Law:

The End of Associate Raises; the Beginning of Performance-Based Pay?
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Ex-Bankruptcy Partner Quits Investment Bank to Return to NY Firm
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Bailout's Failure Likely to Complicate Legal Landscape, NY Lawyers Say
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Law Firms, Vultures, Saviors
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In Brave New Post-Boom World, Corporate Clients Now Want Value
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Average Pay is Up for In-House Lawyers, as Their Numbers Dwindle
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Seyfarth Shaw Adds Attorneys
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Wall Street Woes Could Spark Litigation Increase
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Does Dismissal Foreshadow Subprime Litigation Culmination?
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Silver Lining to US Financial Storm: New Law Practice Arena
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With 20 More Defections Announced and Merger Rumors Flatlining, Can Firm Bounce Back?
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Dorsey & Whitney Announces Formation of Financial Crisis Working Group
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Haynes and Boone Team Responds to Markets Crisis
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Firms set up financial crisis response groups
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Firms of All Kinds Reap Rewards from Global Market Turmoil
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While Wall Street Collapses, Mumbai Picks Up The Scraps
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Supreme Court Stays Above Economic Fray -- for Now
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As Real Estate Market Sank, Legal Malpractice Claims Rose
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When the Law Group Spans the Oceans
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Harvard Law Drops Letter Grades
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Global Corporations Slowing Their Spending on Legal Fees, Study Finds
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More Firms Detail Part-Timers' Path to Partner
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Fear Not the Inadvertent Waiver
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A Look at Nora Dannehy, the Newest Addition to the U.S. Attorney Mess
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Highlights From the U.S. Attorney Firings Report
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Diversity's Bottom Line
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Woman Wearing --- ---- Charged With Disorderly Conduct
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Lawyer Loses Ladies' Night Lawsuit
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Lawsuit of the Day: Clevenger v. Cutlar
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How Many SCOTUS Cases Should a VP Know?
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Judges:

No More Clubbing for Federal Judges
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U.S. Judge Kozinski Accused of Ethics Breach by Lawyer Over Internet Porn
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Drop on Economy Concern
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US stocks bounce back after Monday's plunge
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Make-Believe Rally
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Loyalty Pays Bitter Dividend
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Stocks Surge, Credit Crumbles, Investors Confused
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Nikkei loses 4.1%, plummets to a three-year low
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Wall Street's Long, Dominant Run Is Fading, Global Financiers Say
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'Where'd The Money Go?
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Turmoil Tarnishes a Cherished Tradition
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Corporate America lost a chunk of its value the size of the Indian economy
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Specialists' Moves Monday May Have Staved Off Bigger Market Fall
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Fund Managers Rattled as Rescue Plan's Rejection Shakes Markets
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Business Schools Prepare For A New Wall Street
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New SEC Rule May Help Markets
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Autos:

Delphi bankruptcy nears 3 years
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GM sells old plants, land to raise money
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Bush signs $25B auto loan bill
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Ford stock soars 25 percent; GM up 11 percent
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Dealership Closures May Accelerate This Year as Car Sales Slump
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Denver auto dealers hit hard by credit crisis
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Sparta car dealership closes shop
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Ford May Use Cash to Repay $1.5 Billion Due Tomorrow
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Renault's Plunge May Become Chief Ghosn's Waterloo
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Like U.S., European auto market sees demand fall
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Daimler, Porsche Drop as Car Markets Make Outlook `Difficult'
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Lehman:

Lehman Brothers Sees 750 Jobs Go
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Talks fail to save Lehman jobs in Europe
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Lehman staffers clog banks' hiring pipelines
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Wachovia To Buy $494 Million In Lehman Brothers Debt
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Wachovia buying Lehman debt from subsidiary
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Union Bank Sues CBS For $72M Over Lehman
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The Steal, er, Deal of the Year
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Construction halted at the Ritz Carlton in Rancho Mirage
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List Of Companies Reporting Lehman Bros Exposure
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Lehman's Research Dept. Relaunches Under Barclays' Banner
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One thousand hedge funds scramble for new prime brokers
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Lehman's European Co-CEO Said to Leave After Nomura Takeover
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Olivant suffers Lehman blow
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Park Places! Lehman COO Sells His for $4.4 M., Ex-Bear Asking $12 M. Farther Up
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For a Lehman Star, a Reversal of Fortune
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Lehman's Hedge-Fund Clients Left in Cold as Assets Are Frozen
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Baseball:

