October 14, 2008

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Law:

ST&B Bags Treasury Work, a Glitch at Cleary and More from the Meltdown
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Judge Allows Suit Claiming a Billing 'Free for All' by WilmerHale
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Some Midsize Firms See Profit Opportunities in Downturn
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Hard Times Hit Biglaw Land
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U.S. Company Lawyers Expect Litigation Surge on Credit Crisis
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Clients Are Understanding About Conflicts Now, but Will They Remain That Way?
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A New Era of "Dead Bank" Litigation?
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The banking bailout has prompted a surprising response from lawyers
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'Not A Potted Plant': A Look at Ted Stevens's Lawyer
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Rough Times for Lawyers? Not Necessarily in the U.K.
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A leading Icelandic lawyer on how the country is weathering the storm
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Ruling Shoots Down Rocket Docket
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Bomb Scare Forces San Francisco Law Firms to Evacuate
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India Lures Outsourcing
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Lawyers Ponder Liability Over Client Trust Accounts at Failed Banks
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Defunct Company Owes $46 Million Default Judgment
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N.Y. Gov Signs New Pension Law to Rein In Renegade Gov't Legal Advisers
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Are Students Switching Career Interest from Business to Law?
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GC of Oklahoma Bar Gets Probation in Groping Case
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Judges:

Will W. Va. Supreme Court Mess Go to SCOTUS?
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Will Next President Turn the High Court?
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Number of Ethics Probes of Federal Judges Appears Unprecedented
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Wall Street:

US Stocks Set to Extend Monday's Huge Rally
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Stocks Soar on Pledges of New Capital
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Dow Jones rallies more than 900 points
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Asian, European Markets Continue Upbeat Rally
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'Smart Money' Stays on the Sides
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The guilty men of Wall Street
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How This Bear Market Compares
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Dimon, Munger, Rohatyn: No More Vegas
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U.S. Stock Analysts Keep Estimates as Markets Fall
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Fitch cuts Morgan Stanley's default ratings to 'A/F1'
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Russian roulette at Morgan Stanley?
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Morgan Agrees to Revise Terms of Mitsubishi Deal
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Goldman wants to be full-service NY bank
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Do you get a toaster if opening an account?
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Short-Sellers: Unfairly Targeted in the Market Crisis?
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Margin Calls Prompt Sales, and Drive Shares Even Lower
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Executives Forced to Sell Shares
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Removing the smoke and mirrors from structured products
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Institutional investors returning to money-market funds
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Politics:

Obama calls for 90-day moratorium on foreclosures
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Foreclosure freeze movement hits top of Democratic ticket
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Obama Offers Steps to Stem Foreclosures, Aid Families
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Obama Econ Plan: Includes Proposal He Previously Called 'Disastrous'
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Hillary says economic crisis breaks her heart
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Obama Expands Economic Plans
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No New Economic Proposal Expected From McCain
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Obama in Toledo: Double loan guarantee for US automakers
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Wall Street Donors Resent Bashing
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Obama shields ACORN from Criminal Prosecution in the Economic Crisis
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Autos:

One of Big 3 may not survive
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GM to Close Michigan Plant With 1340 Workers
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GM to shut Wisconsin SUV plant that employs 1200
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Ford Australia to Cut 500 Jobs
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Automakers could return to Congress for help
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Auto Makers Up Against the Wall, May Be A Good Thing
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From Bad to Worse for Detroit
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GM: 'They have to cut fast and they have to cut deep'
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Ford Talks Down Mazda Sale
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Analysts see Mazda silver lining if Ford sells stake
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Cerberus's Role Crucial as G.M.-Chrysler Merger Talks Continue
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Cerberus wants stake in any merged Chrysler
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GM not only Chrysler suitor
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GM could use Chrysler's cash
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GMAC Tightens Lending To Borrowers Of Auto Loans
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GMAC Tightens Standards for Financing Dealers
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AutoNation shares decline following downgrade
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GM, Ford rally on reports of industry merger talks
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Toyota Rises Most in 21 Years on Bank Support Plans
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Daimler to cut 3,500 jobs as truck demand weakens
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Germany Considers Aid for Auto Industry
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Lehman:

