Law:

Name Those Lawyers
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Andrews Kurth Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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May Brown Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Weil Gotshal announces new partners, no bankruptcy
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The Evolving Credit Crisis Litigation Wave
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Reed Smith Lays Off 115 Staff in United States
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Layoff Watch: Reed Smith Cans Staff, Associates, 'And Your Little Dog Too'
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Reed Smith Managing Partner On Layoffs: Capacity Didn't Meet Demand
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Leaders of Philly Law Firms Warn of Tough Performance Reviews
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Firm Axes 10 Percent of Associates, Staffers
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Bonus Watch: Milbank Tweed
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Bonus Watch: Dewey & LeBoeuf Pulls a Half-Skadden Too
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Bonus Watch: Cleary Matches Cravath Et Al.
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Firm hands handed $24m of its profits back to partners early because of concerns that it may not be safe leaving the money in the bank
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Fee income slows at UK's biggest firms
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UK law firms are feeling the squeeze, with some better prepared than others
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Survey results: Associate morale
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Sorry, But Everybody Hates You
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A tale of two associates
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Declining Pound, Pay Disputes Spur Lawyer Exits at Clifford Chance
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Class Action Fraud Is Alive and Well
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Prudent Practices in a Bad Economy
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Would more diversity help firms weather the economic crisis?
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Earning a Living in Public Interest in an Uncertain Economy
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Elite Firms' Woes Have Small Fry Poaching in BigLaw's Talent Pool
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Law Firms Consider Overhaul of Associate Bonus Structures
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Judge Dismisses Cheney, Gonzales Indictments and Chides Prosecutor
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Cohen Milstein Law Firm Reunited. Sort of. Does it Feel So Good?
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Court May Decide What Size Award Violates Rights At Issue: Punitive Damages, Due Process
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In Big Punitives Case, Has Court Painted Itself into a Corner?
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Annual Survey Shows Law Firm Leaders Wary but Confident
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2009 Looking up for Large Law Firms
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Baker Donelson's Lower Rates Attract White & Case Partner
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Law Grad with LLM Lands Just One Job Interview from 300 Resumes
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Harriet Miers Named in New York Times Editorial
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Things You Should Never Put in an E-Mail
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Judges:

Texas Supreme Court justice faces ethics hearing
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Biker Rally Plea for Cash Violated Judicial Ethics Rules, Board Finds
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Wall Street:

Asian Stocks, US Futures Decline on GM Bankruptcy Concern
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UK Stocks Rally
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Congress set to save Christmas for markets with auto deal
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Bulls Re-emerge in Late-Hour Stock Rally
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US Stocks Rise
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Harvard's Endowment Falls $8 Billion
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Three years of pain for equity traders
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Another Goldman unit hit by decline
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Rush for deposits won't solve Wall Street's problems
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Volatility Only Constant for Stocks
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Wall Street and Detroit's messy divorce
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Autos:

Detroit trio hits the road to the Hill
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Hurdles remain in Congress
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Senate auto bailout views run cold
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Who Might Benefit From Detroit's Failings
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Bankers Smoke Auto CEOs in Bailout Grand Prix
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Bernanke Should Buy Buicks Instead of Bonds
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No agreement on details of Big Three bailout
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Bush, Pelosi Deadlocked Over How to Fund Bailout for Automakers
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Can automakers use finance subs to tap TARP?
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Ahead of Hearings, Some Lawmakers Back Bankruptcy for Big Three
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The case for Chapter 11
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Fictions And Colored Facts From The Big Three
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GM, Chrysler considering bankruptcy to get bailout
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Possible GM bankruptcy has officials, suppliers on edge
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When Factions Collide at GM - Three Reasons Why U.S. Auto Makers Won't Be Filing for Bankruptcy
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Congress' choice: Hope or disaster
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Big Three automakers deserve bankruptcy, not bailouts
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Detroit's Delusion
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Is This Detroit's Last Winter?
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Ford, GM Bonds Rise on Optimism US Will Bail Out Industry
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General Motors and the Bankruptcy Epidemic
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Bill Gates questions bailout for Big Three automakers
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Not just another car ride for GM CEO Wagoner
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Obama Says Congress Right to Demand Automakers Plan
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The Latest Song of Detroit
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What's In The Automakers' Pitches?
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Lead Director Pins GM's Hopes on Federal Rescue
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Ford's Mulally: GM Would Drag Entire Industry Into Bankruptcy
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Ford Chief Worries Rivals Won't Survive
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Ripple effect seen if GM, Chrysler or Ford go bankrupt
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Colo. would feel Detroit quake
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Mexican economy in the balance of carmakers rescue
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Senators Kyl, Corker, Warm to Detroit Bankruptcy Plan
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Prevent a GM Bankruptcy? It May Already Be Here
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Why GM Should File For Bankruptcy with a DIP-Twist Help From Its Friend: The US Government
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Even With a Bailout, GM's Profit Prospects Look Bleak
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GM's Restructuring Plan, Giving Off a Whiff of... Lemon
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Chrysler exec: Failure could spark depression
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The Big Three Master Fearmongering
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Wake-up call as Detroit paints an increasingly bleak picture
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Fear of bankruptcy scares off GM customers
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Poll: 61% oppose auto bailout
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Auto CEOs Aren't Making Their Case
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Carmakers on a road to nowhere
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Analyst: GM plan likely to win converts in Congress
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It's UAW Concession Time
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UAW to suspend maligned jobs bank
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2nd reopening of UAW contract is 'what has to be done'
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Cutting wages won't solve Detroit 3's crisis
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Chrysler warns it is running low on cash, asks for $7B
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Chrysler exec warns of repercussions from car company failure
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UAW agrees to help automakers