Cubs bidders face credit squeeze
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Derivatives:

How Credit Default Swaps Became a Timebomb
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Derivatives market faces biggest test
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Elder Debt:

More grannies going to bankruptcy court
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Layoffs:

UBS to Cut 1,900 Investment Bank, Equities, Fixed Income Jobs
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Glaxo May Cut 850 Jobs at US, UK Research Plants
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Alcoa lays off 660
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Worried about cash on hand, employers thin ranks, shelve hiring plans
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Theme Parks:

Judge decides on Hard Rock Park bankruptcy financing
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Venues:

Banking crisis creates problems for naming rights
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Credit Reporting:

Judge Orders Credit Reporting Bureaus To Strike Forgiven Debts
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Court Ruling Requires Credit Bureaus To Wipe Away Bills Incurred Before Bankruptcy; Getting a New Report
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Pensions:

PBGC takes over paper mill pension plan
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Plastics:

Erie Plastics files Chapter 11
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Horticulture:

Hines' parent company files for bankruptcy
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Nursery's failure sprouts worries among plant growers
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Exemptions:

Bankruptcy law changed, Ohioans keep more assets
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Financial Literacy:

Teachers say economic meltdown is opening teens' eyes
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Defaults:

US corporate defaults look set to spike
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Tax:

IRS Issues Revenue Procedure On Securities Lending To Bankrupt
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Mining:

Coal company wants right to change managers
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Hockey:

Balsillie makes play for share of Predators
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Falls Below $100 on Speculation Recession May Curb Demand
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Economy:

Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill
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Lawmakers Hope Small Changes Will Spur Bailout
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Confidence Unexpectedly Rose This Month
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Misleading indicator
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Please Tip :)
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Fears of world recession gain pace
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Businesses Push for Bailout Plan
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Lesson From a Crisis: When Trust Vanishes, Worry
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Labeled as a Bailout, Plan Was Hard to Sell to a Skeptical Public
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World leaders look to US for salvation as economies near abyss
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Mired in politics, Bernanke tries to steer Fed
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'Punish greedy bankers' is not a rescue plan
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Crude Oil Rises on Signs US Will Revive Bank Bailout Plan
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Oil Drops Most in 17 Years in Quarter on Economy Woes
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5 Reasons Why the $700B Bailout Could Translate to $250 Oil
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US Companies Decreased September Payrolls by 8000
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US September Job Cuts Rise 33% From Year Ago, Challenger Says
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Economic confidence among small business owners slipped sharply in September
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In a new survey, CFOs fear the effects of the credit crisis on long-term financing and strategy
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Nobel laureate Stiglitz predicts Obama win, recession
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Bailout marks Karl Marx's comeback
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Financial carnage leaves Americans fearing the worst
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Harvard economist: Bankruptcy is right answer
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US Treasury Secretary Paulson is wrong
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Here's a Better Bailout Plan
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Carlos Slim Says Buffett's Goldman Stake May Be Model
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A stronger case for a Wall Street rescue
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Five Lessons From the Credit Crisis
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Central bankers must act, says BlackRock's Bob Doll
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This Economy Does Not Compute
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The Burn/Fiddle Conundrum
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More Things to Worry About
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Real Estate:

Housing price index tumbles 16.3% in July
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Moody's on Housing: No Bottom until 2010?
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Rising Hopes for Homebuilders?
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Wall Street Tumult Casts Pall on Manhattan Real Estate
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Maguire Properties Financing Doesn't Slay Debt Demons
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Home Prices Move Lower
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Mortgage Applications Plunge as Credit Tightens
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Home firms file for bankruptcy
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Patriot Homes files for bankruptcy
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Thornburg cuts work force
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Developer, partnership file Chapter 11
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Trump settles with Florida builder
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Politics:

