July 1, 2008

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

The Rarefied Air of the A-List
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Howard Rice Delays Several Associates' Start Date by a Year
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Survey Results: Fear of Firings
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Homebuilders' Woes Mean Big Work for Bankruptcy Bar
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Salary and Billing Survey Reveals Where Firms Are Spending
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LaSalle Bank's Law Firm Disappears
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53 Attorneys from Schwartz Cooper Join Dykema's Chicago Office
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Heller losses mount
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O'Connor & Hannan Merges With Nossaman Guthner
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Law Firm Doesn't Just Sell Advice, It Pays for It . . . Weird
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Lawyer's Phony Letter That Got Her Boss Fired Could Get Her Disbarred
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Va. Firm Grabs Akin Group as Part of Expansion in California, Texas
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Willkie Farr Confirms Trans-Atlantic Alliance With Dickson Minto
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Hundreds of In-House Counsel May Run Afoul of New Law
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Hiring experts to keep them away from the other side
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Chief Justice Cites Bob Dylan, But Corrects the Grammar
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Judges:

Judges cite nonsense poem in Guantanamo case
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Judge Gave Bogus Jobs to Cronies to Pay for Personal Legal Work, Feds Say
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Judge of the Day: O. Peter Sherwood
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NY Supreme Court Justice Emily Goodman: 'I Have Wasted 25 Years of my Life By Serving on the Bench'
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Fla. Bar Investigates N.Y. Judge for Possible Practice Rule Violation
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Tax:

US Asks Court to Direct UBS to Turn Over Accounts
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UBS faces legal move on tax evaders
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Economy:

Paulson to reveal more on Fed stability role
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Broad Says Economy in Worst Slump Since World War II
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At Midyear, the Economic Pain Persists
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Fewer companies plan to hire, give raises in next three months
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June Chicago PMI rises slightly, but still indicates contraction
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Is a Small-Business Recession on the Way?
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Crude Oil Rises
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Banking:

Wachovia's Interim CEO Tells Employees To Cut Costs
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Fire Sales Of Bank Assets Coming Up
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UBS Falls to Lowest Since '98; Analysts Foresee Loss
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UBS clears the decks
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Regulators mull letting PE firms take stakes in U.S. banks
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Banking industry nightmare awaits in ruling to rescind adjustable-rate mortgages
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Franklin Bank appoints new CEO
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Deutsche Bank Drops Most in Five Months on Profit Warning Talk
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Jewelry:

Diamond exporters hit by bankruptcies in US
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Judge OKs Friedman's employee-retention plan
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Alternative Energy:

Renova Energy files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Court Approves Loan For Red Shield
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Red Shield filings reveal mounting debt
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Biofuel Makers Going Bankrupt
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Food/Drink:

RJ Gator's revival falters
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Sam Seltzer's Enters Bankruptcy
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Forest Products:

Former Pope & Talbot pulp mill in Halsey, Oregon, restarted
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Veteran timber interests now back Sierra Pacific
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Court weighs Palco 'deal-killer' claim
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Corporate Reform:

National Century execs set for prison sentencing
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Mortgage victims have deaf ears for mercy plea
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Health Care:

New Jersey State Budget Means an Uncertain Future for Hospitals
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Lawyers Want Takeover Of Haven Nursing Homes Till Buyer Found
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Highland Medical on the block
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Newspapers:

Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
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Star Tribune withholds some pay to lenders
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Bonds:

MBIA Has Sufficient Assets to Meet Collateral Call
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MBIA sold $4 billion in assets to meet obligations
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Subprime, Alt-A Bonds to Extend Drop as Banks Retreat
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Real Estate:

Dodd Presses Mortgage Relief
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Florida sues Countrywide over mortgages
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Countrywide's Mozilo exits stage a fallen hero
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Ciao, Angelo
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Clock ticking as WCI Communities' debt comes due
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IndyMac denies that it's close to collapse
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Pick-A-Pay's Had Its Day
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CIT To Sell Remaining Home-Lending Businesses For $1.8 Billion
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Freddie Mac shares fall as housing troubles worsen
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Woodbridge to pay Levitt and Sons $12.5M
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Fortune Says Profit Declined More Than It Forecast
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Banks should bear some foreclosure pain, Frank says
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Malibu investors left high and dry
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Housing Crisis Popular With Popular Teens
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Autos:

Chrysler Shows $300 Million Loss Through April; Plant to Close
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Chrysler's cutbacks another blow to Magna
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GM Stock Hits 30 Year Low, Bankruptcy Rumors Swirl
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Will bankruptcy clouds settle over GM?
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GM seeks to seize tooling from bankrupt supplier
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Ford, GM drop ahead of June sales results
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Detroit car sales set to be 'worst since 1990s'
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American Axle gets flat tire from GM woes
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What's an Auto Industry CEO Worth?
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Court OKs settlement over Delphi DC plan
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Wall Street:

Stocks Decline in Europe, Asia; US Index Futures Retreat
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Mixed day, brutal June
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Inflation fears spark global market rout
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Lehman Drops to Eight-Year Low on Sale Speculation
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Lehman Brothers: 'Take Under' Candidate?
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How Bear Died
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Stalking the Bear Rumors
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What did Jeffrey Epstein have to do with Bear Stearns?
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Inside the Skin of a Short-Seller
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Bonuses fueling layoffs on Wall Street?
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Fraud:

Ex-Home Depot employee pleads guilty in fraud case
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Municipalities:

Birmingham mayor asks judge to toss SEC lawsuit
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Texas county seeks protection from bills over FLDS raid
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Inundated towns along river ponder their futures
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Manufacturing:

Miami company agrees to buy Shapes
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Finance:

Corporate-Debt Costs Stay High
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Allco's Bankers Extend Debt Deadline a Third Time
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Junk Bond Borrowers Squeezed in Europe After Year-Long Shutdown
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Credit Crunch Fuels Rise in Loan Schemes
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Asset Based Lending grows during credit crunch
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Fedders suit claims greed led to decline
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Mortgage woes are blamed for many of the HIfilings this year
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Bankruptcy cases increase as economy falters
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Awards:

Chambers USA Names 20 Mintz Levin Attorneys Leaders in Their Fields for 2008
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Hughes Watters Askanase Receives FIS Summit Award
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Munger Tolles Tops AmLaw A-List
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M&A:

Clear Channel Banks Cut Loan Price to Lure Buyers
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Politics:

Obama May Produce $1 Trillion Deficit, Gross Says
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Trucking:

IdleAire lands DIP loan
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Insurance:

Subprime problems don't turn D&O market
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Enron:

Enron defendant faces third trial on broadband charges
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Oil/Gas:

Lothian Oil plan on hold
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Osyka to pay unsecureds in full
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Theme Parks:

Wild West sale scheduled to close
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

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

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

Frontier Airlines loses $60M for year
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Delta, Northwest pilots unions to review tentative agreement
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Airlines try to hedge against soaring fuel costs
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Mesa Air posts $9.4 million profit
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Mesa lawsuit postponed until April
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Go! posts $8.3 million loss
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Oil costs will kill bargain airlines, Milton warns
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Boeing's Biggest Monthly Stock Drop Since '01 Hits Worker Pay
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Why Ted's demise is a boost for business travelers
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Austria Hires Merrill to Find Buyer for Its Airline
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Jet Airways India, Deccan Fall to Record Lows on Fuel
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Movie Industry:

Well Known US Promoter Of Bollywood Star Shows Declares Bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Palm Beach Princess could be sold Tuesday at auction
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Slowdown Squeezes Vegas Casinos
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Betting For Recovery
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One Debt at A Time
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'Chronic Gambler' Lawyer Sues for Being Given Credit
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Accounting:

Are Bean Counters to Blame?
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Deloitte accountant, banned from public company audits for two years after Adelphia debacle, is reinstated by SEC
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PwC appoints 80 new partners
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Golf:

Fraud accusations in Fresno resort deal
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Retailing:

Goody's lays off 40 at headquarters
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Steve & Barry's May Shut Stores
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France rules against eBay: Another nail in the coffin?
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Hedge Funds:

Jeffrey Epstein's Other Headache
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Corporate Governance:

Vermont Wants to Be the "Delaware of the Net"
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Pigeons:

Company's collapse leaves pigeons' fate up in the air
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Student Debt:

New changes will do you good if you have student loans
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Fewer Frisbees on Tennessee Campuses This Fall
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UK:

House prices fall for 9th straight month
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UK Property Stocks Post Worst Returns in 20 Years
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RBS, Barclays, Lloyds Decline on Concern About UK Recession
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UK June Manufacturing Contracts Most Since 2001
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Why the housing boom was a disaster for Britain
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Sir Ronald Cohen, Nigel Doughty and John Aisbitt help Labour face debt
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Canada:

Ian Thow facing 25 fraud charges
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BCE deal may be delayed until year-end as financiers balk at price
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Chateau Cartier bankrupt
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Canada Economy Grew 0.4% in April on Factory Rebound
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Notorious fiddler Ashley MacIsaac puts future earnings on block
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Korea:

Bank of Korea Forecasts Fastest Inflation in a Decade
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South Korean Court Overturns Guilty Verdict Against U.S. Equity Group Lone Star
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Norway:

Sub-prime chill reaches the Arctic
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Japan:

Japan's Tankan Sentiment Falls, Profits to Drop as Costs Soar
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Japan, Australia Bond Risk Declines, Credit-Default Swaps Show
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Germany:

German June adjusted jobless down 38000 from May
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Russia:

Khodorkovsky Faces 20 Years in Jail on New Charges
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Denmark:

Denmark Enters Recession, GDP Shrinks Quarterly 0.6%
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