What failed? Ask management
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Lehman opposes creditor demands to view documents
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Lehman Bondholders Get Little Insight on Price From CDS Auction
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Lehman derivatives auction: Bad, but not a disaster?
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Spare some sympathy for jobless bankers
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Lehman Brothers, Hank Paulson and me
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International fallout from Lehman $300 billion: German regulator
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Pickens Pickin' a Fight With Lehman
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Nomura completes taking over Lehman staff in Asia
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Lehman Bets Stoke Anger in Hong Kong
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Silver lining for graduate in Lehman collapse
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M&A:

Wall Street Cedes M&A to Bank Collapses as Fees Fall
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Basketball:

NBA Will Cut About 9% of Workers as Economy Slows
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Accounting:

Fair value accounting rules eased
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Accounting plagues Archway
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Oz regulator takes legal action against KPMG
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Ex-KPMG partners in $1bn tax trial
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Troubled Baugur turns to BDO for solutions
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IASB eases mark-to-market rules
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Municipalities:

Jefferson County commissioners spar over sewer debt solutions
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Proposal could mean big hike in Jefferson County users' sewer bills
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Credit Counseling:

Credit counseling: Help or hindrance?
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Debt-Relief Firms Attract Complaints
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Pensions:

Central States asks $662 million from Con-way
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Calpers fund down 25 percent for year
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Resorts:

Big week ahead for Tamarack Resort
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Wall Street Troubles Visit Moonlight, Yellowstone Club
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Media:

Market Turmoil Pressures Redstone
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Corporate Governance:

The Financial Crisis and Delaware
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Will Current Financial Crisis Lead to Federalization of Corporate Law Governed Now By Delaware?
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Where Were the Boards?
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Accounting:

Banks to SEC: Overrule FASB Fair-Value Guidance
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N.J. Jury Gives Plaintiff $41M from KPMG
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Food/Drink:

Vicorp Restaurants reaches deal with its lenders.
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Economy:

Fed Floods Market With Dollars
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Top banking executives called to meet with Paulson Mon. afternoon
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Global Stocks Climb, Oil Rises on Bailout Plan; Banks Advance
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World races to avoid recession
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Kashkari Leaps From Obscurity to Lead Role in US Bank Rescue
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Meet Kashkari's team
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Chicago firm Ennis Knupp to oversee bailout portfolio
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Federal Stakes in US Banks: Details, Please
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U.S. Plans to Take Stakes in 9 Big Financial Companies
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U.S. Investing $250 Billion in Banks - Federal Guarantee for New Debts and Business Deposits
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Intervention Is Bold, but Has a Basis in History
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Paulson's $250 Billion Bank Buy Begins - To prevent any stigma to taking bailout funds, the feds will invest in several big banks simultaneously rather than wait for requests
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Hank Paulson's new plan is to pump $250 billion in nine major U.S. banks. This one had better work.
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In the Bailout, Which Taxpayers Win?
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Fed Opens Cash Spigot to Overseas Credit Markets
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Treasury Bank Plan Said to Include Equity, Bank Debt Insurance
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Treasury to Invest in `Healthy' Banks
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'Shoot the Wounded' to Restore Banks' Confidence
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Nobel Economic Prize to Arch-Critic Krugman Is Blow to Bush
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Bush, Berlusconi vow cooperation on crisis
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Pelosi Says Congress to Consider Second Economic Stimulus Plan
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Buyout bosses gather in Dubai as crisis continues
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Gates Predicts `Significant Recession,' More Job Loss
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Bank Bailouts to Make Recession `More Manageable,' Volcker Says
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Blackstone Says U.S. Action Could Crack The Crisis
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Sovereign Funds Now Prefer Hoarding Cash to Rescuing U.S. Financial Firms
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US crisis freezes China sovereign funds
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Financial crisis can lead to violence
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Policy Blunders Have Created Crisis of Faith
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Armageddon - or a bumpy landing?
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Startups Feel the Squeeze
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Real Estate:

Fannie Flashback: "If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry"
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Fannie, Freddie to Purchase "Under-Performing" Mortgage Bonds
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Fannie and Freddie: From rescued to saviors
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Halloween This Year :)
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California foreclosures fall dramatically
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Overall rise in office vacancies starting to slow
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Declining home values erode seniors' largest investments
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Nobody shows up for EnCap tax sale
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Countrywide Delaware Derivative Lawsuit Dismissed; What Happens Next?
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Illinois sheriff takes opposite path from greedy executives
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Accredited Sues, Then Withdraws Suit Against Illinois Sheriff
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Judge converts RESS to Ch. 7
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Insurance:

38 Credit Unions Say Lyndon Insurance Cheats On Subprime Auto Loan Policies
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Manulife Discloses C$250 Million of Credit Losses
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Aflac May Buy AIG's Japan Life Unit, CEO Amos Says
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Former AIG chief's alternative rescue plan
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FAI director found not guilty in HIH-related trial
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Finance:

Interbank lending rates ease, remain high
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Fed Releases Flood of Dollars, Market Rates Fall
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Libor Dollar Rates Drop After Governments Step Up Bank Rescues
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Three-Month Euribor Declines the Most in 5 1/2 Years, EBF Says
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Venture capital fundraising down 5.5% in third quarter
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Banking:

Court filings outline demise of Citi-Wachovia deal
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Bank bail-outs don't stop the flow of champagne
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Fed's Hoenig Cautions Against New Banking 'Oligarchy'
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The Grim Reaper Continues His Harvest
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The FDIC calls on banks to rebuild the deposit insurance fund. How much they pay depends on the riskiness of their business
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Bankers group asks SEC to override FASB on fair-value rules
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Fortis restructured
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Barclays to raise £6.6bn from investors
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Euro bank executives' golden parachutes are coming to earth
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Aviation:

Boeing Contract Talks Fail
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Frontier extends pilots' wage cuts
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More Than a Nuisance, Business Travel Is Called a Health Risk
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Art:

Crisis Imperils Art Market
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What Happens to Corporate Art Collections?
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Newspapers:

Newspapers Axe Monday Issues on Paper Cost, Ad Slump
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Rises to Above $83 as Financial Panic Eases
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Goldman slick
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Unions:

Union activism within bankruptcies is on the rise
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Computers:

Rackable Ripped by Economy's Crunch
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Fraud:

Petters firms file for bankruptcy
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Petters Arrest Won't Change Polaroid Plans
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Accountants could shed new light on Kerviel's case
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Retailing:

Circuit City Bankruptcy Likely In '09
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Rivals' bankruptcies benefit Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond?
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Sharper Image to exit bankruptcy protection
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Sears finance chief steps down
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Sharper Image inks $540 million licensing deal
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LNT clock ticks down to deadline
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Derivatives:

Senior US lawmaker vows to regulate CDS market
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Credit Default Swaps Signal Emerging-Market Debt Fears
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Magazines:

Is the party over for Playboy?
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M&A:

Potential deal for Sovereign could signal more M&A
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Mining:

Judge orders Asarco to mediate with Grupo Mexico representatives
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Predatory Lending:

Legal experts tackle predatory lending
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Health Care:

Healthcare workers plan to strike
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Despite union's strike call, most health care employees show up
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Reese creditor seeks stay relief
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HVS Capital Corp launches Special Hospitality Assets Group
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Health insurance runs out on Archway mom
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge-Fund Chiefs Move To Cash
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Corporate Reform:

SEC Inspector Heaps More Criticism on SEC
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Both Sides of the Aisle See More Regulation
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Execs of failed financial firms unrepentant
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Shipping:

Economic slump may push shipping lines into bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

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

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

Alix's go-to guy
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Telecoms:

New Rochelle Telephone Files for Chapter 11
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Radio:

Westwood One in Talks to Extend, Refinance Debt
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Furniture:

DD-OH retains cash collateral use
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M&A:

Buyout Bids In The Dumps
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Jewelry:

Fred Leighton to battle Merrill
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Education:

Seeking Refuge in an M.B.A. Program
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Mass Torts:

W.R. Grace Wins Dismissal of California Government Property Damage Claims
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Layoffs:

PepsiCo to cut 3,300 jobs
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Bonds:

Bond Insomnia's Cure Awaits Readers of Fine Print
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Today's Market Bloodbath
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Alternative Fuels:

Panda Ethanol restructures loan agreements
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Dot-coms:

Web of the Damned
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Paper Products:

Great Lakes, LaSalle strike deal
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Personal Finance:

Middle class is mired in debt
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Casual dining chains hunger for change
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UK:

Hand of state returns to tiller
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UK Inflation Reaches Fastest Since at Least 1997
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Brown's boom will end only in another bust
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U.K. Sheds Its Reputation for Bumbling
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Bosses pay the price as taxpayer moves in
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Government will have role on bank boards
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The banks' need for speed will have consequences
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Irresponsibility ushers in the age of control
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UK Regulator Will Let Boards Decide Banker Bonuses
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From an RBS insider:
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Bank bailout: What it means for savers and borrowers
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Barclays given too long a rope
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Darling Says UK Will Loan Landsbanki 100 Mln Pounds
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Taylor Wimpey slips as hedge fund sells shares
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JJB looks to dispose non-core assets
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UK Home Sales Fall to Three-Decade Low
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Lending for homebuying hits record low in August
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EU:

A Host of Measures Across Europe
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Europe Pledges Billions for Banks
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Rumors swirl over which banks want help
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As European Bailouts Gel, Sticker Shock Sets In
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Sarkozy Pledges EU360 Billion to Help Banks, Lending
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Germany Pledges EU500 Billion in Bank Rescue Plan
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Dutch step in with €200bn guarantee
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Spain provides up to €100bn of bank guarantees
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EU Nations Commit 1.3 Trillion Euros to Bank Bailouts
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For shareholders, European bank rescue no panacea
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Big Europe firms can survive crunch for months
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Iceland:

Icelandic women to clean up 'male mess'
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Iceland casts a shadow over eastern Europe (and South Africa)
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Iceland meltdown hits ordinary people
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Iceland Starts Talks With Russia on $5.5 Billion Loan
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Reykjavik stock exchange plummets 76%
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Baugur Says It Has No Plan to Put UK Unit Into Administration
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Dramatic job cuts expected in finance sector in Iceland
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Finland:

Finland Escapes Iceland's Fate Thanks to Legacy of 1991 Crisis
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Middle East:

Dubai May Need Help From Abu Dhabi to Service Rising Debts
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Dubai World Has No Problem Borrowing, Chairman Says
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Germany:

German Banks Welcome EU500 Billion Government Rescue Package
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Steinbrueck Says Bank Chiefs Shouldn't Make More Than EU500,000
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Hypo Real Estate Hires Firm to Probe Ex-Board Members
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German Economic Institutes Slash 2009 Growth Forecast
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German Investor Sentiment Slumped as Crisis Deepened
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German States May Oppose Government Rescue Plan as Too Costly
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Hungary:

I.M.F. Says It's Ready to Assist Hungary
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Italy:

Italy to Guarantee Bank Debt on a Case by Case Basis
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Berlusconi Shares Investor Pain With $2 Billion Loss
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Russia:

Stock Slump Imperils Putin's Effort to Pump Up Russian Wealth, and His Legacy
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Russian Bank Loses $10 Million in Rogue Trade
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Ukraine:

Emergency steps to defend Ukraine banks
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India:

Special cell to probe ICICI Bank bankruptcy rumors
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Indian Savers May Bury Cash in 'Panic' Over Banks
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Pakistan:

Pakistan seeks $10bn from expats to avoid bankruptcy
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Security fears over Pakistan bankruptcy threat
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After Iceland, Pak on verge of bankruptcy
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Japan:

Aso considers full protection of bank deposits
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Japan's Consumer Sentiment Stays Near Record Low
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Japan is telling us: The pain's not over yet
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New Zealand:

New Zealand May Need to Guarantee Wholesale Bank Deposits
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Asia:

Asia braces for crisis to hit despite EU, US moves
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Seeks To Lift Confidence;Fully Backs Bank Deposits
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Hong Kong in (Mini) bondage - Testing the city's resolve to adhere to free-market principles
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France:

French Business Confidence Plunges to 15-Year Low
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Australia:

Harder for Small Lenders to Survive
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