December 15, 2008

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

The Change Agenda: A Long Time Coming
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Supersizing a GM bankruptcy
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Winston & Strawn's Jeff Marwil on a GM bankruptcy
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Lawyer Seen as Bold Enough to Cheat the Best of Investors
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Where do Things Stand With Marc Dreier?
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Dreier Employees to Go Payless
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Dreier Attorneys Warned Not to Count on Pay
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Eton Park: Dreier Touched Us In The Bad Place
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Potential Dreier Entanglees
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How Lawyers Survive Being Fired; Like Riding in a Careening Car, One Says
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Layoff Update: Proskauer Rose
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Restructuring Roundup: The Happy Holidays Edition
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Pay Freeze Watch: Womble Carlyle Bows to Southeast Economy
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‘Houdini’ Dreier, an Aggressive Litigator, Faces Fraud Charges
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Gearing Up to Aid Downsized Lawyers
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GOP Signals Rough Path to AG Position for Holder
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Former Partner Pleads to Tax Crimes
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The long legal road ahead for Detroit
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Court: Boston Firm Can Deny Deferred Income to Nonretiring, Departing Partners
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Frazzled financial types find crisis relief at Frankfurt fight club
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BigLaw Firm Bucks Trend, Publicly Announces Layoffs of 30 Attorney and Staffers
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Deception, Corruption and Litigation
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Securities Litigation: More than Just Subprime
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Nation's bankruptcy capital still growing
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3 More NY Lawyers Lose Pensions; 45 Now on State’s No-Pay List
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University of Michigan Law Student Should Have Come to ATL First
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Welcome to the Future: Is iPhone Quality Possible for Law?
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Judges:

Bankruptcy judge to take appellate seat
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No COLA For Federal Judges
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Judge Kent not just your average defendant
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Are Little Changed; Apple Falls, GM Advances
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European Markets' Gains Capped by Madoff Concerns
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European, Asian Shares Rise
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Auto stocks dive on bailout failure
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Toyota Gains on Speculation US Will Help Carmakers
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Wall Street's Last Full Week Of '08 Is A Big One
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Goldman Sachs Shares Morgan Stanley’s Pain as Prospects Darken
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The Unmatched Brazenness of Goldman Sachs
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Autos:

Detroit Gets Access to Bailout Funds
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GM in bankruptcy - Bailout or not, the odds are it will happen. Here's how it will unfold.
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White House Sizes Up Larger Auto Rescue
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Bankruptcy, not a bailout, is the best route for ailing U.S. automakers
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Bush Blinks on the Auto Bailout
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Can The TARP Be Pulled Over Detroit?
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Bush Signals Swift Decision on Funds for GM, Chrysler
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Corker Says UAW Counted on Bush to Offer Automakers a Bailout
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Relief for Detroit as Bush steps up for automakers
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Can the US Auto Industry Be Saved?
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White House: No immediate deal on auto loans
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TARP funds for car makers? Paulson might object
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Telling Detroit "No"
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A Finger in the Dike
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Auto loan deal negotiations continue
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Meet the Undertakers: GM's Bankruptcy Advisers
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GM Lawyer Plans ‘Futuristic’ Restructuring as Auto Bailout Fails
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Specter of Bankruptcy Rears Its Head
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How Destructive Would Bankruptcy Be for Big Three?
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A primer on business bankruptcy : winners, losers
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GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies Would Hit Confidence, Deepen Slump
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Bankruptcy offers Big 3 the way to help themselves
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GM says it's resisted bankruptcy option to allay fears
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Make the pain, not the Detroit 3 automakers, go away - Much has changed since Chrysler first got bailed out
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More Owners 'Upside-Down' In Their Cars
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McCain wants ' bankruptcy -like solution' for auto industry
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Cost of auto industry aid could exceed any benefit
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White House Takes "Available" Time For Autos
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Mitch McConnell's Finest Hour
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Republicans manufacture a deal breaker
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Senate Republicans had plenty of reasons to scuttle auto bailout
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Detroit: The Real Battle Is Politics
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Republicans subsidize foreign auto makers, but leave Detroit hanging
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Auto bailout's death seen as a Republican blow at unions
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Angry UAW members lash out at senators
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Bankruptcies Would Cause Turmoil' Within Weeks'
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After Its Big Cuts, Detroit Makes Lots of Small Ones
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Lawrence Lessig: Bankruptcy , Not a Bailout
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GM to cut production by 250,000 autos in early '09
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GM shutdown to create ripple pain
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Bailout Roulette The auto industry's last chance for a rescue.
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Three for Chapter 11
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Scratch the surface of the automaker-loan failure, and you will find ... more failure?
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Scenes From the Auto Bailout's Wake
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Suppliers, chip-makers feel Big Three’s pain
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Nascar’s Sponsors, Hit by Sticker Shock
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One of Big Three likely to face closure
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Canada Agrees on Conditional Auto Aid Plan
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Blank Check for Banks, Pink Slips for Detroit
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GM works on plans to accommodate bondholders
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Of bailouts, boycotts, and buying a Ford.
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Dealers singing auto sales blues
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San Bernardino Cadillac dealership closing
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Michigan's Fate Hangs on Bailout
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GM, Chrysler Face Supplier Bills
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Auto Bailout's Hidden Danger
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Canadian auto bailout relies on US action
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Lehman:

The Man Who Is Unwinding Lehman Brothers
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PBGC seeks to end Lehman’s pension plan to protect benefits
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Exposed: Dick Fuld, the man who brought the world to its knees
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Court to Decide Fate Of Lehman Contracts
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Credit Cards:

Fed may change credit card rules
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US credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’
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Newspapers:

No easy fix for US newspaper industry as online media takes over
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Courage in the face of danger -- and bankruptcy
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Newspapers: "Black and white and totally over?"
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MediaNews Sees Bad Timing on Newspapers, Not Bad Bets
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Another Newspaper Bet Goes Bad
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This Newspaper Is Fighting Back
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It's owners, not papers, that are the problem
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Detroit Papers Get Worse, Harder To Obtain
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Health Care:

Necessary Medicine?
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Kimball Medical Center denies talk of closing
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University Hospital faces crisis
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Aliquippa hospital shuts down abruptly
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Commonwealth Medical Center closes after bankruptcy
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Obama's healthcare plans
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Houston arm will be centerpiece of Introgen reorganization effort
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Bonds:

Bond Bet Bites Deutsche Bank
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Music:

Handel Choir of Baltimore says it will disband children's group
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Cash-strapped Symphony awaits word on $1M loan
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Derivatives:

CDS report: Credit worse into year end
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Paul Hastings' Robert Claassen on the regulation of credit default swaps
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Boating:

Yacht charter company files for bankruptcy
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Economy:

Obama Stimulus Could Reach $1 Trillion: Report
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Fed Still Refuses To Name Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending
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Production in US Probably Fell as Sales Slump Forced Cutbacks
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Bailout: There is, Perhaps, a Grimmer Truth
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8 really, really scary predictions
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If Fed mimics BOJ, Treasury yield drop could be big
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Auto bailout likely to steal limelight from Fed
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Fed to Press Rates Toward Zero
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As Rates Near Zero, the Fed Turns to Unproven Methods
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Treasury Benefits From ‘Paranoia’ as Rates Decline
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WSJ Survey: Outlook Darkens, Recession Deepens
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Retail Sales, Producer Prices Slumped
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US business just shutting down - expert
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When does Main Street get help from Treasury?
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Too many newspapers and not enough history
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Enviro Economics - Despite all their promise, green companies are awash in red
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US on the road to depression?
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IMF Sees Beginning Of Global Recovery Late 2009
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Annus Horribilis Peaks in Anxiety for Global Economy
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So what could go wrong next?
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Real Estate:

US Home Values May Fall by $2 Trillion This Year, Zillow Says
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Fannie Mae to End Tenant Evictions in Foreclosures
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When Red is the Color of the Season: Commercial Property Leases and Bankruptcy
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When Housing Fell, It Took Others Along
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The Future of Residential Mortgages (Maybe)
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Recession Adds to WTC Troubles
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New signs point to end of housing meltdown
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The end of the 0% down payment
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Strapped? Maybe lien strip will help
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Charges Filed in Mortgage Scheme
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The South Florida real estate market
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Religion:

Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches
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Finance:

Before the Fear, There Was Foolishness
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Mortgages: A Possible Drag on Bank Lending
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Fraud:

Top socialites face ruin...
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Madoff’s Investors Had More Than $24 Billion With Firm
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Lawyers, Gather Up! There's a $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme to Sue Over
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Madoff Auditor Under Investigation by New York State Prosecutor
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Fairfield Greenwich Sent Madoff $7.3 Billion as Hedge Funds Raked in Fees
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Bernie Madoff
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Whopping frauds are popping up all over. Blame the recession and the bear market?
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Sons Turned In Madoff
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Madoff Said to Use Unregistered Side-Unit for Clients
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The 17th Floor, Where Wealth Went to Vanish
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Madoff Arrest Forces Nonprofit’s Closing, Stirs Worry at Others
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Madoff’s $50 Billion ‘Lie’ Ensnares Victims From Paris to Tokyo
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The Madoff-o-Meter
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Ponzi schemes, corruption and bankruptcy signal American meltdown
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Fraud Charges Reverberate
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For Investors, Trust Lost, and Money Too
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SEC Sifts Through Records
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Madoff case another black eye for SEC
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Elementary, dear SEC
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Swiss Bank Sees $327M at Risk in Madoff Affair
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Nomura Has 27.5 Billion Yen at Risk Linked to Madoff
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Wilpon’s Losses in Fraud Case May Affect Mets
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A Palm Beach Enclave, Stunned by an Inside Job
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RBS and Man Group Report Exposure to Madoff Fraud
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Investors hit out on '$50bn con'
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Probe finds evidence Madoff ran unregistered unit
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More banks reveal Madoff exposure
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HSBC May Have $1 Billion Exposure in Madoff Fraud Case
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Fund Fraud Hits Big Names
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Losses Spread In Madoff Case
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Investors May Have to Surrender Gains
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In Palm Beach, Investors Assume Worst
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Businesses Say Employee Theft Is Up
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Fraud, Everywhere
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Sovereign Debt:

Ecuador seeks 'big discount' in debt payments
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Ecuador Default May Hit ‘True Monsters’ Harder Than Argentina
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Sri Lanka Credit Rating Cut to B by Standard & Poor’s
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Main US Creditors Rub Shoulders
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Layoffs:

States’ Funds for Jobless Are Drying Up
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How To Find a Job in a Bad Economy
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Equal cuts expected at Merrill and BofA
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Playing Mr. Mom — For a While — And Liking It
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Who Would Jesus Lay Off?
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Pensions:

How to Fix 401(k)s
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Agency That Protects Pension Plans May Be in Jeopardy
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Hedge Funds:

Withdrawals bedevil hedge funds, and not just the poor performers
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Third of Hedge Funds Face ‘Wipe Out’ After Slump, Godden Says
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Fleeing Investors Put a Strain on Funds
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Senate Seeks Pequot Answers
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Trucking:

California approves measure to cut diesel pollution, truckers say bankruptcies will follow
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Cost of diesel retrofit troubles truck owners
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Museums:

NY museums may be able to sell works to pay debt
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Labor:

When you're the employee, bankruptcy is very painful
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Losing jobs shouldn't mean losing insurance
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Personal Finance:

The value of living within our means
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Theme Parks:

Hard Rock Park: The way the music died
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Toys:

Is Barbie recession proof?
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Mining:

Helper Mine Owner Reworks Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Business bankruptcies keep rising; no relief in sight
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Financial Literacy:

RISE Brings Financial Literacy To Workplaces
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Art:

Economy Testing Creativity of the Arts
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Celebs:

T-Boz, from All-Girl Group TLC, Losing Georgia Home in Foreclosure
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Distressed Investing:

Hedge Fund Dalton to Start $550 Million Distressed Asset Fund
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Accounting:

Recession set to fuel legal action against accountants
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Consumer Finance:

Too Dumb To Borrow?
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Utilities:

Suitors for potential acquisition of struggling Reliant begin to emerge
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Corporate Reform:

Are we in the midst of a wave of white collar crime?
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Private Equity:

PE lobby, S&P joust over defaults
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Recording Industry:

Lawsuit pushes record labels into Chapter 11
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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:

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Bankruptcy Humor:

Bankruptcy Bill
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Bankruptcy Reform:

House mortgage bankruptcy bill
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Mass Torts:

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider $500 Million Asbestos Settlement
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Hedge Funds:

Citadel Suspends Redemptions From Two Hedge Funds
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Insurance:

Has your CGL policy been gutted?
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Fund Manager Fraud Insurance
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AIG Said to Offer Retention Payment to Bigger Group of Workers
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Is Insurance the Next Victim of The Global Financial Crisis?
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Banking:

Feds shut 2 banks in Georgia, Texas
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US bank chiefs pressured to waive bonuses
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GMAC Awaits Its Fate on Debt Plan
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Telecoms:

Trouble Ahead for Telecom Equipment Firms
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Alcatel-Lucent's Perpetual Turnaround
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Hawaiian Telcom wants to move bankruptcy case
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Judge grants Met-Net final OK to tap cash
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Television:

Tapped out: Local DC station moves to one-person news crews
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Charter Bankruptcy Likely In 2009 - Moody's downgrades
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Retailing:

Retail sales keep plunging as wholesale prices follow
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Surges in bankruptcies , closures loom
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Judge indicates KB Toys can use cash collateral
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Toy retailers test whether they're recession-proof
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New England Housewares Chain Is Singing The Blues
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Analysts expect more discounts as Christmas nears
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General Growth refinances mortgages
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Mall owner says it's still in debt talks
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Rise & fall of Target
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Mall Owners Seek Debt Extensions
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Food/Drink:

Meatpacker finds possible buyer
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Aviation:

Plane owners grounded by manufacturer bankruptcy
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Most of Delta's 75,000 employees to get buyout offer
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Hollywood:

Yari Distribution Unit Forced into Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Where Will Oil Go from Here? Goldman Says $45, Iran Says $100
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OPEC in Race Against Falling Prices
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OPEC President: Global Oil Market Oversupplied By 400 Million Barrels
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Municipalities:

Gov. Paterson to Propose $4 Billion in Taxes and Fees to Close Deficit
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Debt Collection:

Business debts more often gong to collection
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Collection agencies see work grow in size, complications
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Travel:

Installment plans take flight in travel industry
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Tech:

Chapter 11 bankruptcy unplugs NetVersant
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Tax:

New IRS rules: Creditor Stock may count for continuity of interest in and out of Bankruptcy
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Sales:

Liquidation Sales Swell, But Will They Save You Money?
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Gambling:

Moody’s downgrades Hooters
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M&A:

Huntsman takeover deal ends, settlement with Apollo reached
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Apollo Pays Huntsman $700 Million to Terminate $6.5 Billion LBO
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Horticulture:

Black Diamond finds financing
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UK:

U.K. Weighs Revamp of Bailout
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Cameron Wants ‘Day of Reckoning’ for UK Banking Industry
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UK Households' Debt Struggle at 13-Year High
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UK carmakers 'to be given help'
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Abbey Squeezes Mortgage Payers Whilst Losing Billions to Wallstreet Fraud
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‘Minority’ facing higher mortgage payments: BoE
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Bankruptcy - last resort for the desperate
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Crunch time as council meets the banks
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Bankruptcy notices double in Derby in just three months
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UK House Prices to Fall 10% in 2009
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House prices to crash 30 per cent
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Spending power down in 70 per cent of UK households
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EU:

The European fiscal stimulus and the trick cigar
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Electrolux Abandons Profit Target, to Cut 3000 Jobs
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Germany:

Bosch may cut hundreds of jobs
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Merkel Hosts Experts at Economic Summit
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German Companies Pledge to Hold on to Staff in 2009
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Middle East:

Prince Alwaleed Loses 19% of Wealth on Slump
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Australia:

Bankers poised to back Centro
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Biotech Ventracor is on life support
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Commonwealth Bank Chases 450 Storm Customers for Margin Calls
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Mining crash signals “unmitigated disaster” for Australian economy
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Ireland:

Ireland to inject up to $13.5 billion in banking sector
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Ireland’s answer - use the pension pot
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Irish Government May Lead Rescue of Nation’s Banks
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Retail chain goes into liquidation
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Iceland:

Icelanders facing a frugal holiday
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Canada:

Collapse of Pension Funds: The End of Retirement?
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Japan:

Confidence plunges at Japanese companies
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Global credit crisis claims first Japanese shipbuilder
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Japan’s Manufacturing Confidence Index Drops Sharply
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Mexico:

Mexico’s Industrial Output May Fall for Sixth Month
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Argentina:

Argentine Economy Probably Slowed in Third Quarter
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China:

China Industrial-Output Growth Is Weakest Since 1999
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India:

India May Take More Steps to Help Weakening Economy
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Singapore:

Singapore's Retail Sales Unexpectedly Decline as Recession Hurts Spending
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