Law:
Answers to the Questions Associates Should Be Afraid to Ask
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BigLaw Firm Banks on Bankruptcy, Bags Five-Lawyer NY Team
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What Do Firm Leaders Expect from the Recession?
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Lawyer Hopes F-Word Means 'Forgiven,' Asks Court to Lift Sanctions
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Rebates from airlines to law firms and whether they should be passed through to clients
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Proving the Pregnancy Discrimination Case
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Miscarriage of Justice at Paul Hastings?
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Going Two-Tier? Not So Fast
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Freshfields follows Linklaters with £66k associate rate
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Preparing for Business Development in a Recession
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Banks Getting Tougher on BigLaw Loans
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A Spirited Practice: Combining Law With Religion
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Special Counsel's Office Raided By FBI Amid Obstruction Probe
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Lawyer of the Day: Scott Bloch
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Spotlight on the OSC's Scott Bloch, No Stranger to Controversy
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Pepper's Growth in Laterals, Gross Revenue, Nothing to Sneeze At
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Terminated Associate Discloses NDA
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McGuireWoods Appoints New Managing Partner
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McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court
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Say What?!
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Plaintiffs, Third-Party Defendants Can Share Counsel
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Prosecutorial misconduct in its highest form
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Judges:
'Pants Suit' Judge Back in Court, Now Suing for Job and $1 Million
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Judge Booted from Bench Over 24-Year-Old Use of Bogus SS#
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Distressed Investing:
BlackRock to buy $15B subprime debt from UBS
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Distressed investing opportunities
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Gambling:
MGM Mirage profit dips 30% as Americans spend less at the table
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Tropicana Files For Bankruptcy As Casino Market Crumbles
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Tropicana bondholders ask for trustee control
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Tropicana officials calm fears in wake of bankruptcy filing
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Tropicana Entertainment, LLC Receives Court Approval of Its First Day Motions
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Loss of License Protects Tropicana Atlantic City from Corporate Parent's Chapter 11
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Tropicana: Events turn on 'former' subsidiary's plight
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Bankruptcy made some Tropicana bidders hold back
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Casino's Bankruptcy Signals Gambling Boom's Bust
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Bankruptcy won't affect Aztar workers
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Weak economy trumps casino stocks
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Autos:
Chrysler tries fuel subsidy to woo buyers
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GM, Toyota won't follow with gas subsidies
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Chrysler's timely, but misguided, incentive plan
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Plastech plant closing
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GM seals a UAW deal, but not at Mich. plant
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UAW turns up the heat
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Ford heirs mull Kerkorian risk
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Frustrated drivers try to sell their gas-guzzlers
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Health Care:
Failing Economy Predicts Worse Health
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Carecorps fights ombudsman appointment
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Cascadia bail out
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Bankruptcy attorney for doctor charged with indecent assault
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Forest Products:
Pope and Talbot to shut 3 pulp mills, affects nearly 1000 jobs
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Palco supports Marathon plan
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Aviation:
US Airlines Trim Long-Haul Flights On Sky-High Fuel Costs
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Airline stocks tumble as oil prices push higher
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United and US Airways Flight Attendant Leaders Comment on Merger Reports
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Supporters line up behind Delta-Northwest merger
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Frontier Airlines reports increase in passengers
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Dead end for air safety, passenger rights bill
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Prima Charter fails to escape bankruptcy
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High fuel costs raise losses at easyJet
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The Eos demise: who benefits?
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Analysts Braced for BA Profit Warning
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge fund investors feeling bearish
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Insurance:
Swiss Re profit plunges more than expected
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Predatory Lending:
Thousands Rally For and Against Payday Lenders
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Plastics:
Plastic bag company files for bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:
Credit-Card Trends Remain Negative
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Beauty Products:
Beauty Market Sags Amid Downturn
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UST:
UST Director Testifies In Congressional Hearings
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Real Estate:
Bush Advisers Oppose Housing Measure, and Vow a Veto
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Congress May Urge Mortgage Principal Reductions for Struggling Homeowners
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Warren: Banks - State Laws Not for Us
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Preemption Chutzpah
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Lenders Freeze Home Equity Lines, Avoiding Possible Chapter 13 Cuts
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Fannie offers dismal housing outlook
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Doubts Raised on Mortgage Agencies as Losses Mount
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Fannie's Alt-A Issue
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Fitch Places Fannie Mae's Preferred Stock On Rating Watch Negative
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Fannie Mae wins cheers despite loss
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Confusion Reigns at Fannie Mae
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Fannie Mae ready to 'feast' on housing bust
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Fannie Mae Capital Rules Relaxed; $6 Billion Share Sale Planned
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Fannie Mae, financial shares recover after early dive
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Out of the frying pan, into the Fannie Mae
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Countrywide To Take Steps To Limit Bankruptcy Errors
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Countrywide Executive Addresses Senate Subcommittee
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US Senator questions BofA's Countrywide bid
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Why BAC + CFC May Never Close
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Acquisition of Lender Is Possibly in Jeopardy
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Subprime Legal: In Cwide/BofA, Will Law Stand in the Way of Business?
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Will BofA Bail on Countrywide?
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Lawmakers target mortgage lenders
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UI prof to testify on lender overcharges in bankruptcies
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Senate Group Holds Hearing On Bankruptcy Handling Among Lenders
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GMAC negotiating terms of loan to keep mortgage subsidiary out of bankruptcy
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ResCap cash woes could force bondholders to OK debt swap
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Could ResCap's future portend bankruptcy?