Senate May Try to Revive Bank-Rescue Bill
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Senate Expects Easy Passage Of Bailout
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Obama calls on Americans to support rescue plan
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House Members Receive Angry Calls on Bailout Defeat Vote, Aides Say
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Congress decides it is worth risking depression
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12 members who might switch bailout vote
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The bail-out failure and blame game
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Pelosi's Price
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Compromises need to be made to pass bailout package
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Many vulnerable lawmakers said 'no' to bailout
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Wall Street Donations and the Bailout Vote
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Bush, 'personal responsibility' give us a meltdown of epic proportions
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Clinton: 'It Sounds Dire, But Commerce Could Stop'
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Small Banks Score a Coup by Lobbying
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Banking:

Bush pushes bailout as bank crisis spreads
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FDIC Seeks Authority to Raise Deposit Insurance Limit
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Raising deposit insurance has limited upside
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Banks in most need of rescue
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Fate Is Unclear for Wachovia's Brokers
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Sovereign Bancorp replaces CEO, shares soar
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Questions Arise Over Citigroup's Mortgage Exposure
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Texas counties file in bankruptcy court against WaMu holding company
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Citi committed to orderly consummation of Wachovia deal
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Another Blow to Banks: Securities Underwriting Dries Up
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European Banks May Raise Loan Rates as Libor Surges to Record
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Finance:

Credit Market: Even Scarier than Stocks
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Living in a leverage-free world
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Libor Surges Most on Record After US Congress Rejects Bailout
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A Libor Of Fear
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Libor Overnight Rate Drops as Quarter-End Funding Squeeze Eases
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Financial deadlock won't end until faith restored
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Credit Squeeze Crushes Small-Biz Lender
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Accounting:

SEC, FASB Resist Calls to Suspend Fair-Value Rules
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Fair Value Follies 2
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Changing the rules on bank accounting, the fix is in
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US plan to ditch fair value 'shoots the messenger'
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Politicians rail against fair value accounting
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Accountants to the rescue? Mark to market?
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Sarkozy seeks EU-wide accounting rule change
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PwC revenues up 8% worldwide
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Aviation:

Global Air-Travel Growth Hits 5 Year Low, IATA Says
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Urgent Steps Urged for Aviation
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Alitalia investor board meeting Thursday
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Alitalia says authorities confirm its flight licence
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Last of stranded XL passengers flown home
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IP:

Ciprico Completes Sale of Intellectual Property to Dot Hill
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Municipalities:

Alabama county to miss $83M payment on bond debt
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Judge Sets Hearing in Jefferson Co. Case
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Municipal Bond Issuance Forecast To Fall By 25 To 30 Percent In 2009
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Under Strain, Cities Are Cutting Back Projects
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Fraud:

Headquarters of Polaroid Parent Company is Raided
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Lenders Say They Were Taken For $223M
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The first casualty of a downturn is truth
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Hedge Funds:

RAB funds leak $500m
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Thousands of hedge funds could fall by Spring.
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Hedge funds face worst year since 1990
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UK Hedge Funds Under Pressure From Credit Crisis
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A Squeeze on Leading Fund Chiefs
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Shadow bank failure
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Filings haven't surged, but lawyers say that's because firms today prefer to deal with troubles out of court
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Sliding economy sends Hawaii bankruptcies soaring
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Celebs:

Struggling Ed McMahon Sued Again, Raps to Raise Moola
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O.J. Simpson Jurors Could Get Case by Week's End
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Florida marina auction leads to allegations of bankruptcy fraud
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Task force to investigate bankruptcy fraud allegations against federal judge
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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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M&A:

Huntsman shares soar after court ruling
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Allied tumbles after Ciena unit files for bankruptcy
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Ciena Capital LLC Voluntarily Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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As the credit crunch has grown worse, even the best deals are having trouble getting financed
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Insurance:

First-half profits for insurers down 57.4%
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Hartford drops on concern about exposures
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Greenberg Seeks AIG Assets
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No E&O coverage for falsified credit reports
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Genworth May Spin Off US Mortgage Insurance Business
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Bonds:

Corporate Bonds Have Worst Month Since '80
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Retailing:

Consumers in gloomy mood on cusp of holiday season
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US retailers facing constricted credit
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High-Risk Strategies Hit Home
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Circuit City hires restructuring firm -- is bankruptcy on the horizon?
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Boscov's bankruptcy hearing set
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Credit crunch hits Mervyns while it's down
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Corporate Reform:

SEC charges Penn Traffic with accounting fraud
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Executive's Trial to Begin in $1.9 Billion Corporate Fraud Case
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Grand jury to investigate books of Fannie, Freddie
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In-House Counsel's Bribery, Racketeering Convictions Overturned
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Who Is Going to Jail for All of This?
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Turnarounds:

Recent Events on Wall Street Make Turnarounds Even More Difficult
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Newspapers:

Fun With Bankruptcy, Nunc Pro Tunc and an $185000 Retainer
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In Praise of the Now-Defunct New York Sun
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Investors pull the plug on New York Sun
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Star Tribune skips quarterly debt payment of $9 million
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Insider Compensation:

Europe Fumes at American-Style Pay for Bankers
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WaMu creditors could challenge payments to Killinger, others
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Jurisdiction:

Third Circuit Reverses Bankruptcy Court's Exercise of Jurisdiction Over Non-Debtors
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Furniture:

Furniture stores go from boom to bust
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Health Care:

Lourdes is not interested in Kessler deal
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Arnold: Protect Maria, Let The Rest Go Bankrupt!
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Food/Drink:

Restaurant industry outlook chilly
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Pierre Foods files bankruptcy
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Pilgrim's Pride shares fall as credit issues weigh
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Twinkies maker faces opposition to reorganization
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Shells Seafood Restaurants Converts to Chapter 7
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J&D Restaurant gets interim cash OK
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Agriculture:

Farmer Mac Looks to Stabilize Firm
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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Upcoming NJ Organizational Meetings
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Boating:

OBC pledges assets to Brunswick
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Credit Cards:

Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights
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UK:

Pressure mounts in UK to guarantee savings
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UK to raise guarantee on savers' bank deposits
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HBOS falls on Lloyds deal fears
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HBOS £3.5bn shy of Lloyds' offer as City scents bid cut
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Thoughts from London on bank consolidation and bailouts
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UK Manufacturing Contracts, Service Industries Stop Growing
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Freshfields partner to head Bank of England legal team
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Oakdene Slumps After Becoming First Builder to Breach Covenants
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No Joy as clothing chain falls into administration
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Hardy Amies close to collapse
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Banks face crackdown on loan insurance sales
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Canada:

Canada's Economy Grew 0.7% in July on Energy, Fastest Since `04
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Wisconsin Schools Sue Royal Bank Over Losses
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EU:

Trichet Says US Must Pass Plan to Rescue 'Global Finance'
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Impatient with US, Europe crafts own rescue plans
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ECB Offers to Drain 200 Billion Euros, Deposits Surge
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EU Proposes Stricter Bank Capital Rules Amid Crisis
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Bank Bond Spreads in Europe at Record on Funding Woes
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Europe's central banks keep money flowing
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The US Financial Crisis Is Spreading to Europe
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Fortis Asset Sale Faces Review
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Ireland's bank guarantee could be model for other countries
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Irish solution is not an answer EU wants
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UK Banks Seek 'Urgent Clarification' on Irish Plan
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Ireland's gamble
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Are European banks too big to fail?
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European September Manufacturing Contracts More Than Estimated
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France to host EU crisis meeting on Sat
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Germany:

German Unemployment Declines More Than Expected
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Steinbrueck Says Hypo Rescuers to Control All Assets, Shares
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German Restructuring Plan for WestLB to Be Investigated by EU
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India:

Rumors Spark Run On Indian Bank
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India is safe from global meltdown, says finance minister
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Australia:

Australian Manufacturing Shrinks in September for Fourth Month
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Ireland:

Ireland Bond Risk at Record as Government Guarantees Deposits
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Iceland:

Iceland Debt Rating Cut by Fitch Amid Glitnir Bailout
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Iceland remains in front line of turmoil
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Japan:

Credit crisis gloom spreads to Japan factories
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Northern Ireland:

Business failures on the rise
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Brazil:

Small Brazilian Banks Face `Challenging' Outlook, Merrill Says
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Russia:

Moscow Builders Halt Projects as Credit Crunch Bites
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