November 24, 2008

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Lawyers Wanted: Abroad, That Is
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The firms making the most money in global litigation
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Litigation strategies of the global elite
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Deleveraging, legal-style
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DLA to retrain 20 for restructuring work
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Work Slowdown at Sullivan & Cromwell?
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Layoff Watch: Performance Review Attrition at Dewey & LeBoeuf
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Do Clients Care About Associate Bonuses? No.
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Lessons From Citi
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Cleary Gottlieb Announces 10 New Partners and Counsel Worldwide, Including Insolvency
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Brown Rudnick Lays Off
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Sidley Austin's Big Week: Bankruptcy, Olympics, and High-Stakes Litigation
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Lawyers brace for boom in bankruptcies
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BigLaw Associates' Bad News/Good News: Bonuses Chopped, Raises Delayed, Bad; Keep Your Job, Good
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Year's End a Crucial Time for Law Firms Paying Down Credit Lines
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Twitter for Business Litigation Lawyers
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Law Firm Revenue Up 5.5%, Easing Profit Squeeze, Report Says
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Federal funds rate fiasco for legal aid
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Linklaters posts 3 per cent revenue rise for first half
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Karp Diem: Paul Weis Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
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Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
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Anarchy in the UK: More Layoffs Coming
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New York Plaintiffs' Lawyer Pleads to Felony
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Fragomen Del Rey Announces Associate Layoffs
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Comet dumps legal panel in Eversheds switch
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Five tips to help paralegals keep their jobs
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Judge: Client Can Expect to Pay $300/Night for Attorney's Food, Lodging
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Under Fire After Pellicano Case Letters Revealed
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Awards of Costs in Bankruptcy Court
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Is Law Degree a Liability for Nonlaw Job Seekers?
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Weighing the billable hour
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Judges:

Tom Cruise and Scientology Recruit Federal Bankruptcy Judge?
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Judge sentences noise violators to listen to Barry Manilow
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures rise after Citi rescue
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US Stock Futures Gain After Fed, Citigroup Weigh Loss Limits
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Asian Stocks Decline; Financial Shares Drop on Profit Concern
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European Shares Climb on Citigroup Rescue
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Stocks eye Citigroup, Geithner's next move
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Rivals bet against Morgan Stanley in September
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Anatomy of Morgan Stanley Panic
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Hedge Funds Reduce Stock Holdings
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Bloodletting Underway at JPMorgan
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Businesses expect a miserly Wall Street
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Autos:

GM Says Board Doesn't See Bankruptcy as Option
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Bankruptcy Is Option to GM Board
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GM board reviews bankruptcy scenario, but company says option not viable
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For Detroit, Chapter 11 Would Be the Final Chapter
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Bankruptcy as "Digging a Hole Far Too Deep"?
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It'll hurt, but Big 3 reorg best
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GM Said to Seek Cut in Debt, New Union Rules to Win US Aid
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Big 3 get aid pitch advice
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Detroit Looks to Sales Incentives
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To save automakers, government should take them over
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GM Hires JLL to Reap Millions in Site Sales
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Auto help available, but depends on plan
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Grounding G.M.'s Fleet
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Pundits Peddle Revisionism in Attacking U.S. Automakers
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Big Three's Troubles May Touch Financial Sector
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Consumers cautious about effect of auto bankruptcy
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Consumers a Reluctant Bunch at LA Auto Show
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Auto Industry Bailout... Perspectives from an insider
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Rescuing the auto industry may lead to sticker shock
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Road Ahead Is Long for G.M.
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No Cost Cuts Are Too Small at GM
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If Bankruptcy Hits Detroit
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Michigan to lose more than 100,000 jobs next year, say UM forecasters
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Why Are We Bailing Out Auto Workers Who Make $70 An Hour?
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Detroit on the defensive
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Warren Buffett's great advice for the Detroit bailout
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How to keep US carmakers on the road
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Past auto bailouts have critical lessons for US now
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The mess is of the automakers' and the UAW's own making
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Dealership Says No To Auto Bailout
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Economy has new-car dealers shifting to used-car focus
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Cities lose revenue as auto dealerships close
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The auto industry hits home for American families
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Auto Suppliers Move to Conserve Cash
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Is Steel's Revival a Model for Detroit?
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Delphi seeks to keep using loan
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Jaguar in secret talks to secure £1bn loan from UK government
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Executive Compensation:

Pay at top truly out of whack
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Banking:

Plan to Rescue Citigroup Begins to Emerge
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U.S. Agrees to Rescue Struggling Citigroup
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Citigroup Gets Guarantees on $306 Billion of Assets
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White House says unaware of any Citigroup rescue talks?
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Citigroup gets massive government rescue
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The Citi Deal Looks Like Citi-Wachovia
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Citigroup's 'Capital' Was All Casing, No Meat
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Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as It Made Bolder Bets
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Why Can't Bank Executives See in the Mirror?
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley May Want Citigroup
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Citigroup Pays for a Rush to Risk
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Woes at Citigroup Began With Failed Bid for Wachovia
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Is this the final death knell for Citigroup?
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Pundits conduct last rites for Citi's Pandit
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Goldman May Lead US-Backed Bond Sales After FDIC Rule Change
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US Bank takes over Downey Savings, PFF Bank & trust
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More Bad Bank Blues
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Regulators shut down three banks
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Smaller banks show their stuff
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Banking industry may lose 350,000 jobs
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UBS may need further bail-out, warns regulator
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Barclays Abu Dhabi Bailout Incites Shareholders
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Barclays Says Shareholders Backed Plan to Raise $10.5 Billion
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Movie Industry:

Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
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Bonds:

Company Bond Risk Falls as Citigroup Wins Government Guarantee
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Seeking Solace? You'll Find Little in the Bond Market
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Assured, FSA Lose AAA Ratings at Moody's
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Aviation:

Airlines see big decline in business travelers
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Delta to cut U.S., international capacity
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Frontier, cabin cleaners agree on pay cuts
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Air China Falls After Tripling Hedging Loss Forecast
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PE:

Red Flags Flying at Mega-LBOs
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To preserve cash, PE-run companies exercise pay-in-kind options
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Buyout kings bracing for the blame
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Gambling:

Financial problems hit Resorts
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Distressed Investing:

Few buyers for distressed assets
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Value Partners Plans New Fund to Buy Asia-Pacific Bond, Debt
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Illiquid securities to get new market
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Economy:

Obama Vows Swift Action on Vast Economic Stimulus Plan
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Millions of jobs in danger next year
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Cuts in corporate spending slams self-employed, small businesses
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Obama's Troika May Push for Deeper Role in Economy, Markets
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Fed Pledges Top $7.4 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit
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The Fed Is Out of Ammunition
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Geithner Nomination Takes Fed's Top Wall Street Troubleshooter
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A swift, rude fall for Hank Paulson
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Secretary of Bailouts
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World leaders warn tough economic times lie ahead
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Anatomy of a Meltdown
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Tracking the $700 Billion Bailout
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Price tag on Obama stimulus plan may hit $700 billion
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The Truth About Bailouts
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The New Deal Didn't Always Work, Either
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What if a Slowdown Is a Never-Ending Story?
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Virtual Robert Rubin constellation taking shape on Obama team
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Psychics say business is thriving
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New Fears Arise in Michigan, Where the Hard Times Started Years Ago
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Axelrod on Economy: We Have to 'Do Something Big'
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Colorado sheds jobs at a troublesome pace
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There Are Still Many Shoes Left to Drop
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Double jeopardy for financial policymakers
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Soros says US needs billions more in aid measures
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Fed's U-turn has dashed any last hopes of soft landing
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Awaiting Reaction to 3rd Try at Bailout
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Recession's Grip Forces US to Flood World With More Dollars
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Monster in Closet Is Recession, Not Deflation
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Real Estate:

Suddenly, Stricter Appraisals
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Builders Make Plea For Federal Aid
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Fidelity Calls off LandAmerica Merger
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Freddie Mac gets delisting notice from NYSE
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Manhattan: Inventory Rises, if Not Sales
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Problems at a Merrill Lynch commercial mortgage securitization
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Shocks in Commercial Mortgage Trigger Selloff in REIT Stocks
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Short Sale vs. Foreclosure
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A hand out or a hand up?
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Take the foreclosure and run
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FHA-backed loans: the next subprime crisis?
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Houston retail real estate market feels job, oil woes
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Consultant given control of ailing Sunwest Management
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Commercial mortgage values hit by ongoing crisis
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ResCap Can't Stand on Own, Moody's Says
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Knoblauch disclosure statement OK'd
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Sheriff vs. mortgage banker
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Boise Place now facing foreclosure
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Bernanke Tells New Yorker He Underestimated Housing Meltdown
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UBS Overvalued Property by $100 Million, Fired Executive Says
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It's bankruptcy for bank's big player
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Health Care:

More than half of Alabama hospitals reporting their finances are losing money
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Federal judge dismisses Physicians Carraway bankruptcy case
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As a Hospital Awaits Its Fate, It Leaves Lives in the Balance
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Barnert Hospital wins confirmation
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Tying an Auto Industry Bailout to Health Care
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Health care stocks try to ride out a stormy market
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Integra Plano files bankruptcy: Failure blamed on delay in getting facility certified as a Medicare provider
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Stockbrokers:

Battered E*Trade banking on government funds
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Finance:

Uncertainty Chills Small Biz Lending
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That Money Isn't Leaving the Vault
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Corporate Reform:

Covington, Fulbright to review DoJ's Shelved Investigations
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Former Enron Prosecutor: Criminal Charges Shouldn't Be So Easy
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Tax:

Obama Aides Suggest Rollback of Bush Tax Cuts Could Be Delayed
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Obama Supports Repeal Of IRS Private Debt Collection Program
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UBS Clients Seek U.S. Amnesty
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Derivatives:

Berkshire Asked by SEC in June for Derivative Data
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Banks back mandatory CDS clearing
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

OH: 11 percent more go bankrupt compared to last year
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Vt. bankruptcies up 44 percent
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Washington bankruptcy filings rise 40%
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'Tsunami' of personal bankruptcies expected to swell
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Hockey:

The billionaire's new game plan
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Celebs:

$1M Show Winner, Now Bankrupt, Will Keep Charity Vow
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Disclosure of Vick's finances reveals excess
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Jackson spokeswoman: Singer, sheik settle lawsuit
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Lehman:

Giants claim defunct firm Lehman Brothers owes team $300M
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Nomura faces difficult union with Lehman
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Lehman probe threatens offshore funds
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Travel:

Vacationing -- on the installment plan
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Alternative Energy:

Farmers Concerned Over VeraSun Energy Contracts
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VeraSun terminates Herron as president and CFO
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Debt Collection:

Better Collection Policies Are Past Due
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Executory Contracts:

Straddle Obligations under Prepetition Contracts-Prepetition Claims, Postpetition Claims or Administrative Expenses?
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Food/Drink:

Ex-managers at plant may have fled, officials say
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Pierre gets $95M in exit financing
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Financial Literacy:

Our high schools need to cook up a primer on personal finance
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Oil/Gas:

Average U.S. gas price drops to less than $2
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Oil Little Changed on Speculation OPEC Cut Won't Boost Prices
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Architecture:

Architects face downturn as developers scale back
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Personal Finance:

40,000 Swarm Farm To Gather Free Food
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How's the economy? Pawnshops can tell you
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Crisis or no, Americans on the go for holiday
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No, Virginia, There Isn't Bailout Help for You
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Giftware:

Lenox Group files for bankruptcy protection
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Software:

SCO owes Novell millions (plus interest)
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Auctions:

Auction company owes $18M; owners may face charges
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Religion:

Filing deadline for claims against Diocese of Fairbanks looming
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ARS:

Will Investors "Opt Out" of Auction Rate Securities Settlements?
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Accounting:

Has the Crisis Ended the Fair-Value War?
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Experts back fair value for the US
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BDO records 11% annual growth
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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:

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Layoffs:

Layoff Report: Banking, Bottling, Boeing
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Job Losses Surge as Slump Accelerates
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Layoffs and Claims Highest Since 2001
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Finance:

Banks need to revisit DIP lending
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Politics:

