Law:

Reed Smith May Take On Thelen Group
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Freshfields, DLA Piper Score European Bailout Roles
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Layoff Watch: O'Melveny & Myers
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Taft Forms Business Recovery Solutions Team to Help Clients
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Dear 2L: "If You've Met Somebody You Like, Start Dancing With Them"
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Is Paralegal Work a Hindrance or a Bright Spot?
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75% of manufacturers hit with new lawsuits
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Partners asked to repay draw?
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Bailout Package's Legal Riddles Abound Conflicts, exec pay hot-button issues
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Taxes Make Me Ill: Paterson Aide Invokes Late Filing Syndrome
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Extreme Cost Cutting
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Court Skeptical of $40 Million Payoff From Contingency Fee Deal
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LeClairRyan Is Winning the Sprint for Legal Talent
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Baker Botts Defends SOX Board in Key Separation of Powers Case
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Halloween Ideas: Is Just Being a Lawyer Scary Enough?
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"Are Options Backdating Cases Settling for Less?"
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Barkley School of Law Closing
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More Jury Drama in Stevens Trial
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Large Law Firms on LinkedIn
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New Industry Economic Indicator
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Top tips for beating the credit crunch...
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Attorney Heartthrob Chooses BigLaw Over the TV Limelight
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Big-Firm Lawyers Posed for Hottie Calendar
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Will The Great American Pants Suit Fail for a Lack of Precedent?
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Free Law School in California
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A Progressive System of Lunch Redistribution Comes to Pennsylvania
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And That Foot Is Me
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Judges:

Judge Indicted for Misconduct
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How Green Is the High Court?
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Judges Scuffle Over Office Equipment, Cops Called In
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'On the Prowl' Judge Removed for Sexual Improprieties, Racial Slurs
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Wall Street:

S&P Dow Futures Down By Daily Limit, Dropping More Than 6%
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Stock Futures Frozen After Steep Plunge
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Dow Futures' Drop Signals Ugly Open; Tokyo, London Plummet on Profit Warnings
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Stocks headed for a bloodbath Fri.
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World stocks tumble to 5-year low, dollar jumps
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Indexes fall hard on bloody Friday
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World Markets Sink; OPEC Slashing Output
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Stocks End Volatile Session Higher
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'Out of Control' Wall Street Chiefs Spurned Davos Warnings, Chose to Party
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Employees Sacked At Goldman Sachs
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Tumbling markets, assets drain fund managers' results
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Merrill 3Q loss widens on mortgage-related charges
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Morgan Stanley prime broker woes seen lasting
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HealthSouth recovers $133 million in suit against investment vbank UBS
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Bear Stearns $30 billion mortgage portfolio falls 9 percent
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Inflated Treasuries And Deflated Stockholders
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JPMorgan chief receives death threat
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Fed Says Bear Stearns Portfolio Declines $2.7 Billion
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Reserve Fund says it will disburse about $25 bln
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Wall St layoffs could top 200,000
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Goldman Plays Job Cut Catch-Up
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Autos:

GM suspending benefits; buyouts 'well received'
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GM reportedly plans more cuts in salaried workforce
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Cuts signal deepening woes at GM
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GM suspends payments into 401(k) plans
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Johnson Controls' fourth-quarter earnings drop 97%
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GM, Chrysler gear up for still more job cuts
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GM Cuts Costs to the Bone
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Chrysler to close Delaware plant early, cut jobs
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Ford considers partial sale of Mazda stake
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Michigan Lawmakers: US Auto Cos. Face 'Emergency' Situation
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Judge gives Delphi more time to file plan
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Merger may not aid GM fast enough to help
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Cerberus favors single buyer for Chrysler
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Cerberus Looks for 'Fresh Air' at GM
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What models would survive Detroit merger?
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Doubts hang over any Nissan-Renault-Chrysler deal
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Hyundai suffers 38% fall in profits
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European carmakers cut earnings guidance
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Peugeot to launch 'massive' cuts
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Alternative Fuels:

HydroGen LLC files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Beatrice converts to Ch. 7
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Oil/Gas:

OPEC Agrees to Cut for First Time in Two Years as Prices Slump
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Oil trades below $65 despite OPEC cuts output
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Oil price drop also has losers' galley
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Lehman:

New York may look at Lehman exec payments
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Lazard Said to Hire Lehman's European Investment Banking Chief
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Germany Says It Placed About EUR100 Million With Lehman Brothers
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Two Top Law Firms Disclose Billing Rates in Lehman Filings
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Milbank Owed $2.8 Million in Unpaid Lehman Bills
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Freddie Mac seeks Lehman probe of missing $1.2 bln
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Peninsula cities take big hit from Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
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Why Did Treasury Allow Lehman to Fail?
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Solus sues Lehman over $3M wire transfer
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Hong Kong Regulator Probes Complaints on Soured Products Tied to Lehman
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Paulson 'lacked the power' to save Lehman
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Tracking Firm Says Bets Placed on Lehman Have Been Quietly Settled
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EBay credit agreement $160 mln lower due to Lehman
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Nomura asks Lehman bankers to lead equity business
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Hedge funds meet to mine out Lehman assets
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Health Care:

