Law:

Four Attorneys to Guide Thelen's Demise
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Layoff Watch: Bell Boyd Confirms Layoffs
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The Layoff List
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Bonus Watch: Morgan Lewis Pushes Back Bonus Decisions
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Year-Old Dewey & LeBoeuf Will Weather Financial Storm, Says Firm Chair
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Former Heller Ehrman Chairman Joins Dechert
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Eversheds Suspends Profit Payout for Two Quarters
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Also, no more pudding
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Bankruptcy Law Group Moves to McCarter & English
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'King of Torts' Fred Baron Dies after Successful Quest for Experimental Drug
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Briggs and Morgan Launches Multi-Disciplinary Market Crisis Response Team
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DLA Piper Chicago Cancels Christmas/Staffers
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How To Get Fired from Sullivan & Cromwell (Part 1)
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'Survivors' Board Offers Help To Heller, Thelen
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Dear 2L: Think Twice About White & Case's Summer Offer
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Economic woes mean boom time for lawyers
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How to Survive the Downturn: Sell Tech to Bankruptcy Lawyers
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Why LA Law Firms Fared Better than Some in San Francisco
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Court limits 'business method' patents
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Ct Reverses Position on Biz Methods Patents - Which Industries Hurt?
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A Career Coach Says: Chicken Little Was Right
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Paralegal Who Beheaded Gang Member Acted in Self-Defense, Say Defense Attorneys
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Lawyer Accuses Opponent of Disdainful Depo Stares
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Lawyers, bankers say bankruptcy-rule changes spurred Wall Street failures
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Three Years Later: The 2005 Bankruptcy Act No Clearer Than Before
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Decline
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London shares snap winning streak
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Almost all Asian markets edgy and down
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World shares head for worst month ever
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Stocks rise after better-than-expected GDP report
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Wall Street: Yes, there will be bonuses this year
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Securities Firms Tackle Pay Issue
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Wall Street Bonus Madness
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Lazard chief warns of more pain
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Investors Pull $9.2 Billion From Stock Funds, TrimTabs Says
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Reserve Returns $26 Billion to Primary Fund Investors
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Arbitration: Don't Cry For Justice
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Autos:

Fitch says GM bankruptcy unlikely
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Hope and Fear in Motown
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Auto aid pleas mount; Treasury says no GM talks
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Fed, Paulson Pressured to Assist Auto Industry or Face 'Crash'
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GM-Chrysler Merger May Cost 74,000 Jobs
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Auto merger a major shock to ailing Mich.
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Mich. Gov. urges "quick" federal loans to automakers
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Ford Wants 'Parity' on Aid Should GM, Chrysler Merge
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Government leaders plan Friday meeting on Chrysler response plan
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Mich. calls emergency meeting on GM-Chrysler deal
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GM falls further behind Toyota. Who cares?
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Why Detroit is not Wall Street
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Auto Industry Lawyer Sees Troubled Times for Car Dealers
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GMAC Says It May Halt Financing to Some GM Dealers
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Metaldyne makes offer to bondholders to avoid bankruptcy
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Big Car-Parts Makers Cite Losses, Cut Back
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Ford Rehires Workers Subscriber Content
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Ford Says It Can Make It Without a Merger
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Layoffs:

American Express Cuts 10% Staff; Plans To Save $1.8 Billion
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Job cuts at major financial firms
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Electronic Arts Lowers 2009 Forecast, Will Cut Jobs
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CVS pegs Longs layoffs at 800
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Nissan axes jobs as profits slump
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Troubled Dollar Thrifty lays off 400 employees
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Motorola to Cut Jobs
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Magazines:

Conde Nast Reduces Portfolio to 10 Issues a Year, Cuts Jobs
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Media:

Liberty Media's 3Q Results Reveal Credit Problems
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CBS Plans More Cuts as Ad Sales Continue to Decline
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Lehman:

Lehman Liquidation Cost May Swell $200 Million as 480 Are Hired
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Lehman Helped Finance Democratic Convention Before Bankruptcy
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Carlyle seen bidding for Lehman money management
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DTCC To Move Trade Guarantee, Novation To Trade Date
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Impact of Lehman Failure on CDS Market Less Than Feared
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Lehman Brothers Lawsuit to be Filed by California County
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Lehman investors gird for legal fight
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Lehman Administrator Meets With U.S. Hedge Funds
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FERC Authorizes Sale Of Lehman's Eagle Energy Assets
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Daiwa Considered Lehman Acquisition 'Too Risky'
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OfficeMax soars after Lehman liability update
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San Mateo County To Sue Lehman Brothers
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Alternative Fuels:

Some ethanol plants face financial difficulties
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Judge approves auction for Pratt ethanol plant
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Lima Ethanol plant could close down next week
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Ethanol co-op asks members to ante up
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Religion:

Megachurch Agrees to Pay Back $50K Received from Bankrupt Company
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Filing for Bankruptcy May Stave Off Disaster
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Mass Torts:

Mesothelioma Lawyers Question WR Grace's Reorganization Plan
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M&A:

Hexion's Complaint Against the Banks
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Altman Says Stock Swoon May Boost 'Hostile' M&A
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Ratings Agencies:

Moody's Sued by Shareholders Claiming False Ratings
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Credit Cards:

Groups seek reduction in consumers' credit card debt
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Proposal urges debt forgiveness
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Retailing:

Mervyns to begin going out of business sales
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DFS to lay off 130 Hawaii workers
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

September OC bankruptcies hit 3-year high
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Bankruptcy filings keep rising in Wisconsin, nationwide
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Economy:

Economy contracts as consumers retreat
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Economy shrinks in 3Q, signaling recession
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"Harsh storm" threatens global economy
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Consumer Spending Slowed in September
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Lawmakers Want Bailout Strings Attached
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Claims for unemployment benefits stay elevated
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Spending Drops in September While Incomes Slow
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GDP Shrinks at Fastest Pace Since 2001
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Fed's Yellen Says Recent Data on Economy 'Deeply Worrisome'
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The Fed's rate at zero? It's no longer a far-fetched idea
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Are Zero Interest Rates Better Than Nothing?
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The US Economy at Risk for Deflation
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Back to the Future with the RFC of 1932
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Virtually any company could get bailout help
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Bailouts are like free beer
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The Shallowest Generation
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Failed-Bank Shareholders Reap Taxpayer Dollars
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White House Defends Handling of Financial Rescue Plan
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Plan May Aid Many and Irk Others
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Nevada, Michigan, Florida lead 'underwater' list
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'Bonnie & Clyde' of Mortgage Fraud Stole $8.7M, Feds Say
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The Fannie fix
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Will a Govt. Loan Modification Plan Work?
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How LI's mortgage business came crashing down
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Colony club association files for bankruptcy protection
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Real estate investor is a casualty of dire times
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McAllister Ranch Bankruptcy Re-Evaluated
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Tampa area new home starts down 81 percent since peak
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Struggling IndyMac borrowers may be in the dark about offer to lower their mortgage payments
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Turnarounds:

At Turnaround Conference, A Mix of Fear and Gloating
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Oil/Gas:

Storm Cat Energy Corporation Announces Default
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Exxon Profit Rises, Tops Estimates, After Oil Surges
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Suddenly, Exxon Is Challenged
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Oil Falls on Concern the Economic Contraction May Reduce Demand
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Is the Market for Oil Reinflating?
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Producers stake claim in SemGroup bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Airline stocks rise after Delta, Northwest close deal
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No frontline layoffs in new Delta
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And then there were two
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Unions vow to organize world's largest airline
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Alitalia investors walk out of meeting with unions
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All Nippon Cuts Profit Forecast
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Food/Drink:

Judge OKs recipe for IBC to exit bankruptcy
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Pilgrim's Pride Falls After CreditSights Says Bankruptcy Likely
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Buffets Holdings, Inc. Files Plan of Reorganization
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Interstate Bakeries offers part ownership to unions
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Transit:

Transit Agencies in Bind Due to SILO Deals and AIG Collapse
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Bank Shelves Demand That Metro Pay Up
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Resorts:

Double JJ crowd leaves empty handed
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Double JJ auction in Rothbury delayed by closed-door talks
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Double JJ wrangle
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Bank holding note buys bulk of Double JJ resort
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Fraud:

Poulsen trial focus shifts to company's auditors, lawyers
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'A case of staggering fraud,' says prosecutor
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Ex-lawyer's fraud schemes warrant prison, feds say
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Finance:

Hopeful signs for commercial paper
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US Commercial Paper Soars Most on Record as Fed Becomes Buyer
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Three-Month Libor for Dollar Falls to 3.03 Percent
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Banking:

GMAC May Seek 'Significant' Capital in Banking Effort
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Some Banks May Tell U.S. to Keep Bailout Cash
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We're All Bankers Now. So Why's the A.T.M. Still Charging Us $2?
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Banks Announced Sales of Preferred Shares to Treasury
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Schumer Challenges IRS Rule Sparking Bank Mergers
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Facing Failure: Service Contracts and the FDIC's Role as Receiver
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Rivals face hurdles in copying Deutsche move
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Barclays to Raise $11.8 Billion From Investor Group
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Health Care:

Credit crunch forces MI hospital to close
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SoCal hospital firm to take over SRMC
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Patrick hospital cuts staff
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Problems persist for Sunwest assisted living centers
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Hospital responds to criticism
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Bonds:

Seeking Converts
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Forest Products:

California's Harwood Mill To Liquidate
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Hedge Funds:

Many Lamentations Heard From Hedge Funds
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Citadel to Wind Down $1 Billion Fund, Shift Capital
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Sports:

Sports - no longer immune to economic forces?
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Derivatives:

Taming derivatives
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ICE to Buy Clearing Corp. as Big Banks Support Plan
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Debt Collection:

Bad times fuel rise in complaints against debt collectors
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IP:

Biksi gets Bilked by the Federal Circuit
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Your Business Method Patent Has Just Been Invalidated
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Credit Counseling:

Beware firms that promise clean sweep of credit woes
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Insider Compensation:

Banks Owe Billions to Executives
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Tech:

Intel Says Financial Crisis Could Hurt Its Business
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Sovereign Debt:

Canadian Government Debt Is World's Safest, TD Securities Says
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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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Insurance:

Hartford Falls By Half on $2.6 Billion Quarterly Loss
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Cigna shares hit new low on 53 percent profit drop
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Prudential Declines to Quantify Capital; Stock Falls
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The riddle of insurers' solvency
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AIG Cuts Debt to $83.5 Billion Using Commercial Paper Program
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Did AIG Hide Its Losses?
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AIG's Sinking Fortunes
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AIG Rescue May Expand After $20.9 Billion Request
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Mortgage Insurance Companies Not Giving Breaks
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Bankruptcy claims Brooke, gives franchisees hope
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Politics:

Obama Attempts To Tie McCain To Bush Economic Policies
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Demise of Reaganomics poses grave intellectual challenge to Republicans
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Law and Order:

Tie to slain man adds intrigue to bankruptcy case
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Lawyer granted immunity for testimony in clients' prosecution for bankruptcy fraud
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Billings woman sentenced in bankruptcy fraud
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Recording Industry:

Suge Accused of Hiding Part of Death Row Catalog
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TVT To File For Bankruptcy
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Consultants:

Clear Thinking Group Retained By Stone Barn Manhattan LLC (f/k/a Steve & Barry's Manhattan LLC) in Bankruptcy Case
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Newspapers:

End print edition of New York Times, argues Netscape co-founder
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Corporate Reform:

Five Amodeo companies indicted by federal grand jury
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Jailing Executives Is One Thing Bush Did Right
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In Crisis, Prosecutors Put Aside Turf Wars
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Municipalities:

Alabama county extends sewer-debt standstill
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Jefferson County Commission approved a $10 million partial payment on its general obligation debt, avoiding default with creditors
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'42 pages of bad news'
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California Cities Cut Police Budgets
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Shipping:

Dry-Bulk Shipping Slips Underwater
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Goldenport Plunges After Saying Trade Almost 'Halted'
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Art:

After the Building Boom
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Small Business:

Slow Payments Squeeze Small-Business Owners
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UK:

Darling in plea to UK banks on lending
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"Complacent" regulation responsible for Equitable
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Pound Is Set for Biggest Monthly Drop Since 1992 as Slump Looms
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BT Shares Plunge Most in at Least 22 Years
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UK Consumer Confidence Falls Close to Record Low
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Corp UK faces ₤45bn demand from pension trusts
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Pacts leave tax evaders nowhere to hide
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EU:

America and Europe appear to be heading for severe recessions
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ECB lending surges to record $1 trillion for second day running
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Corporate Credit Markets Suffer Worst Month on Record in Europe
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Eurozone inflation tumbles to 3.2%
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EU okays French and Dutch bank schemes
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Canada:

Future bleak for forest firm
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Young Canadians taking on record levels of personal debt
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Russia:

New Anxiety Grips Russia's Economy
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Russians search for a safe bet
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Crisis-hit Russia must scale down its ambition
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Asia:

Search Is on for Iceland-Like Hedge Fund in Asia
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Asian Bond Risk Rises by Record
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CapitaLand 3rd-Quarter Net Drops on Lower Home Sales
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Japan:

Bank of Japan Cuts Rate to 0.3% to Fend Off Prolonged Recession
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Japan Land Prices May Fall as Property Funds Fail to Refinance
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Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Cut Forecasts as Bad-Loan Costs Swell
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Dynacity Files for Japanese Bankruptcy Protection With $537 Million Debts
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Argentina:

Argentine Pension Fund Investments in US Is Frozen
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Hungary:

Hungary split over crisis moves
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Australia:

When debt is easy to bank up
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Credit card laws under review
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PM's latest plan: banks to bail out non-banks
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Study looks at the profile of bankrupt debtors
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Middle East:

Caution grows after run on Kuwait bank
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Gulf Citizens Beg for Bailout as Stock Rout Signals End of Boom
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France:

Sarkozy leans on banks over lending
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Sweden:

Teligent AB applies for bankruptcy
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Russia:

Russia's Micex Volume Tumbles as 23 Halts Send Trade to London
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Denmark:

Denmark Eases Pension Rules to Stem Mortgage Declines
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Spain:

Spain's Economy Posts First Contraction Since 1993
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Kenya:

Kenyan Inflation Accelerates to 28.4%
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S. Korea:

South Koreans Lose Faith in President's Business Skills
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