Auto Workers Give Up Featherbed
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Just Give Them the Money, Already
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Auto suppliers should brace for more cuts
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Leveraging Hurt Detroit
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Toledo Tries to Shake Detroit's Shadow
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Promises Promises, Enough of Auto Industry Promises
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Memo to the Big Three: First, Fire Your PR Departments
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Fixing Detroit: Experts have wide range of ideas
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Rider Auto files for bankruptcy
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Ford Said to Seek as Much as $6 Billion for Volvo
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Eating Big Oil's dust
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Sweden: Bring On The Auto Bailouts
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As Sales Fall, German Carmakers Cut Production and Hope to Avoid Layoffs
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UK new car sales down 37 percent in November
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Retailing:

Retail Insolvencies Expected to Rise in New Year
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Sixty percent off is the new black
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Samsung: Hey Circuit City, Where the Hell Is Our $US74 Million?
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Circuit City Disputes Samsung Reports
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Tweeter to liquidate on Schultze's terms
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Cyber Monday spending up 15 percent
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An Online Sales Boom That May Not Last
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B. Moss Files Bankruptcy, Gift Cards Refused
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The Great Gift Card Scare of 2008
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Discounters Face Fight on Minimum Pricing
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Cupertino mall must start payments
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Founder Says Mervyn's 'Raped' By Corporate Greed
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Hotels:

Nokomis Real Estate Ventures LLC files bankruptcy petition
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Celebs:

Suge Knight's Mansion Sold In Bankruptcy Court
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A Look at Suge Knight's Malibu Mansion
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Is Trump in Trouble Again?
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O.J. Simpson's Final Chapter: a Prison Sentence
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Software:

Entellium's Miller responds to critics: 'We are being victimized'
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Economy:

Obama says reviewing TARP, eyeing homeowner relief
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Obama Keeps His Distance on TARP
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Calls for $1 Trillion Stimulus Package Grow Louder as U.S. Economy Tumbles
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Fed's Lacker Says Setting Limits to Federal Safety Net is 'Critical' Issue
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Frank, Obama Want Closer Look At Treasury's Accounting for Bailout
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Treasury close to 'breach of faith' in handling TARP funds: Barney Frank
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Top CEOs on the Recession
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Economy weaker coast-to-coast, with bankruptcy services one of the few sectors expanding
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House Republicans Demand More Transparency From Fed, Treasury
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Record number of Americans using food stamps
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Private jobs, services slump show recession toll
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The Wholesale Destruction of the American Economy
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US employment levels continue to drop
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Job losses were bad in September and October, but November is shaping up to be the worst month for workers in more than 30 years
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US economy weakens in all regions, Fed says
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Service Companies Shrink at Record Pace
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US Nov. ISM services falls to all-time-low 37.3%
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An Alternative to Bailout Nation
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Paulson Considers New Plan to Lower Mortgage Rates
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Lower US mortgage rates help but jobs, prices key
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Economy Shakes Wealthy's Confidence
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Financial doomsayer Schiff still grim on future
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When a Government Loses Its Principles
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Economic Stimulus Plan Tied to Energy Savings
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Stop approving the bailouts
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America Needs Its Frontier Spirit - 'Traits of the frontier' still shape America, even if the left doesn't like it
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China biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries
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China, US join forces as world recession looms
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Real Estate:

Home Foreclosures Continue, Despite Bank's 'Freeze'
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Economists: Stabilize Home Prices By Cutting Them Drastically
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A Rush Into Refinancing as Mortgage Rates Fall
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Where Do Those Laid Off Bankers End Up?
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3 Housing Markets Poised for a Crash
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It's Time to Buy That House?
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Sector turns up as mortgage applications surge
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Commercial real estate - the next shoe to drop
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LPS Sees Fee-Splitting Lawsuit Dismissed
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Realogy's Creditor Wars
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Toll Brothers 4Q loss narrows, no 2009 forecast
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Sheila Bair's Mortgage Miracle
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Foreclosures Harming Middle-Income Areas
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The Role of Recourse in Foreclosures
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Industry Insiders: Foreclosure Moratoriums Won't Work
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Loss Mitigation Outsourcing is Officially "Hot"
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Adare Homes Johnstown Farms files Chapter 11
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Food/Drink:

Pilgrim's Pride gets $365 mln in bankruptcy funds
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Court approval assures Pilgrim's operations continue uninterrupted
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Pilgrim's Pride Files Chapter 11: Not a Bailout in Sight
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Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Archway
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Interstate Bakeries doubles monthly loss
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Agriprocessors venue change OK'd
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Layoffs:

Corporate layoffs surge to nearly 7-year high
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Jobs: The Worst Month in 28 Years?
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Confessions of a Man Who Does the Layoffs
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Closures & Layoffs (Nov.30-Dec. 6)
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US Steel to lay off 3,500 employees
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Carlyle Group Cuts 10% of Workforce, Including US Buyout Jobs
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Macquarie Group Fires 100 Investment Bankers
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Behrman Capital reportedly lays off most S.F. staff
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Jefferies Group Said to Eliminate 10 Percent of Staff
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Adobe Plans to Cut 600 Jobs
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Constellation to lay off more than 800 workers
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State Street to Cut 1,700 Jobs By Early 2009
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Atlantic City casinos cut 1,000 jobs in November
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Cessna Issues Layoff Notices To Hundreds Of Workers
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Credit Suisse to cut 5,300 jobs after $2.5 billion loss
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Freeport to Cut 20% of US Staff Amid Metals Rout
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Vale Fires 1,300, Sends 5,500 on Leave Amid 'Crisis'
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United Air to Lay Off 1,190 Workers as Part of Job-Cut Plan
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Huntsman cutting 470 jobs in textile dye unit
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Will Move Almost Anywhere For Work
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Rating Agencies:

SEC Curtails Conflicts of Interest at Moody's and S&P
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Rating Agencies Blamed (Again) for Subprime Meltdown
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Municipal Upgrades in Recession by S&P Show Inappropriate Scale
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Aviation:

American Eagle Nov. traffic drops 21.5 percent
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Mesa's attempt to buy Aloha name blocked
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Judge blasts effort to sell Aloha Airlines name to Mesa
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Petters air firm to lend cash to Sun Country
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Corporate America, humbled by taxpayer bailouts, is ditching the company jet
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GM's jet sale could run into turbulence
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UAL plans 1,100 more furloughs on its way to 7,000
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Okay Airways:Flight Suspension May Lead To Bankruptcy
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Argentine lower house OK's bid to seize Aerolineas
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Health Care:

Artes Medical may liquidate after filing for bankruptcy
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State Bans New Patients From W. Pa. Hospital
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Wrinkles Disappear, as Does a Company
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Surprise Health Bills Make People See Red
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Fitch changes not-for-profit hospital outlook to negative
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Municipalities:

JeffCo to consider ending sewer rate hike mandate
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Corporate Reform:

Ex-WorldCom chief Ebbers seeks clemency from Bush
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Bonds:

Corporate Bonds to Return 10% Next Year, Pimco's Kiesel Says
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Commodities:

Sugar Falls as Recession Drives Commodities to Six-Year Low
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Commodities Collapse: Fast, Big and Still Going
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Publishing:

Random House Eliminates Groups in Restructuring
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Mass Torts:

W.R. Grace to Pay up to $140 Million in Asbestos Case
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Credit Cards:

Billions for giants, 31.99% interest for the little guy
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Alternative Energy:

Current ethanol policy becomes economic drain
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Student Debt:

A Bankrupt Policy
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Accounting:

Party spirit is in short supply at the Big Four
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Ex-PwC clients sue firm for £2m
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Sears confirms it was client of accused Deloitte partner
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Furniture:

Mattress Discounters sales OK'd
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Newspapers:

New layoffs announced at Chicago Tribune
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls to 3-year low below $46 on weak economy
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Oil hits near 4-year low on weak economic news
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Obama ditches oil company tax
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Credit crisis finally shows up in oil patch, say energy company CFOs
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls to 3-year low below $46 on weak economy
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Oil hits near 4-year low on weak economic news
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Obama ditches oil company tax
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Credit crisis finally shows up in oil patch, say energy company CFOs
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Art:

Financial crunch weakens Christie's bidding
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