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Recording Industry:

Death Row Records Ends Assets Duel
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Celebs:

Pacman's House Fetches $1.1 Million At Auction
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More mortgage troubles for Ed McMahon
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McLean victims to get little
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Plastics:

Atlantis can use DIP loan
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Health Care:

Oasis wins Highgate auction
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UK:

U.K. bankruptcy brigade
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UK Pound Declines to 21-Month Low as Housing Slump Deepens
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Bank of England Cuts Growth Forecasts, Jobless Climbs
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Jobs market continues to falter
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Surge in credit card debt charge-offs
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Banks face risk of stricter rules
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In pursuit of best practice for UK insolvency regime
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Lenders save Labour from bankruptcy with 7 year reprieve to pay £15m
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Bank of England clears way for rate cuts
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London Banks, Falling Down
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Heat is on for offshore account holders
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Football clubs bitten by credit crunch
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Generation debt's financial problems only just beginning
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EU:

Economic Malaise Threatens To Undermine European Unity
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Israel:

Court Appoints Temporary Receiver for Delta Diamonds
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Latin America:

Latin America Faces Deeper Poverty From Food Prices
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Germany:

SachsenLB investigators carry out raids
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Australia:

Australian Consumer Sentiment Rises 9.1%
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Japan:

Japan Economy Shrinks 2.4%, Signaling Recession Looms
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Japan's Stock Futures Fall as Asset-Writedown Concerns Reemerge
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Urban Files for Bankruptcy With $2.35 Billion in Debt
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India:

India's economy expected to grow 7.7 pct this year
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Canada:

Madill equipment goes on the block
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Spain:

Spanish holiday village becomes symbol of property crisis
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