Law:

Few Law Firms Expect Layoffs, Survey Says
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Following Pack, Another NY Leader Halves Bonuses
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Yawn...Weil Scores Another Big Bankruptcy
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Sprayregen's homecoming
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Most In-House Lawyers Surveyed Expect to Reduce Outside Law Firms
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43% of Law Firm Leaders Surveyed Expect to Hire Fewer New Associates
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Managing Partners Expect Associate Head Count To Remain Stable: ATL Expects Associate Head Count to be a Useless and Misleading Statistic
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Wilmer Hale 'Clarifies' Late Night Meals Policy
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Four Factors that Could Change Law Practice
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US Firm Eyes More Layoffs in UK
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UK firm to cut jobs
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Even Lawyers Get Outsourced
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Bonus Watch: Davis Polk & Wardwell Joins Cravath/Simpson in Race to the Bottom
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Thacher Proffitt & Wood Staff Get The Shaft
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Layoff Watch: Fried Frank Stealth Layoff Update
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Law Firms Denied Permission to Leave Sex Bias Suit
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Alper-Pressman lured to Lathrop's creditor practice
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Herbert Smith has ditched plans to overhaul its financial reporting system after a gloomy profit outlook made it likely that partners would be left out of pocket.
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Calif. Firm Trims About Half Dozen Attorneys, 15 Staff Members
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Judge in Kuehne Case Finds Feds' Charge 'Disturbing'
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Associate Dies, Partners Escape Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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Europe Turns Higher After Asian Shares Fall
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Dow Plunges 680 Points Mon. as Recession Is Declared
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Bank stocks suffer biggest one-day decline since crisis began
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Stocks fall sharply on consumer spending worries
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Weak economy drives Nasdaq, S&P down over 6 pct
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The US stock market is proving equally as hard to please as Gina
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Goldman to report first loss. Ever.
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Outlook for results smack Goldman, Morgan Stanley
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Goldman faces $2 billion loss
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Broker-Training Programs Cut
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Financial Workers Ponder Career Change as Job Cuts Mount: Video
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Merrill falls with market, analyst cuts estimates
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Commodity Pay Falls Faster Than Oil as Goldman, Funds Retrench
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J.P. Morgan's Once-Hot Highbridge Goes Cold
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Autos:

Chewing Over a Big Three Chapter 11 Filing
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Executives Return to Congress to Plea for $25 Billion in Loans
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Union givebacks, exec comp curbs seen as keys to automaker bailout
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US Automakers, UAW to 'Genuflect' to Split Congress
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Big Three May Need to Trim Number of Brands
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What GM Will Look Like, If It Survives
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SAIC Denies Merger with General Motor
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GM Sticks To Latin America Plans, Says Bankruptcy 'Not The Scenario'
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Commerce Secretary: Car Makers Must Show 'Path to Viability'
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Automakers ready bold pitch; UAW to mull concessions
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Auto Workers to hold emergency meeting on bailout
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Shared denial takes Big 3 to brink
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Bankruptcy: A Real Bailout for Auto Makers
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Ford to Tout Small-Car Shift
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Ford says CEO will return to Washington by car
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Auto industry package may hinge on trimming dealerships
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Ford Explores Sale Of Volvo Amid Auto Industry Woes
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Detroit's D-Day
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Dealer closes; town feels pain
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Modern Metal, Auto Partsmaker, Files for Bankruptcy, Cites Falling Demand
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Porsche head predicts a hedge fund will swallow GM or Ford
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Auto Jobs On The Line In Europe
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Automakers' debt may be obstacle to federal loans
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UAW backs two-tier Congressional approach to US automaker woes
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US judge OKs Delphi's use of DIP loan past deadline
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Ontario and Ottawa will continue work on auto aid
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Toyota Trims Management Pay
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Tata Motors Drops After Sales Decline, Rating Cut
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Food/Drink:

Pilgrim's Pride files for Chapter 11 after all
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Pilgrim's files for bankruptcy, weighs on rivals
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Pilgrim's Pride Lines Up $450 Million For Chapter 11 Exit
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Texas Pols, Make Sure Those Checks Have Cleared -- It's Bankruptcy Time For Bo Pilgrim
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Lean Times Are Hard to Swallow
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Aviation:

Airline industry prospects bleaker now than after 9/11, says analyst
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Delta details planned capacity cuts
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UAL shares slide on planned $200M stock sale
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American Airlines Now Charging Fees To Non-Passengers :)
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Eclipse bankruptcy helps some, hurts many others
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Albany Int'l Corp. to waive $7.4M in Eclipse debt
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Frontier loses $20.5M in October
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Auto Racing:

NASCAR Faces a Bumpy Road Ahead
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Alternative Energy:

VeraSun loses another $246 million
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US Ethanol Producers Facing Liquidity Challenge
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Chadbourne & Parke's Todd Alexander predicts consolidation in ethanol industry
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VeraSun renegotiating corn contracts
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Gambling:

Trump Bondholders Should Seek Equity in Restructuring, KDP Says
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Municipalities:

Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in Calif.
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Defaults:

Up to 190 defaults next year by junk borrowers
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The second phase of the debt crisis is coming. How will we cope?
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Accounting:

KPMG-BCE: Auditor Conflict in Huge LBO Deal?
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Turnover of CFOs at Major Companies Rises Sharply and Outpaces CEO Departures, Amid Credit Crisis and Slowing Economy
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Government Throws in the Towel on KPMG
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Big Four make more women partner
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Mark-to-market accounting is crippling the economy
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Economy:

Manufacturing Shrinks Most in 26 Years
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Bernanke Warns That Economy Will Remain Weak
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'Great Recession' May Just Be Starting as Job Losses Mount, Credit Shrinks
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Warren: Bailout Monitor Sees Lack of a Coherent Plan
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What Next For the Bailout?
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Forget Citigroup, Puppet Show Needs a Bailout
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House to push $500 billion stimulus bill
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Bernanke Says Fed May Buy Treasuries to Aid Economy
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Even at 1%, Cuts Still 'Feasible'
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Data signal deep global downturn
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Officials Vow to Act Amid Forecasts of Long Recession
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Credit Manager's Index Falls To Record Low In November
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Recession in US Started in December 2007, Already Longest Since 1980s
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Kraft Mac & Cheese scoops NBER on US recession
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Everyday folk already knew the economy wasn't well
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'Bernanke-san' Signals Policy Shift, Evoking Japan Comparison
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US working on new lending programs: Paulson
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Beyond the Bailout State
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Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Turns Negative for the First Time Since 1980
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Swans push up the cost of the 12 Days of Christmas
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Florida's Depression
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US slump may drag down Texas economy
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Real Estate:

Delinquent Mortgages to Nearly Double
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Why mortgage modification is hard
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Investor Sues to Block Mortgage Modifications
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Countrywide Sued by Fund Over $8.4 Billion Loan Deal
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Investors sue Countrywide to force loans purchase
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1st Circuit Reverses Award Against Ameriquest of $750,000 for Emotional Distress
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Bankers helped kill stiffer mortgage rule proposals
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FHA Cash Cushion Has Fallen by 39%
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How To Cope With The Flood Of Foreclosures?
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Self-Employed Are Frozen Out of Mortgages
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Kobra bankruptcy fallout could reverberate through Placer
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Fitch reviewing Fidelity National for downgrade
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Builder Baesler declares bankruptcy
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Mortgage crisis: Shopping malls next
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Fixing the foreclosure crisis: State (MI) must end mortgage abuses
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Florida Lenders Agree To Voluntary 45-Day Foreclosure Delay
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New N.J. law provides $64M response to foreclosure crisis
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Activist moves people into foreclosed houses
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Banking:

How Low Can Banks Go?
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Citigroup Ends Severance 'Supplement' for Employees
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Citi, flush with bailout cash, enacts customer fee squeeze
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When Integrity failed
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JPMorgan Chase to lay off 9,200 WaMu workers
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Layoffs Begin At Amtrust
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Iceland bank Kaupthing files for US bankruptcy
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Deutsche Rejects a Rescue, Even as Its Shares Tumble
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Banks to reduce staff in Europe and Asia
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Major US banks worse than Japan's zombies?
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Retailing:

Online Retailers Feel Pressure from Bankruptcy Sales
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Bargain-hunters fail to save retail sales
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Find out the gift card rules
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Retail bankruptcies are multiplying
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General Growth Shrinks
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fund Pershing Square takes stake in General Growth Properties
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General Growth Plays For Time
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Sears Suffers 3Q Loss on Weak US, Kmart Sales
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US retail stocks fall on holiday shopping worries
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Finance:

Credit Market Risks Rise as Economic Slump Claims Industrials
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Metals:

Commercial Alloys, smelters file Ch. 11
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Lehman:

Code Lehman - The bankruptcy court assures repo markets that safe harbor provisions are available
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Dick Fuld Comes Full Circle
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Deadline extended for rival Neuberger bids
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A bank in Romania was exposed to Lehman Brothers's collapse
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Dick Fuld: Desperate Woman
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Hedge Funds:

Manulife, Societe Generale Reach Settlement Over Defunct Canadian Hedge Fund
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Asia Hedge Fund Said to Limit Investor Withdrawals
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EU moves toward new hedge fund rules
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Withdrawals shape hedge funds' future
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Paulson Bucks Paulson as His Hedge Funds Score $1 Billion Gain
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Parkcentral Defaulted: JPMorgan Lawsuit
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Another foreboding sign for hedge funds.
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Politics:

GOP senator calls on Democrats to help automakers
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What Happens to Hillary's $8 Million Debt?
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Bush: 'I'm sorry' crisis is occurring
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Mass Torts:

WR Grace settles a class action lawsuit
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Asbestos and Mesothelioma: A Younger Generation Now at Risk
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Oil/Gas:

Oil settles below $50 as recession called
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Oil Little Changed After Falling to 3-Year Low on US Slump
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Superior could get rival plan
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The credit crunch and falling commodity prices leave some oil companies on the sidelines
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Is this the end of OPEC?
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Tourism:

River Queens gone?
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Predatory Lending:

Bill would cap MO payday loan rates
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Media:

Redstone feeds fish as his empire implodes
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Redstone Talks Over Debt Go Slowly
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Sports:

Public Cheers for "Taxpayer's Field," Proponents Say
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Resorts:

Yellowstone obtains replacement DIP
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Credit Cards:

$2 trillion worth of credit-card lines may be cut.
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Issuers to pull 45% of credit card lines, analyst predicts
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Distressed Investing:

Why This Famous Raider Is Scooping Up Debt
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Soccer:

Valencia Face Up To Bankruptcy Fears
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Financial Literacy:

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Mining:

Grupo Mexico drops Asarco bid
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Furniture:

Mattress Bankruptcy is Uncomfortable for Secured Lenders
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Bankruptcy Reform:

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Video Games:

Redstone sells Midway Games stake at a huge loss
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

November FL business bankruptcy filings drop slightly
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HI bankruptcy filings highest level since 2005
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Bankruptcy filings rise 28% in year for Toledo area
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Fraud:

Fraud and bankruptcy go hand in hand
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Tom Petters indicted on new federal charges
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Alabama mayor arrested on bribery, fraud charges
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Theme Parks:

Ohio water park closing leaves some high and dry
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Enron:

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Theater:

American Musical Theatre of San Jose closes down
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Telecoms:

Hawaiian Telcom bankruptcy rare among traditional telcoms
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HawTel's efforts to compete hindered by rising debt load
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Carlyle's Hawaiian Telecom Bet Goes Belly Up
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Filing spurs feelings of apathy, fear
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Celebs:

50 Cent Admits to Losing Money Because of Failing Economy
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Former Palm Beach socialite Linda Gosman released on $1 million bail
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Trouble in Trump town as tycoon's fortune dwindles
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Trump's Lawyer Calls Bank Suit Over Chicago Hotel Loan 'Legal Stupidity'
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Tech:

Semiconductor Industry Slumps On Slow Demand
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Trustee alleges brokers bribed fund manager
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Subprime Litigation Targets: Rating Agencies, Auditing Firms?
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Insurance:

Limits on CGL insurance may catch some risk managers by surprise
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Nationwide CEO to Get $24 Million as Customers Pay
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State Says Lawyers & Commonwealth Title Companies Are Going Down the Tubes
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Personal Finance:

This Season, Some Tempers Simmer
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Debt Collection:

Commercial debt collector: Business is up
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LV debt collection agency to pay $2.25 million
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Health Care:

Consensus emerging on universal healthcare
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Artes Medical files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Pharma Alternatives pins hopes on cash
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Corporate Reform:

U.S. regulatory system 'not up to the job,' says Paulson
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Layoffs:

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Exemptions:

The Peripatetic Debtor: The Choice of Law and the Choice of Exemptions
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Tax:

U.S. Is Said to Expand Tax Inquiry
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Prosecutors Pass on Chance to Revive Tax Shelter Case
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Newspapers:

US newspaper ad sales fall a record $2B in 3Q
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Basketball:

WNBA pulls plug on Comets
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M&A:

M&A about to take deep dive
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M&A could boom again next year
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Hotels:

Moulin Rouge developer in Chapter 11
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UK:

Sage Group falls ahead of FY results
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Welcome to the new golden age of housing
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English football at bursting point
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UK deals plunge as banking crisis takes toll
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Woolworths Shutdown Hits Zavvi
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ASDA front runner to buy Woolworths
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Orchid lenders send in PwC restructuring experts
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UK Construction Contracts at Fastest Pace Since at Least 1997
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Bankruptcy looms for JJB Sports
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EU:

EU squabbles over bank aid and recession response
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EU to Issue Revised Guidance on Bank-Rescue Plans
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Canada:

Tahera gets extension to creditor protection, but future looks bleak
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BCE Seeks US$965.7M Termination Fee
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Iceland:

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Iceland's Pension Funds to Rebuild Companies
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Germany:

Qimonda On Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Japan:

Bursting Bubbles Smack Japan's Midsized Developers
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Japan Acts to Ease Crisis in Corporate Credit
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Australia:

Administrators take London Scottish Bank
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Australia Extends Biggest Rate-Cut Round Since 1991
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Israel:

Banks cut staff as profits plunge
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S. Korea:

SKorea's 3rd-quarter economic growth revised down
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More Individuals, Firms Go Bankrupt
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China:

China Fears a Reverse Migration
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Residential Sales Plunge 79%, Biggest Drop Since 1996
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Spain:

Spanish Banks May Take 54% Stake in Metrovacesa to Cancel Debt
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