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'Recession-Proof Practice': Advising Employers on Layoffs
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Lawyer Charged with Selling Abusive Tax Shelters to Jenkens Clients
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BigLaw & The Big Three
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Defense Community Rallies Behind Attorney Indicted in Money Laundering Case
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Judges:

Scalia Joins Texas Lawyer Hunting Party
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Justice Stevens Says Reduced Workload Has Kept Him on the Bench
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Opening the Rehnquist Files
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Savage Predictions for the Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point to weaker Wall Street opening
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Tokyo And Shanghai Glum; Real Estate And Chip Firms Off
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Banks lead European markets down
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World stocks fall on Citigroup cuts
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Bailout Recipient JPMorgan Spends $349 Million to Buy Land for New London Offices
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General Electric: Genuine Risk of Collapse?
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Wall Street jobs disappearing - and some may not be coming back
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Autos:

Stalemate dims prospects for $25B auto bailout
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Clout Has Plunged for Automakers and Union, Too
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Mixed messages from the Bush White House
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Congress considers stricter demands for auto bailout
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Why not just file for bankruptcy?
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Why Bankruptcy Is the Best Option for GM
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A Bridge Loan? US Should Guide GM in a Chapter 11
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The DIP Financer of Last Resort?
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How many jobs really depend on the big three automakers?
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Bankruptcy might fix what ails carmakers
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Union Workers at Big Three Automakers Average $73 an Hour
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In Detroit, Failure's a Done Deal
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General Motors: Time to Pull the Plug
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GM: Too Big To File?
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G.M.'s Rick Wagoner has been the face of automakers' troubles
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Detroit Bailout: Democrats Toughen Up
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Rescuing Detroit: The Great Debate
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Struggling Carmakers Set to Rein In Sponsorship Spending
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Canadian Insurer Revises Its Stance on Auto Suppliers
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Tough Conditions Planned for Detroit
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GM Rises as US, Germany Consider Requests for Aid
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Competing Democratic, GOP auto bailout plans
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A Chapter For Detroit To Open
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The Small Business Side of the Automakers' Financial Woes
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Ford Sells $540 Million of Mazda Stock to Ease Crunch
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Senate Lacks Votes for Automaker Aid, Perino Says
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EDC to stop insuring Chrysler receivables
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Automaker credit spreads balloon as industry seeks federal aid
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Eddie Lampert again raises stake in AutoNation
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AZ lawmaker: Let auto makers file bankruptcy
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GM, Ford Sales Slump Puts Buyers in Driver's Seat
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Car-makers' cash crisis could kill the electric car
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The GM Bankruptcy Debate
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The Auto Bailout & The Bankruptcy Myth
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Conditions Planned for Detroit
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Auto bailout: A Washington issue beyond lobbying?
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Honda opens new US plant as Detroit seeks bailout
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Delphi to auction exhausts business
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Getrag Transmission files for bankruptcy protection
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Dana stock price drops below $1
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GM to delay reimbursements to dealerships
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San Bernardino dealership closes doors
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Hundreds of GM retirees pack conference on how to deal with cuts
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Ottawa, Ontario share auto bailout concerns
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EU's Verheugen signals support for German Opel help
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Eurozone finance chief calls for European auto 'rescue strategy'
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A British Lesson on Auto Bailouts
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Banking:

First Horizon Receives US Treasury Funds to Build Capital, Aid Lending
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Treasury pays $33.56B to 21 banks
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Global Financial Fallout Hits Home-Loan Banks
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Why Citi Will Stay Together
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Citi crisis has been brewing for 10 years
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Barclays Backtracks
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Goodwill games: Are impairment charges setting up banks for big rebound?
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Funds May Fall to $1 Trillion by Mid-2009, Citigroup Says
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Redemptions Could Overwhelm Unprepared Hedge Funds
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Bonds:

Bondholders urged to take investment cut
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Economy:

Industrial output posts rebound in October
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US Producer Prices Decline 2.8%, Most on Record
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Federal Aid? Not for Us, Proclaim Some
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Paulson Warns Against Using TARP as `Panacea' for Economy Ills
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Housing Supply Side Needs Reality Test
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Paulson Says 'Good Bit' Needed for Economy; Summers Urges 3-Year Stimulus
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Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions
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Fed 'Has Done About as Much as It Can Do' to Revive Economy, Hoenig Says
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Cash-Strapped Companies Grow to Record in October, Moody's Says
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Economists see tight credit, 7.5% jobless rate in 2009
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Fighting the Financial Crisis, One Challenge at a Time
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Bush Said to Tell Aides He Won't Seek Bailout Funds
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Paulson: New Rescue Efforts Are Unlikely
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Bankruptcy vet to lead search for Paulson successor
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Soros-Funded Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Front
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Bail Out Capitalism, Not The Big Three
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Recession tightens grip on Las Vegas
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Everyone's a zombie now
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Real Estate:

Pushback on Freddie Mac Buybacks?
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ResCap Could Lose Servicing, Seller Contract with Fannie
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Most subprime lenders weren't subject to federal lending law
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A Moratorium on Home Building
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Deadbeat Homeowners Tap Texas Bankruptcy Laws to Duck Creditors
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SunCal Seeks Capital After Bankruptcy Filings
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Marnella Homes exits bankruptcy
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MacGregor Development files for bankruptcy
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Hoboken developer seeks protection from creditors
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Heaven can't wait for Chapter 11 plan
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Mortgage bankruptcy reform returns in US Senate
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Executive Compensation:

UBS Clamps Down on Executive Pay
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Cuomo: Citigroup executives should forgo bonuses
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Spinning the Inevitable
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A new world order rising?
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Pressure grows for bank execs to give up bonuses
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Slash your pay, Grassley tells auto titans
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Barclays CEO, Diamond to Forgo 2008 Bonuses Amid Credit Crisis
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For Wall Street, Less Is More
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Bonus waivers send a powerful message
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How Wall Street calculates those big bonuses
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NY Gov-Wall St bonus outlook dims on Citi, Goldman
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The bonus compass
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Celebs:

Mark Cuban Charged with Insider Trading
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Cuban Turns Tables on SEC
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Did Mark Cuban violate insider trading laws, or is he a victim of a political vendetta?,
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Hip Hop Mogul Damon Dash In Extreme Debt
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Michael Jackson sued by Prince (of Bahrain) for $7M
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Gambling:

Harrah's Bondholders Get as Low as 40 Cents in Swap
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Greektown Casino's bankruptcy hearing to continue next week
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Board Wants Casino's Extension Denied
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PwC Shifts Away from its Sands Warning
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Tropicana's ex-owners roll dice with NJ high court
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Cripple Creek Casino Files For Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Gasoline closer to $2, cheapest since March 2005
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OPEC cuts 2009 demand forecast for crude
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Further signs of stress in Canada's oil sands
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Sale of Torrent Energy approved
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Judge delays farmer's bankruptcy-fraud trial
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Food/Drink:

Agriprocessors halts operations amid bankruptcy
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Archway Cookies Finds Buyer for Bankrupt U.S. Operations
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Credit Cards:

Credit card interest rates fall 4th-straight week
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Card companies prepare to drill customers
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Alliance Data Falls Sharply as Blackstone Watches
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Theme Parks:

Lowest Hard Rock Park bid set at $35M
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Aviation:

Liquidators give up attempt to sell-off bankrupt low-cost airline
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Alitalia brushes off strikes as deal powers ahead
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EasyJet founder won't sign off accounts
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Chinese airlines apply for emergency funds
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Books:

Antioch Co. files for Chapter 11
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Subordination:

Inequitable Insubordination: The Seventh Circuit's Unsatisfying Decision in Re Kreisler
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Lehman:

Thomas Properties wants the rest of its loan from Lehman for Austin deal
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KfW posts €1.8-billion loss related to IKB, Lehman
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Personal Finance:

Newest Veterans Hit Hard by Economic Crisis
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Mining:

Mining company thrown into Chapter 7
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Packaging:

'Business as usual' at Chesapeake UK as US arm mulls Chapter 11
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Defaults:

S&P: Corporate defaults soaring in 2008
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Alternative Energy:

Top Ethanol Lobbyist Says Tough Times Ahead For Industry
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Ethanol's troubles have sapped the dreams of an Indiana town
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E Lima seeks access to DIP
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Tax:

US customer in Swiss court to protect UBS account details
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Exemptions:

Bankruptcy "Exemption Planning": In re Addison Makes It Easier
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Health Care:

PMC seeks dismissal
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PR Pharmaceuticals files Chapter 11
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Sunwest homes in Carolinas to be sold
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If health plan profits keep falling, selloffs may begin
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Sen. Durbin to Seek Mortgage Bankruptcy Change
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Finance:

CIT to Sell Shares in Quest for US Bailout Funds
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Libor Stabilizes, But Not How the Market Wants
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Bernanke Says US Borrowing Conditions 'Still Far From Normal'
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Insurance:

Insurers Jump on the Bailout Bandwagon
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Cleary Helps Hartford Insurance Become a "Bank"
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Lincoln, Aegon May Buy S&Ls With 'Unsafe' Practices to Get Aid
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Premiums for property insurance, D&O poised to go back up
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Layoffs:

Citigroup's Pandit Targets 52,000 Jobs to Eliminate
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Boise production cut to eliminate 325 jobs
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Three-thousand UTMB employees will be laid off
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Automakers say if they go, millions of jobs will vanish
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BlackRock to reportedly cut jobs
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Retailing:

Lowe's: Oct Comp Sales Down 5.7%; Fell 8.5% In Final Week
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Home Depot Profit Falls as Consumers Rein in Spending (Update1)
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Fitch revises J.C. Penney's outlook to negative
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Apparel Chain Faces Closure Three Months After Rescue
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Target Not Jolly About Holiday Season
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Sears' future hanging on holiday sales
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Fitch puts Best Buy on negative outlook
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Pier 1 sees sales decline in 3rd quarter
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Retailers' woes deepening
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FDIC: Prepaid cards qualify for deposit insurance Consumer groups asked for protections on prepaid and gift cards
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Gift cards can be lumps of coal
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Malls face possible bankruptcy
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Mexico media tycoon buys Circuit City stake
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcies surge in Eastern Massachusetts
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Bankruptcies snuff out Tenn. small businesses
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Debt Collection:

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City threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill
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Pensions:

PBGC deficit falls, steps up autos review
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Florida pension fund loses quarter of value
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Politics:

Congress set to question Paulson, Bernanke
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RVs:

RV maker to close Topeka plant
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Furniture:

Wheeling wins Wickes auction
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AFC to hold store closing sales
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Municipalities:

Begging for Bailout Cash, US Cities Told to Go Fish
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Bankruptcy talks begin in San Diego
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Jefferson County Leaders Meet With Attorneys To Discuss Lawsuit
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Sovereign Debt:

China passes Japan as largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries
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Newspapers:

Murdoch upbeat about the future of newspapers
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational meetings
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Construction:

Masonite May Face Bankruptcy Unless Lenders Grant Loan Reprieve
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Horse Racing:

Jockeys' Guild near confirmation
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Consumer Products:

Bankruptcy Watch: Spectrum Brands
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UK:

The buy-to-let dream has turned into a nightmare
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UK Inflation Rate Falls Most Since at Least 1997
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Debt collection tactics come under scrutiny
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Credit insurers slammed for pulling supplier cover
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Financial groups targeted in UK tax probe
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HMRC tax probe to focus on building societies and overseas banks
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Deutsche named for key role in tax shelter scam
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Canada:

Canada's 10-Year Bond Rises on Concern of a 'Global Recession'
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Japan:

Japan's 'Least Ugly' Economy May Beat U.S., Europe in Crisis
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Japan economy may not grow until 2010, Yosano says
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Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ posts 64 per cent drop in profits
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Nakagawa Says Japan May Consider Further Steps to Jolt Economy From Slump Japan's
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Iceland:

Four billion euro aid package for Iceland
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Swiss Federal Banking Commission announces bankruptcy of Kaupthing's Geneva branch
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Australia:

Debt doubts hit Centro's shares
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Macquarie's First-Half Profit Drops 43% on Writedowns
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China:

Beijing is pumping more than half a trillion dollars into the Chinese economy in order to stave off unrest. It has good reason to worry.
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S. Korea:

150 Small Shipbuilders Face Bankruptcy
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India:

Chidambaram Says India's Economic Growth to 'Bounce Back' to 9% Next Year
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