President-elect Obama moves to reassure mkts
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Obama Will Get Stimulus Bill First Day, Democrats Say
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Obama Scores A's in Politics, Flunks Leader Test
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Obama Aides Signal Deeper Cuts in Taxes and Spending
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Obama to announce his top economic team
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Levin: Obama must step in, sort out ways to help auto industry
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Democrats Expect Automakers to Develop Bailout Plan
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Obama backs demand for auto industry plan - aide
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GOP must ride shotgun in Obama's "prepackaged" bankruptcy car
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Distressed carmakers bank on lobbying
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Congress Cries "Cram It!"
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Senate Judiciary Committee schedules another hearing to explore bankruptcy reform (scroll down)
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Let bankruptcy judges modify bad mortgages
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Credit Cards:

Betting AmEx Could Prosper in Spite of the Credit Crisis
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Resorts:

The Vineyards Resort Files Bankruptcy
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Retailing:

The Gift Card Comes Wrapped in Growing Risk
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Shopping malls are running on empty
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Seconds counts as stores trim costs
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Economy won't stop Black Friday shoppers
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Making a Bundle on Mervyn's
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For Steve & Barry's, speed kills
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Retail stores to close nationwide
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More customers resume using cash
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Judge approves sales of Boscov's
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Retail liquidators
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For Luxury Brands, Less Money to Spend on Ads and Spectacles
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Second Bankruptcy Will Do Steve & Barry's In
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Rebates:

Checks in the mail might bounce
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Municipalities:

Pension fund down $1B
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New Jersey pension fund loses $15bn on equities exposure
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California Appeals To Feds
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Dissolution is the best option for Isleton
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Massachusetts Rebels Over $7 Tunnel Tolls as Debt Costs Rise
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It's time for New Orleans to admit it's a shrinking city, some say
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Midwest States Cut Spending in a Hurry as Region's Economy Deteriorates
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge funds slash leverage
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Corporate Governance:

Directors Quitting As Firms Flounder
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Former health-care magnate's wife facing arraignment in fraud case
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Sports:

Sports find economy a tough one to tackle
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Construction:

Jancor gets final DIP approval
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Newspapers:

Big trouble at The New York Times Company
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Notice:

Due Process for the Unknown Future Claim in Bankruptcy - Is this Notice Really Necessary?
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Committees:

3-member committee appointed for Petters creditors
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Student Debt:

Student debt grows; financial aid application rates rise
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Colleges fear financial aid bubble may burst
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Commodities:

Oil, Copper, Corn Climb on Citigroup Rescue, Weaker US Dollar
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Shipping:

Parkroad Corporation rumored to have gone belly-up
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UK:

UK Construction Companies May Cut 300,000 Jobs Without Aid
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UK to Threaten New Law to Aid Bank Customers
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UK Treasury to raise income tax, cut VAT
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Investors place their bets on a UK default
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Homes gloom as bankruptcies rise 32 per cent
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Dark days see warnings of worse to come
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Insurers must pick up bill for asbestos claims, court rules
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The Wondering At Woolworths
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Woolworths bankers holding out for outright sale
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Darling's risky fiscal stimulus
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National Express job cuts strike note of fear for transport sector
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Credit cover pull-out threatens businesses
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Pay delays for suppliers rise
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StanChart in $2.7 billion cash call to boost capital
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Hospitals offer debt advice
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Germany:

German president lashes out at bankers
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German Business Confidence Drops
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Iceland:

Loans for personal yachts and jets, and even for football teams (scroll down)
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Banker signals Iceland may be to blame in UK clash
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Canada:

McGuinty's concern on auto aid
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Why taxpayers should spurn bailout pleas from Detroit Three
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Canada May Enter Recession in 2008, Harper Says
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Flaherty Says Canada May Have Joined Rest of G-7 in Recession
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Canadian seniors increasingly facing debt challenge
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Australia:

Win in hunt for Rivkin's millions
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Slash or burn for shops
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OZ Minerals May Face Difficulty Refinancing Debt
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Babcock & Brown shares suspended
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S. Korea:

More Manufacturers Cutting Production
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Builders, Shipmakers Brace for Bitter Winter
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Caribbean:

Financial storm hits Caribbean
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Latvia:

Latvia recession deepens amid lending freeze
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Portugal:

Former head of bankrupt Portuguese bank taken into custody
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Germany:

Banks 'ignored warnings'
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China:

China tycoon's company in trouble
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