National Century investor describes final days
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Analyst: National Century CEO violated investment rules
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Michael Reese hearing cancelled
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Retailing:

Retailers need to respond to plummeting consumer demand
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Target tightens credit terms
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Mining:

Asarco approves breakup with Sterlite, collects $50 million fee
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Does Asarco have a backup plan?
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Copper, Lead Are Poised for Biggest Weekly Declines Since 1980s
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Fraud:

Hearing to determine Fabian's fate begins
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Fund Manager Follieri Gets 4 1/2 Years in Fraud Case
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Economy:

Weekly jobless claims rise 15,000 to 478,000
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Greenspan Concedes to 'Flaw' in His Market Ideology
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Greenspan "shocked" at credit system breakdown
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Greenspan's views get curiouser and curiouser
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Alan Greenspan is shocked. Had he understood markets, he would not be, and we all might be much better off
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Financial crisis 'like a tsunami'
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Bank stocks worldwide tumble; economic fear mounts
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Another Bubble Bursts - Subprime mortgages were just the beginning
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Consumers' Attitudes Toward Credit Contribute To Bad Economy
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Real Estate:

Housing Prices Tumble in August as Foreclosures Surge
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Foreclosures Help Housing Market Find a Bottom
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FDIC May Guarantee Some Home Loans
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New Loan Fix Is Unlikely the Last
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Foreclosures Getting Under Control
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US Lawmakers Demand More Steps to Help Homeowners
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NY Banking Regulator Calls for Treasury's Help in Loan Modifications
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3500 Mortgages Modified at IndyMac Under FDIC Program
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Mortgage brokers in philosophical mood
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Fannie, Freddie Have 'Explicit Guarantee,' FHFA Says
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Arkansas foreclosures jump 40 percent in September
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TX AG's relief proposal does little for homeowners
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Tri-City real estate developer accused of fraud
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Where the crisis first struck, who will help?
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Don't lay global housing bubble on U.S. doorstep
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SunCal affiliates want to convert
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NAACP Wants Vote Challenges Based On Foreclosures Enjoined
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Insurance:

Insurer posts profit decline, cites hurricane and Lehman bankruptcy
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AIG may need more cash due to restructuring
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AIG names restructuring leaders
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AIG Taps $90.3 Billion, Exceeding Original US Loan
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Prudential Eyes AIG Assets
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AIG's Liddy Says $122.8 Billion 'May Not Be Enough'
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Chubb Profit Falls 64% on Hurricanes, Investment Loss
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Aflac's Earnings Decline 76%
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Liquidations:

Post-default liquidation now more likely
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Aviation:

US Airways Among Airlines Reporting Losses
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Battle for alliance with Alitalia grows more intense
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Air France Struggles
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Shipping:

Claims against Industrial Carriers could top $100m
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Shipping Firms Gear Down as Slow Economy Takes Toll
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Hedge Funds:

GLG's Roman, NYU's Roubini Predict Hedge Fund Failures, Panic
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Western Union International Seeks Cash Frozen In Reserve International Fund
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Where will hedge funds put their business in future?
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Extinction predicted for a third of hedge funds
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Hedge Fund Panic Said Likely To Close Down Markets
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Modular Buildings:

Modtech seeks bankruptcy protection
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Consultants:

Wave of Bankruptcies Boosting Demand for Talent
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Radio:

Sirius: Yet Another New Low, As Liquidity Worries Intensify
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Financial problems blur future for Kingsburg radio station
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Corporate Reform:

The pressure for convictions is great but prosecutors have their work cut out
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Cox Deflects Blame for Crisis
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Municipalities:

Jefferson County Debt Crisis Grows Outside Sewer Budget
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With Jefferson County's sewer mess already spilling over, reaching a deal is even more imperative
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ARS:

Three More Banks Join ARS Parade
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Theme Parks:

Judge OKs Hard Rock Park to borrow more
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Art:

Sotheby's Discloses $15 Million Loss on Guarantees in October
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Student Debt:

Economic anxiety trickles down to students weighing college
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Student loan fugitives
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Credit Cards:

Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: What it means for you
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Tech:

Samsung profit drops 44%, cuts fourth-quarter forecast
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Sovereign Debt:

Emerging Markets Need Help in Crisis
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West Is in Talks on Credit to Aid Poorer Nations
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Resorts:

Double JJ trustee: 'Animals not at risk'
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Trucking:

Trucks keep rolling, but bankruptcy judge withholds Harvey Gainey's paycheck
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Greatwide wins interim DIP approval
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Banking:

Bank Shares Tumble Amid Global Plunge
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Will Downey's SOS be answered by Treasury bailout or FDIC seizure?
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Skiing:

Fortress Makes Black Diamond Run
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Food/Drink:

Sonny's Restaurants Closing In Volusia County
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Metromedia Steakhouses to seek DIP
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Metromedia Steakhouses to seek DIP
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Auctions:

Biz-liquidation auctioneers in high demand
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Accounting:

US bankers call for new accounting board
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Florida man pleads guilty to wire, mail and bankruptcy fraud in massive mortgage fraud scheme
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Enron:

Ex-Enron Chief Skilling Moved to Low-Security Federal Prison in Colorado
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Bonds:

Bond Risk Surges by Record
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Corporate bond stress adds to companies' worries
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WaMu Bond Insurers Get Off Easy
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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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Walker Wilcox Matousek

Newspapers:

New York Times brings Wall Street more bad news
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S&P slashes NY Times rating to junk
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Finance:

Libor for Overnight Dollars Rises as Recession Concern Mounts
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Sharp drop in business lending
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GE to Use Fed's Commercial Paper Facility Next Week
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Derivatives:

WaMu Swaps Auction Sets Payout of 43 Cents on Dollar
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Threat to corporate CDOs increases
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Gambling:

Ex-owners want Atlantic City's Tropicana back
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Why Tropicana's former owners want back in
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Defaults:

The rising default wave
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Credit Counseling:

'Operation Clean Sweep': FTC and State Agencies Target 36 'Credit Repair' Operations
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Fraud:

Fourth guilty plea entered in Petters case
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Judges Try To Make Sense Of Mountain Of Petters Litigation
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Personal Finance:

Some Bankruptcy Basics
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IP:

Spherics sells IP
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Pensions:

Feds recover $8.6 million for Agway retirees
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CalPERS may need bailout
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Obits:

C. Gayden Wren (scroll down)
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Layoffs:

Steady Drumbeat of Layoffs Grows Louder
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Cooper Industries slashing more than 1000 jobs
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Layoff Sign: Boss's Cold Shoulder
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Celebs:

Court upholds Bianca Jagger's Manhattan eviction
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Travel:

Dynamic Leisure files for bankruptcy protection
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UK:

British, euro-zone recessions likely under way
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UK GDP Shrinks, First Recession Since 1991 Looms
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Brits try to retrieve assets frozen in Icelandic banks
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Business funding 'pinched', say Tories
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Retail and business service sector failures up 266%
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You Can Leave The UK But Your Debts Will Hunt You Down
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Business failures inevitable, say banks
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Companies hoard cash against harder times
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Construction and utility groups are worst hit
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Gascoigne could face bankruptcy
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Offshore depositors up in arms
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London Olympics May Need 500 Million Pounds; Fundraising Fails
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Electricity supplier in administration
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Iran:

Iran's oil party is over, economists warn
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Germany:

German Stocks Drop Most in 19 Years
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German Banks Lent Most To Iceland
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Two-Thirds of Germans Want Economic Growth Package
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Pakistan:

Cash-strapped Pakistan finds few friends in need
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Pakistan faces multiple crises
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Iceland:

Icelanders see Icarus-like plunge of greed
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China:

Real Estate Crisis Threatens China Banks
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China Urged to Help Fight Crisis as Asia, Europe Leaders Gather
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S. Korea:

Ghost of Bear Stearns Haunts South Korea Economy
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Trouble Without Borders
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Eastern Europe:

Who's next? - The economies of eastern Europe face stormy times
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Russia:

Russian default risk tops Iceland as crisis deepens
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Frozen Students Loans Stir Fears on Campuses
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Russia at risk of debt default
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Australia:

Australia's Economy to Slow Through 2009, Access Economics Says
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Canada:

Canada to Guarantee Bank Loans
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Canadian Dollar Falls to Four-Year Low
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Canada Sees `Persistent' and `Pervasive' Credit Woes
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Worldwide injunction granted against American living in BC
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S. Korea:

South Korean Economy Grows at Weakest Pace in 4 Years
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Argentina:

Argentine Lawmakers Plan Curbs on Use of Pensions
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Argentine shares hit amid airline speculation
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Finland:

Finland escapes Iceland's fate thanks to legacy of 1991 crisis
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India:

Tight Credit Curbs Growth in India
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India Central Bank Leaves Rate Unchanged
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Cambodia:

Workers seize factory assets
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Indonesia:

Constitutional Court rejects bankruptcy law review request
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Denmark:

Denmark Raises Main Rate Half a Point
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Japan:

Bank of Japan Rate-Cut Speculation Increases Amid Concern of a Recession
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