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The Foreclosure Tax Credit: Blessing or Curse?
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Tight Credit Worries for a Hotel and Mall Operator
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Belle of BR's parent firm files bankruptcy
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Tahiti Gardens Associates files Chapter 11
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Empire Land gets costly DIP
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Beazer Defaults, Reassures Investors
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Woman Claims Beazer Homes Fired Her For Reporting A String Of Frauds
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Suburban Office Market Uneasy but Holding Up
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Village Green files for bankruptcy
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With or Without Dann, Ohio's Subprime Work Likely to Continue
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Is Housing Slump at a Bottom?
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Mass Torts:
The business of asbestos
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Banking:
UBS Wealth Inflows Slowed in Quarter Amid 'Reputational' Damage
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US Mortgages Drive UBS Losses
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UBS Top Employee Detained In U.S. Tax Probe
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Write-Down at Wachovia Nearly Doubles Its Loss
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Wachovia Executive to Leave
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More Banks to Restrict Card, Student Loans
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Municipalities:
Vallejo, California City Officials Vote to File for Bankruptcy
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Vallejo to become largest Calif. city to file for bankruptcy
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Law firm that advised Jefferson County on swaps gets up to $600,000 to solve sewer debt crisis
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UBS muni bond exit may spike public borrowing costs
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Cash-Poor States Free Prisoners
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Food/Drink:
As food costs soar, restaurants swap ingredients to get by
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Corporate Reform:
Who's Seeking Merrill Auction-Rate Data?
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Bush To Nominate Law Professor Troy Paredes To SEC
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2nd Circuit Upholds Investment Adviser's Extended Sentence After Fraud Victims' Testimony
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Student Debt:
Investors stuck with 0% rates on college-loan bonds
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Student-Loan Market: Another Bubble?
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Environmental:
What Happens When a Wetland Mitigation Bank Goes Bankrupt?
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Theme Parks:
No such thing as recession in Disneyland?
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Telecoms:
The umpire strikes back
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Music:
The IAJE's Collapse: What Happened?
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Insider Compensation:
Lazard Loses, But Wasserstein Wins
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Printing:
Quebecor Media profit climbs 42.7%
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Risk:
Credit crunch changes risk landscape
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Fraud:
Man sentenced to 14 years for $70 million investment scheme
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Atlanta man stands trial for defrauding clients out of $150M
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Economy:
Harvard's Feldstein Says U.S. Economy `Sliding' Into Recession
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Paulson Sees Credit Crisis Waning
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Corporate defaults on upswing as debt comes due
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Fed auctions $75 billion to banks to ease credit stresses
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Fed 'rogue operation' spurs further bailout calls
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Oil nears $123 on $200 oil prediction, supply concerns
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Fresh Surge in Oil Prices Seen
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required) Government again raises estimates on oil, gas prices
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Senators to White House: Set up task force to probe gas prices
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
US April Business Bankruptcy Filings Increase 49%
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April Is Bankruptcy's Cruelest Month
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Wall Street:
Behind Bear Stearns' demise, a royal battle at the top
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Legg Mason Posts Loss on Costs to Protect Money Funds
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The real reason JP Morgan Chase bought Bear Stearns?
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It's all in the bonus
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Jewelry:
Fred Leighton says Merrill holds rare jewels 'hostage'
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Accounting:
How Far Can Fair Value Go?
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Layoffs:
Medtronic to Cut 1100 Positions
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RF Micro Device to lay off employees
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Several firms inform regulators of layoffs for Texas
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Photography:
Art Leather wins extension
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Retailing:
Linens Closures Won't Hurt REITs
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Paper Profits and Linens Losses
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Sunrise Mall off the auction block
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Sunrise Mall Files for Bankruptcy
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Discounts May Hurt Retail Earnings
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Lampert, Ackman Face Off Over Sears
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Newspapers:
Star Tribune's owner forced to write off much of its investment
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Is the Star Tribune censoring criticism on its website?
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Furniture:
Home Interior cleared to use cash
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M&A:
The Credit Crunch Hits Lazard, Hard
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Lazard's Losses Pile Up
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Lazard Profit Falls 71% on Write-Downs
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Following the Era of Large Buyouts, Private Equity Funds Find New Ways to Compete
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PE-backed bankruptcies
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Celebs:
Creditors, debtor spar over 'Eleanor'
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Finance:
Using MACs to Allocate Risk in a Credit Crunch
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UK:
Credit crunch helps feed first increase in personal insolvencies
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Insolvency Service Q1 figures 'hide true extent of UK's debt problems'
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Company Administrations Rocket
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Millions rely on credit cards
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Investors cry shame on dairy founder at bankruptcy trial
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Regulatory backlash from credit crunch falls short
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Canada:
No offers made to buy Madill
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Personal Liability Of Directors With Respect To Salaries
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CIPF, IPC aim to protect clients from dealer bankruptcies
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MEC stumbles to a new loss
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Hope fades for mill workers
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Cayman Islands:
Cayman Islands: Asset Protection Trusts
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Role Of The Trust Protector
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Germany:
Commerzbank says damage from crisis worsening
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Australia:
Centro Properties Halts Shares as Debt Deadline Looms
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Centro See-Saw
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Turnaround specialists gear up
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Italy:
Judge keeps Parmalat trials mostly separate
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Russia:
Russian Wealth Fund Rattles West
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Securitization in Russia
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