Law:

A Bankruptcy Explosion
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How Thacher Proffitt Came to an End
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Missing Dreier Escrow Snags Bankruptcy Payments
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Irving H. Picard Joins Baker Hostetler
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Kirkland & Ellis Associates: Show Up To Work Tomorrow To Talk About Your Bonus
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Bonus Watch: Weil Matches ... Cravath Across All Offices
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Quinn Emanuel Associates Get (Mostly) 'Cravath Bonuses'
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Matching Market Rates, Dechert Announces Associate Bonuses
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Are Mid-Career Female Attorneys in Crisis?
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Thacher Proffitt, 160-Year Old New York Law Firm , to Close Down
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Thacher, Proffitt & Wood LLP: 1848 - 2008
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Who Should Foot the Bill of a Lawsuit?
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Lawyers Find Work in the Madoff Case But Some Are Victims, Too
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Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in GM Stock Settlement
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Small L.A. Merger Gets D.C. Firm Kicked Off Big Case
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Legal Secretaries Find Door to Advancement Shut
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Madoff Trustee Moves to Baker Hostetler
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Former Holland & Knight Partner Accused of the Perfect Crime
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Rules to Help Ease E-Discovery Tensions
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Absolved by Firm, Ex-Holland & Knight Partner Faces Ethics Case re Timekeeping
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Chipmakers Hire Armies of Lawyers to Boost Revenue Amid Slump
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Censure Recommended for Lawyer Defending Client as ‘Mild-Mannered’
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Female Lawyer in Fistfight, Male Lawyer Arrested in Wild Restaurant Scene
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Why Are Ugly People Attracted To The Law?
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Judges:

Murder Case Possibly Linked to Judge’s Work Takes New Direction
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Former Judge Disbarred
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point to losses ahead of data
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Most German Stocks Rise
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Asian Stocks Fall as Global Recession Deepens
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US Stocks Close Lower, With Walgreen, Toyota
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China Stocks Decline for Second Day as Rate Cut Disappoints
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Merrill Lynch’s Peter Kraus Collects $25 Million, Then Resigns
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Morgan Stanley's Big Part in the Great Housing/Mortgage Crisis
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Why so many good investors made some very bad decisions
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Fraud:

Madoff judge given proposal for victim claims form
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Madoff Victims May Have to Return 6 Years of Profits, Principal
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Facebook Removes Madoff Web Page After Jeers, Cheers
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Posner on Madoff
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More Madoff "Feeder Fund" Lawsuits
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Tremont Group Sued By Investors Claiming Madoff-Related Losses
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Madoff’s Auditor, Facing Probe, Has ‘For Rent’ Sign on Office
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Dear Fairfield Sentry Investor
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Who is Bernie Madoff? Many Investors Didn't Ask
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Madoff Scheme May Halve Chilean Bank Celfin’s Profit
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The Swiss Can Duck
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Madoff Probe Eyes Audit Files
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Madoff investor warned its clients
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Grant Thornton to liquidate Madoff's London office
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Investigators Examine Role Of Madoff Staffer: Report
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After Madoff, Donors Are Wary of Giving
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Investor Seeks Relief From SEC
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Scandals to Warm To
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Betrayed by Madoff, Yeshiva U. Adds a Lesson
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Madoff was hunting for new investors as scandal hit
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Madoff firm trustee offers payment plan
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Windermere family, 3 others face racketeering charges
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A glimpse of Petters' lifestyle in court files
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IRS: Fry's exec stole $65M to pay gambling debts
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Feds Seize Proceeds of Ponzi Scheme
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Autos:

Fitch downgrades GM, Chrysler to one notch above default
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GM Investors Bet US’s Lifeline Won’t Be Enough
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Auto Bailout: UAW Chief Draws a Line
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America cares little about fate of Detroit's Big Three
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The Detroit Rescue Terms, Obama, and the Future of Unions
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Ratings agencies downgrade GM, Ford
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Auto Bailout: UAW Chief Draws a Line
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GM shares plummet on downgrade
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Union Burdens Pull the Auto Industry Towards Bankruptcy
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Worthington Plunges After Goldman Sees Risk of Loan Default
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Americans back auto bailout - for now
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Towing Package or Bankruptcy? Detroit's Only Real Option
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Car rental companies raise rates, cut workers to keep up
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Effort may not save GM dash supplier
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Auto dealership troubles ripple across the region
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Alan Young Buick shutting down; GMAC seizing vehicles
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Moody's revises Penske Automotive's rating outlook
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Foreign Automakers in the US Cut Back
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India's Car Market Offers No Relief for Automakers
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Toyota's loss shows global woes
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Toyota May Cut US Payroll as Unsold Autos Pile Up on Lots
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S Korean carmakers in belt-tightening moves
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Bush's tough auto talk puts CAW in crosshairs
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Aviation:

Frontier Airlines, pilots reach tentative deal
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A few Alaska, Horizon flights resume
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Air Comet Chile files for bankruptcy protection
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How CEO kept Virgin America aloft in tough year
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Dry Cleaning:

Albany’s largest dry cleaning chain files for bankruptcy
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Newspapers:

Chadbourne & Parke, Kramer Levin Tapped By Tribune Creditors
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Bankruptcy Court: Eason Can Keep Control of Creative Loafing
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Newspapers to sell buildings, but who's buying?
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Hedge Funds:

HFA Halts Redemptions in Funds Citing Deteriorating Liquidity
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Magnetar Said to Limit Fund Withdrawals After Losses
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The great hedge fund reboot
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Buyout, Hedge Funds Must Reorganize to Avoid Taxes, Lawyers Say
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Hedge funds getting ready for regulation in 2009
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Economy:

Bank of Spain chief: World faces 'total' financial meltdown
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More companies lining up for piece of bailout fund
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Ten Predictions for 2009
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Central bankers stage a quiet revolution
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Clinton Moves To Widen Economic Role Of State Dept.
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Recession Slows Migration in U.S.
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Economists: Recession To End In Late 2009
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General Tax Cuts Don't Help in a Recession, Steinbrueck Says
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Meltdown has its roots in White House
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Dodd puts lipstick on economic pig
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More Macro Signs For Texas, California
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Real Estate:

Mortgage activity surges at banks; Lenders caught off-guard by flurry of applications
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Seeking Signs of a Recovery for Housing
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The Eviction Moratorium — A Myth That Takes on the Force of Law
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Mortgage re-defaults rise with no sign of slowing
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Commercial Loan Defaults May Triple as Rents Decline
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Commercial Real Estate Industry Seeks US Aid
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Retail Leases Under Pressure
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US shouldn't bail out commercial property barons
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Mortgage Modification Meltdown
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Bank gives 500 contest winners mortgage relief
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Assembly OK's EnCap-Related Oversight Bill
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Layoffs:

Ryder to Cut 700 U.S. Jobs; Scale Back International Business
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Textron To Cut 2,200 Jobs, Close Most Of Finance Unit
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Unisys to Cut 1,300 Jobs, Suspend Raises
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Caterpillar to Cut Executive Pay, Sets Hiring Freeze
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Hospitals seeing record layoffs in 2008
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Republic Windows sit-down strike, cont'd
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Where the Jobs Are
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Should you Take a Pay Cut?
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After the layoffs come the lawsuits
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Several Texas sites hit with layoffs
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Oil/Gas:

Oil company Flying J files for bankruptcy
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Flying J Illustrates Plight of Refiners
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New hope to reorganize SemGroup
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SemGroup employees hear billionaire explain his plan
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Oil dips below $40 on fears of weaker crude demand
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Exxon Mobil to profit from the pain
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Horticulture:

Creditor Buying Plant Grower Hines out of Bankruptcy
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Home Decor:

New Creative Declares Bankruptcy
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Banking:

Treasury Probes Thrift Office Over IndyMac Capital Infusion
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US Fed grants CIT Group bank holding company status
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Bank of America: Optimism Is Unwarranted
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Smaller banks inking bigger business deals
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Irregularity Uncovered at IndyMac
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Regulator in IndyMac case gets reassigned
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Stop Paying Divs, Fed Tells Three Banks
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Banks coy about how they've used bailout cash
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For HSBC, Questions of Vitality
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Telecoms:

S&P drops Hawaiian Telcom ratings
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Hawaiian Telcom authorized to use collateral
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USVI bankruptcy auction delayed by crisis
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Golf:

Judge rules on golf course
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M&A:

PwC: Distressed Firms May Boost 2009 M&A
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Mass Torts:

Ohio Republicans would set additional hurdles for asbestos claimants
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Golf:

Judge: Lake Las Vegas golf course should be shuttered
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Timber:

Loggers struggle amid timber industry slump
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Music:

Retailers Facing Record Store Closings
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Politics:

Clinton Writes Off $13.2 Million Loan to Campaign
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'Bet-the-Company Lobbying' Emerging as New Strategy
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Finance:

Textron to Exit Non-Captive Finance, Cut 2200 Jobs
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Credit Thaw Watch: TED Spread Back To Normal
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Municipalities:

Moorlach Sees Up to 10 Municipal Bankruptcies in Coming Year
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New York City May Face $8 Billion Gap, DiNapoli Says
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California could be broke in 2 months
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Unions sue governor over mandatory days off
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Insurance:

MetLife Drops as Commercial Mortgage Defaults Loom
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AIG Fire Sale: Flickers for Now
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Insurance Deals Spread Pain Of U.S. Defaults World-Wide
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Corporate Reform:

The fallen giants of finance
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Time Off For Bad Behavior
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Food/Drink:

Defunct Shells restaurants get new name
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Art:

Christie’s to Announce Shakeup as Demand Declines
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Health Care:

At House Party on Health Care, the Diagnosis Is It’s Broken
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Arts:

Baltimore Opera Co. ticketholders to receive vouchers for other venues
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Court Rules on Business Break-up Issues
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Demographics:

Bad economy slows population growth in South, West
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