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Thelen is Reelin'; Firm Loses Part of its 'Crown Jewel'
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Jenner & Block's Mystery Meeting
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Firms paying minimum to ditched lawyers
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Oil in the Blood
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Judicial Year Opens With Prayer At Red Mass
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Even global crises have a bright side
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GCs Say They Crave Communication, Efficiency in Outside Counsel
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Global 100 Rankings: Some Firms Are Doing Just Fine
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The Global 100: The English Advantage
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2008 Plaintiffs' Hot List
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Savvy Associates Disdain E-Mail, Probe Firm's Economic Underpinnings
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Sanctions: Patent Lawyers Discover Cost of Arguing Outside Claim Construction
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Identical twins prosecuted for double billing
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Lawyers incredibly fat
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The Credit Crisis and Law School Loans: Take One
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Former McAfee CFO Gets Year in Prison
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Coughlin Firm to Get Nearly $14M from McAfee
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OCC Lawyers Challenge Proposed Dismissal of Charges Against Miami Attorney
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Wachovia's Outside Counsel Say They Can Weather Bank's Woes
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Canadian Law Firms Weathering Wall Street Storm -- So Far
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During Market Purge, Law Firms Still Feel Urge to Merge
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Critical Legal Skill in Hard Times: Collections
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Tight Credit Market Likely Won't Affect Law School Loans
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The "Fight Club" Solution
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The World's Most Client Friendly Firms
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Gender Gap in Legal Pay Is Closing
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Eastern Texas' IP 'Rocket Docket' Shows Signs of Slowing
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Lawyer of the Day: Drug Donkey Gets Caught
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Partners' daughter asks associates to do her homework
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How I Quit the Law to Write for 'Law & Order'
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Contempt Conviction Upheld for Lawyer Who Gave Judge the Finger
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When Is A Gas Holiday Full Of Hot Air?
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Judges:

Update on Possible Impeachment of U.S. District Judge for Bankruptcy Fraud
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O'Connor Conference Addresses the Economy
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Politics:

Palin Misstates McCain Position on Bankruptcy Protections
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Palin vs. Biden debate: The bankruptcy bill
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Biden Defends Vote on Bankruptcy Bill
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Biden, McCain, Palin, Obama And Bankruptcy
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Biden Backs Bankruptcy Reform
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Furious Lobbying For Much Maligned Bailout Bill
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The Bailout: House Jitters?
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The candidates offer divergent responses to the credit crunch and differ sharply over free trade
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On Bankruptcy: Biden vs. Obama
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The Harry Reid Run
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Political Pressure's Continuing Battle With Reality
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Rise on Bailout, Rate-Cut Speculation
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Slammed by slowdown fear - Major U.S. indexes down 3%-4%; Dow trading at three-year lows
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US Stocks Decline on Concern Bank Rescue Won't Stop Slowdown
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The yawning information gap between bankers and the rest
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MUFG in talks with Morgan on securities unit
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SEC backs down on short-selling disclosure rule
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The SEC's crusade against shorts is a joke
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Around the Street: Credit Freeze, Economic Chill
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China unlikely to rescue Wall Street
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Money markets frozen; eyes on US bill vote
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Short-Selling 'Math Geek' Says He Is Never Naked, Though Covered in Blame
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Playboy Wants Laid-Off Wall Streeters
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Utilities:

Constellation Energy seeks support for $2 billion loan
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Hotels:

Hotels Foresee Lots Of Vacancies
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Hotel Execs Plead For Bailout Success
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Retailing:

Hilo Hattie to file for bankruptcy
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Hawaii tourism drop pushes Hilo Hattie into bankruptcy
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Other retailers likely to file for Chapter 11, close
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Wal-Mart May Gain in Worst Holiday Season in Decades
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Equity firms looking at Linens 'n Things
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Health Care:

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Hospital Lives On, Continues to Fight
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Trial of National Century boss begins
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Century City gets final DIP OK
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Gambling:

Herbst Gaming, parties agree to extend talks
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Is Stein gambling with Tropicana AC's value?
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Ex-owners: Tropicana worth no less than $950M
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Official Creditors Committee Supports New Management's Framework for Integration of Atlantic City Casino in Reorganized Tropicana
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Celebs:

Castroneves, Indy 500 Champion, Indicted in Tax Case
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Celebrity Attorney & Client Charged in Federal Tax Evasion Case
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Jury Gets O.J. Simpson Case
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Student Debt:

Sallie Mae CFO says size matters in tough times
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Food/Drink:

Carrols shares plummet on debt level concerns
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Mrs. Fields, Cookie Maker, Wins Approval of Recovery Plan
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BBQ eatery chain wins cash use
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Hockey:

Del Biaggio's alleged fraud could cost Preds millions
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Bettman's rosy view of Predators rings hollow
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Predators claim 'Boots' damages may top $100M
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Nashville franchise defaults on $40-million loan
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ARS:

Two Goldman Sachs customers sue firm over ARS
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The Auction-Rate Securities After-Party: Lehman Gets an Invite
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Municipalities:

Municipalities Struggle With Loss of Credit
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Alabama county clears way for debt talks
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Munis in the Crosshairs
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Short-Sellers Profit From States? Struggles
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Schwarzenegger to US: State may need $7-billion loan
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Education:

Bank Limits Fund Access by Colleges, Inciting Fears
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Defaults:

More than 60 loan defaults so far in 2008, vs. 16 in all of 2007
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Mass Torts:

Behind one Texas asbestos case
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Plaintiffs Firms' Mass Tort Groups in Flux
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Corporate Reform:

Sources: No Bear Stearns Indictment
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Economy:

Spoonful of pork may help bitter economic pill go down
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Lawmakers Switching Sides to Support Rescue Bill
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Many Lawmakers Struggle With Vote As Financial Relief Bill Returns To House
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Like lipstick on a pig
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Is bankruptcy better option than bailout?
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A Simple Fix
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We are all socialists now
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Bailout would let culprits off the hook
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What an Arrow Shaft Has to Do With a $700 Billion Rescue Plan
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Judicial Review in the Bailout Bill
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US Initial Jobless Claims Reach Seven-Year High
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US Payrolls Fell by 159000; Jobless Rate at 6.1%
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Job seekers face bleaker prospects
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Jobless Claims Point to Weakening Economy
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Factory Orders Slide Most Since 2006
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Bailout bickering masks deeper economic woes
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Recession's now certain
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Why the risk models failed so spectacularly,
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Why Main Street Is Mad: Scenes from a Financial Crisis
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Credit Managers: Recession is Here
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Banks, investment firms ramp up Fed borrowing
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Fed Loans to Banks, Dealers, AIG Soar to $410 Billion
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The Pain on Main
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Meltdown Hits Snow Country
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Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley
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Views on the Bailout, From Harlem to Wall Street
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Credit woes: More than home loans
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Why LBOs will be the next thing to go pop
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Real Estate:

Kimball Hill needs more time for bankruptcy filing
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Economist says mortgage bill no 'silver bullet' for housing woes
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Risk of Home Price Declines Intensifies in Q2
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Good-Credit Borrowers A Growing Problem for Servicers
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Fannie and Freddie Loan Mods Well Up Since Gov't Takeover
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MBIA sues Countrywide
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Developer Sells Land Dirt Cheap
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Coastal Bankruptcy Impacts Cullman
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General Growth's Slump Shows Debt Risk for US REITs
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Mortgage modifications skyrocket - but not principal reductions
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Manhattan real estate: Pricey but headed for a fall
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Office Space Is Emptying Out
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Ciena lands DIP
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90-year-old foreclosure victim apparently shoots self
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Banking:

Wells Fargo buying troubled Wachovia
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Wachargo It Is!
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Does BofA know something we don't?
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Thain to Take Role at Bank of America
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Agency's '04 Rule Let Banks Pile Up New Debt, and Risk
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WaMu employees likely to lose pensions; many to lose jobs
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JPMorgan Ousts WaMu's Fishman, Other Top Executives in Merger
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U.S. House Considers Raising Credit Union Insurance Coverage To $250,000 Under Financial Rescue Legislation
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FDIC Insurance Limits: Eating My Humble Pie
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UBS faces US private client account headache
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Deposit insurance A useful fiction
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New FDIC limits could hurt some banks
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Wachovia faced 'silent' bank run; FDIC forced sale
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Bankers face fresh round of global job cuts
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Failed Lender Played Regulatory Angles
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Autos:

GM CEO urges workers to spread support of bailout
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GM doesn't rule out more restructuring
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Detroit Gets Its Cash
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No Immediate Auto Aid
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Ford to Sell More Shares
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All Revved Up With No Place to Borrow
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UAW chief predicts Ford survival
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Worst month since '93 spares no carmaker
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Delphi needs as much as $4 billion to exit bankruptcy
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Delphi exec seeks at least $3.5 billion to exit bankruptcy
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Dana taps credit line to bolster cash supply
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Bankrupt Bill Heard Chevy's customers may be out of luck
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Toyota announces zero-percent financing
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Carmakers ask EU for US-style loan
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Spanish car sales fall by third
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Oil/Gas:

Catalyst Energy files bankruptcy
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Producers to SemGroup: Pay up
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Derivatives:

Derivatives Market Resolving Trades Amid 'Unexpected Volume'
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Moment of truth for default derivatives
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Finance:

Libor Rises, Commercial Paper Slumps as Credit Freeze Deepens
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LBO Debt Prices Tumble, Threatening Capital Squeeze
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GMAC Plans $2.7 Billion Loan Sale as Companies Tap Credit Lines
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Credit conditions to worsen in Q4
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Mining:

Creditors to vote on Asarco exit plans
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Predatory Lending:

Credit Union Pay Day Loans
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Payday loan customers blind to high costs
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SIVs:

Sigma fire-sale seen unlikely, creditors face loss
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E&Y on standby as Sigma receiver
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Distressed Investing:

Goldman Executives Restrained From Stock Sales in Buffett Deal
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge fund stops clients trying to withdraw
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Anslie, Einhorn Decline as Stock Hedge Funds Post Record Losses
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Hedge Funds Score a Victory in Short-Selling Rules
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Growing List Of Hedge Funds Say Petters Defrauded Them
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More Hedge Funds Feel the September Effect
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Hedge fund sues Petters
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Och-Ziff's main fund loses more than 5% in September
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Hedge fund launches in dire times
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Hedge fund blues are just beginning
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Hedge Fund Redemptions: Let the Bloodbath Begin
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Automatic Stay:

Actions Taken In Violation Of The Automatic Stay Are Void... Sometimes
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

San Diego man convicted of failing to disclose expected tax refund
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Boating:

Derecktor cash use renewed
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Insider Compensation:

Rewarding Wall Street's failures
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Dexia chief forced to forego severance pay
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Personal Finance:

Misunderstanding the American Dream
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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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Insurance:

Insurers plunge on Reid's 'bankrupt' remark
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Which Insurer Was Sen. Reid Talking About?
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Sen. Reid 'regrets' insurance company comments
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Insurance Firms Bear Brunt Of Latest Credit-Market Jitters
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Hartford, Prudential, MetLife Credit Swaps Widen to Records
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MetLife shares fall, hit 3-year low
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Zurich writes down $615M from US exposure
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AIG plans sale of business units
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AIG to Focus on Core Businesses
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Lehman:

Lehman Bankruptcy Gets Ugly
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Bank of America to Lehman: Where's Our Money?
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Lehman Brothers's European creditors prepare for legal action
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So you want to sue Lehman too? Get in line
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The government must privately rue its hard line towards Lehman
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Nomura Said to Lose at Least 40 Lehman Workers in Japan Unit
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Lehman Funds Excluded From Neuberger Sale Weigh Alternatives
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What Will Happen to Lehman's Startup Orphans?
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Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking: Business as usual
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Lehman Creditor Panel Asks Judge's Permission to Probe JPMorgan
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Judge denies return of US$250M security from Lehman Brothers
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UBS Said to Have Hired Martinez, Other Lehman Bankers
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Dutch legal action launched on Lehmans-backed structured products
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Salida Capital Freezes Three Funds That Used Lehman as Broker
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Lehman's fixed-income arm in Europe fails to secure buyer
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Lehman-Issued Debts Find Some Buyers
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Olivant suffers hit over collapse of Lehman
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Investor rights group launches legal action on Lehman products
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Debt Collection:

Nationwide Settlement Between US Trustees and Capital One Bank
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Accounting:

FASB to Congress: Don't politicize accounting rules
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Is Debate Over Mark-to-Market Just a Waste of Time?
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Fair value accounting controversy escalates
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Financial crisis pulls FASB back into the political maelstrom
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Strange Bedfellows: Fair Value and the Bailout Plan
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Aviation:

How to protect yourself if an airline goes bankrupt
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Frontier Airlines dispatchers to vote on pay cuts
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Frontier reaches accord with one union
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Sun Country Sends Letter to Employees Warning of Possible Dec. 1 Shutdown
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Zoom Airlines Pre-Bankruptcy Money Transfers Probed by Trustee
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Fraud:

Petters inquiry reverberates globally
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Newspapers:

Minneapolis Paper Stops Paying Debts; NYT Close to "Junk" Status?
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Tribune keeping ahead of massive debt load
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Creative Loafing, lenders in court
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings Reset Post-2005 Record
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More Montanans Seek Bankruptcy Protection
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Bonds:

Corporate Bond Market Grinding to a Halt
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High-Yield Bond Spreads Widen to Record 12 Percentage Points
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Forest Products:

Harwood Products will now liquidate
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Committees:

Upcoming NDTX & EDTX Organizational Meetings
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Sports:

Nets Use Credit Crisis to Market Tickets; Pacers Cite Slowdown
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Exemptions:

"Bankruptcy only exemptions" are not Unconstitutional
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UK:

BOE May Cut Rate by Most Since 2001, Economists Say
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BoE in dramatic bank lending increase
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Bad news for 1000 as ITV cuts jobs
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Savers `Slice and Dice' Deposits as UK Banks Fail
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Icy storm blows through the High Street
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Barclays, HBOS face £850m law suit
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Brown to delay rise in savers' protection limit
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Storms predicted for Lloyds
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Administration clock ticking for Hardy Amies
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A Nationalized Northern Rock Curtails Its Products as Deposits Surge
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Mayer Brown grabs final Northern Rock mandate
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Pension advisers hire an insolvency specialist
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Legal eagle for Mervyn King
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EPL braces for fallout from market mayhem
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EU:

Euro Falls to 13-Month Low Versus Dollar After ECB Debated Cut
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EU Considers Financial Regulation
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Germany:

Hubris, Thy Name Is Peer Steinbrueck
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Rescue package for Hypo Real Estate approved
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Premiere Drops on Forecast for Loss, CFO Departure
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France:

French Economy Entered Recession in Third Quarter
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French regulator launches Natixis probe
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Brazil:

Brazilian Stocks Plunge on Credit Concerns
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Japan:

Japanese output falls as jobless rate rises
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New Zealand:

$10m winery in receivership
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Netherlands:

Costs and Recovery Rates in the Dutch Liquidation-Based Bankruptcy System
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Ireland:

Grim picture painted by 'pros'
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Guarantees only go so far
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Canada:

Liberals ask auditor to follow the money
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Yaletown Sofa auction draws hundreds
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Canada's Dollar Poised for Biggest Weekly Decline Since 1971
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Spain:

Seeking Santander Saviour?
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Iceland:

Iceland Says to Announce Rescue Plan 'Very Soon'
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