Law:

More 'Major' Companies Will Fail, Lazard's Parr Says
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Heller's Partnership Briefed on Closure
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Heller Watchers Look Back at Coudert's Fall
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Speculation, Blame, And Silence Swirl Around Heller
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Hughes Hubbard Makes Timely Acquisition of Bankruptcy Boutique
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More Regulation Likely Will Mean More Legal Work
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New Rule of Evidence 502 Addresses Attorney/Client Privilege; Work-Product and Waiver
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Lawyers and Sub-Prime: A Tale from the Heartland
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Meltdown Roundup For Litigators
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Munger Tolles, S&C on Buffett's $5 Billion Boost to Goldman Sachs
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$700B Bailout Alternative: Another Great Depression, Officials Say
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Which BigLaw Firms Should Mommy Hold Dearest?
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Mexican Brothel Raid Just Part of N.Y. Lawyer's Job
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The Curious Case Of Randy (Part 2)
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Say What?!
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Judges:

2 Phila.-Based Law Firms Join Probe of 9th Circuit Chief Judge
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Politics:

Financial Crisis Prompts Call for Campaign Halt
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Congressional opposition to bailout plan mounts
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McCain Suspends Campaign; Obama Presses for Debate
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President Invites Candidates to Meeting
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McCain aide's firm was paid by Freddie
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Obama took $105,849 from Fannie/Freddie
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Republicans Press Paulson for Time to Revise Proposal
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Reid: Bush Guilty of 'Fiscal Dereliction of Duty'
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'We Are Facing a Once-in-a-Century Crisis'
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Paulson Works the Hill, Trying to Close the Deal
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Schumer: Senate Has 'Consensus' On Need For Bailout Bill
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McCotter Opposes Bailout, Proposes New Idea
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Bush, Congress Party Like It's 1929
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Palin: US could face another Depression without bailout
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Biden: McCain Shielded Offshore Tax Loopholes
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House to grill Paulson, Bernanke
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Bailout Plan Gaining Steam on Capitol Hill Despite Lawmakers' Anxiety
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Battle to Save Rescue Plan Intensifies
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Washington lobbyists active in financial crisis
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Economy Overshadows Bush's Agenda as His Term Winds Down
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Congress Doing More Damage Than Good in Market Crisis, Says Former SEC Lawyer
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point to higher Wall St open Thurs.
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US Stocks Decline on Concern Over $700 Billion Bank Bailout
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Asian Markets Drop on Continued Worries of Wall Street Woes
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Wall Street titans prepare to feel the pain
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Goldman Raises $10 Billion From Buffett, Public Sale
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Goldman Pays Buffett 'Steep' Price to Gain Investor Confidence
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Buffett's Goldman Move Out Of Character
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Warren Buffett stake in Goldman Sachs earns $647million return
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Terms May Not Punish Merrill If BofA Deal Fails
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Japan's Wall Street Run: Culture Clash?
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Federated absorbs failed Putnam fund
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What the death of the investment bank means for Wall Street
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Corporate US sitting on largest stockpile of cash
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Panmure plunges into the red
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Bellwether GE Cuts Forecasts
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Banking:

FDIC May Need $150 Billion Bailout as Local Bank Failures Mount
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Exploiting FDIC Loopholes Enriches Former US Bank Regulators
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S&P cuts WaMu to 'poor quality' of 'CCC'
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WaMu shares drop 29 percent after S&P ratings downgrade
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Washington Mutual seeking private equity takeover
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Citigroup shares fall amid worry over bailout plan
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Interbank lending rate soars as banks seek more protection
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Pink slips on Wall Street, but other sectors may avoid layoffs, says UBS
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Congress Weighs Tax Relief for Banks
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SocGen: 'Well-armed' to face financial crisis
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Insurance:

Lloyd's of London's Profit Falls 47% on Lower Rates
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AIG wants to keep insurance business, rivals have other ideas
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Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway could buy parts of AIG
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AIG Falls on Concern US Loan Will Force Liquidation
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Travelers, Chubb stop AIG surety business
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What's Wrong with the AIG Bailout Model?
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Swiss Re Sees Further SF277 Million CDS Writedowns
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Aviation:

Delta, NWA shareholders to vote on combination
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Victorville to ask for access to cash
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Aide meets consortium as Alitalia hopes revived
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Fate of Alitalia goes down to the wire
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Alitalia union set to back bailout, hopes revived
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Health Care:

Hawaii Medical Center To Move Chapter 11 Case
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Shasta Regional parent files for bankruptcy
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Corporate Parent Hospital Partners of America Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition; Filings do not Include any Hospital Facilities
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LASIK business closes
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Pontiac General wins final DIP OK
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Medical bills swamping even insured folks
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Healthcare finance firms aren't sweating Wall Street crisis
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Hospitals see string of bankruptcies in recent weeks
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Court trustee to watch over Access Medical Group
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Food/Drink:

Pilgrim's Pride expects 'significant' loss, covenant breach
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Shells Seafood liquidates, closes remaining stores
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BurritoVille wastes away
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Trustee opposes LeNature founder's property sale
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Arigato Japanese Steak House Inc. seeks bankruptcy court protection
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Hedge Funds:

SEC Presses Hedge Funds
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Man Group keeps up pleas to be protected from shorting
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SEC Wins Major Hedge Fund Fraud Case Against Michael Lauer, Head of Lancer Management Group
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Hedge funds move $100bn into safe havens
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Strategy revamp for hedge funds
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Powe to wind up €330m fund
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Economy:

Administration accepts executive pay curbs in bailout
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Lawmakers set to draft final bailout bill today
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Mad as Hell on Main Street
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Deal close on $700 billion financial bailout plan
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The Trouble with the Bailout
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Could Warren Buffett Negotiate a Better Deal for Taxpayers?
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Bush on bailout: Does he understand his own plan?
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Some of the finance outfits being tapped by Washington to clean up the mess are the same ones that helped cause it
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Paulson Said to Give Way on C.E.O. Pay; Bush to Speak
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Bernanke Tells Congress That US Economy Is Faltering
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The Economy: Key Signals Beyond the Bailout
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Economic Activity Is Slowing Across Many Areas, Fed Chairman Says
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Dollar Falls as Bush Talks of Recession, Traders Bet on Fed Cut
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Wall St Lobbyists Backing Off Demands For 'Clean' Rescue Bill
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Bernanke's Outside Bailout Pitch
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Alternatives to the Big Bailout
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Bernanke: Govt. Won't Overpay for Troubled Debt
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Plan's Basic Mystery: What's All This Stuff Worth?
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Bernanke vague about timing of turnaround
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Jack Welch says U.S. faces 'deep downturn'
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Bill Gross to the rescue?
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Revisiting Moral Hazard
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Why The Paulson Plan Won't Work
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Succession at Treasury Emerges as Key Question
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'Fire Sale' Not in Cards for Debt Bailout
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Uncle Sam: Stockholder
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Crisis Stirs Critics of Free Markets
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US losing financial superpower status
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Bail-out cost 'impossible' to estimate
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Bosses' greed releases class war
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Managing the Bailout: He'd Do It for Nothing
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The Bailout -- another perspective (part 3)
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The Bailout -- another perspective (part 4)
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US gasoline inventories lowest since 1967
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Hawaii mired in uncertainty as economy sputters
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1 in 4 Michigan voters: US in depression
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Real Estate:

Clinton: Let's Keep People in Their Homes
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Housing grim as financial rescue debate rages
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New home sales expected to fall
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Home sales much worse than expected
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What bailout means for housing market
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Why The Government Cannot Modify Mortgages If It Purchases $700BN of MBS
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Paulson: Treasury Will Force Loan Modifications
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Homes market shows signs of life
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Home Sales Drop; Bernanke Sees `Threat' (Update1)
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Commercial-Property Pressures Grow
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Fannie, Freddie, FHLB Short-Term Debt Spreads Rise to Record
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Countrywide Gave Gorelick, Mudd Loans
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Reynen gets bankruptcy plan extension
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Bankruptcy court approves DIP financing for WCI
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Homebuilders and bankruptcy
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Beazer Homes settles with SEC in probe
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Edgewater by the Bay sinks
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Bailout Won't Stem Slide in House Prices, Toll Says
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Philadelphia-area existing-home sales off 25%
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Distressed Investing:

Buffett's bet: $5B down, $695B to go
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Buffett's smorgasbord of deals
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Warren Buffet and the Salomon Saga
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Buffett Calls Credit Crisis 'Economic Pearl Harbor'
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Loans Prices Tumble to Record Lows as Bailout Plan Is Debated
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Lehman:

S&P offers rare defense of Lehman 'A' rating
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Singing the Rehypothecation Blues
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As Lehman Liquidates, so, Too, Do Executives
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Will Excessive Pay Claim be Among Financial Woes for Top Lehman Lawyer?
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Lehman bankruptcy to cost BNY Mellon $425 million
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Simmons leads as Lehman litigation kicks off
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Barclays picks up energy bankers
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Lehman Sale of Neuberger Slows on Terms, Valuation
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List Of Companies Reporting Lehman Bros Exposure
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Lehman CEO Stock Sales
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Lehman collapse puts prime broker model in question
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Lehmans administration: to the power four
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Lehman crisis: Impact on Indian economy
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Funds in fight for frozen Lehman assets
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GE's Immelt declined Lehman stake offer
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Lehman fallout hurts Ariz. governments
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Canary Wharf slumps to loss as Lehman future remains uncertain
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Lehman Sale of Fund Unit Delayed
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Insider Compensation:

Executive Compensation Lawyers, Start Your Engines
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Creditor blasts bankrupt firm's CEO, opposes pay deal
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Furniture:

S. Florida furniture chains feel the pain
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Retailing:

Going out on a limb with retail bankruptcies
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Bed Bath & Beyond 2Q Net Falls 19%
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Debt-Laden General Growth Properties Pursuing Financial and Strategic Alternatives
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Neiman Marcus braced for New York slowdown
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Derivatives:

Credit Crisis May Dampen Pension Funds' Use of Derivatives to Hedge Risk
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CDS Market Remains Biggest Issue Facing Monetary Authorities
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Credit Derivatives Market Shrinks for First Time on Tear-Ups
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Dear Hank: Here's How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to Taxpayers
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Counterparty credit risk rises on bailout indecision
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Pensions:

Pensions Of 5 Cos In Crisis Underfunded By $400 Million
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Textiles:

AFY gets interim OK on DIP
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Gambling:

Tropicana Entertainment CEO threatens to block casino 'fire sale'
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Environmental:

Asarco, EPA, state agree on East Helena cleanup
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Horse Racing:

Jockeys' Guild nears reorg plan
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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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Bankruptcy Reform:

Will Bankruptcy Judges Get Power to Strip Down?
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Provision to Alter Loans Is Sought
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More power for bankruptcy judges?
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Response to Mortgage Banker's Association's Position re Modifying Mortgages in Bankruptcy
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Mortgage Bankers Association's Cramdown Claim Debunked
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More on Bailout + Bankruptcy Reform
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Autos:

A $25 Billion Lifeline for GM, Ford, and Chrysler
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Critics question use of taxpayer money
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Lawmakers fast-track auto loans
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Daimler in Talks With Cerberus to Sell Remaining Chrysler Stake
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GM to accelerate its cost-cutting
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Bill Heard to close all 13 dealerships
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US carworkers seek the Wall Street treatment
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Arrow Speed files bankruptcy; Keystone bids $12M for its assets
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Blue Water plan backed
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Rest of the country becoming Detroitified
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Diamond revamps liquidation plan
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Celebs:

O.J. Witness Says He Took Plea Deal After Getting Divine 'Revelation'
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Uproar At OJ Trial As Prosecutor Tries To Call Fred Goldman's Attorney
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OJ defense team moves for mistrial
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Corporate Reform:

FBI probing bailout firms
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The FBI Ramps Up: Mortgage-Fraud Probes Go Bigtime
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Oil Traders Subpoenaed
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Cox, SEC in uncomfortable glare amid crisis
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Bailout Stirs Calls For Deeper Regulation
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SEC Preparing Action Against Royal Bank of Canada
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Advertising:

Ad spending in steepest drop since 2001
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Accounting:

FASB Delays Lawsuit Disclosures
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Big Four Make Working Mothers Magazine Best Companies List
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Art:

Center presses on while bankruptcy runs its course
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Philanthropy:

Gates Sees Slump in 'Rich-World' Generosity From Market Crisis
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Layoffs:

Hanesbrands to shut nine plants, cut 8100 jobs
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Resorts:

Double JJ headed to Oct. 30 auction
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Finance:

Credit Markets Remain Tight Amid Uncertainty
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Libor's Accuracy Is Issue Again
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Dog Racing:

RI won't bail out Twin River
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PE:

Mirabilis Bankruptcy Case Should Be Dismissed, Prosecutors Say
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3i Says Asset Sales Fell 45 Percent Amid Credit Market Turmoil
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Oil/Gas:

Creditors oppose producers
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Newspapers:

CBS' Moonves sees dark future in newspaper sector
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Municipalities:

Cash-poor states sell operations
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Jefferson County's Debt
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Jefferson Receiver Sought
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Bankruptcy suggested to help DPS
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As economy wobbles, NJ worries
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Finance:

Leveraged loans sag as hedge funds sell-traders
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Fraud:

Executive Sentenced in Serono Fraud Case
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UK:

UK rejects wider shorting ban
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UK banks put £6bn in safe hands
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Furniture supplier to M&S falls into administration
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London Turns Against Hedge Funds in Hunt for Culprit
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Short-Sellers 'Clearly Bank Robbers,' Says Archbishop
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God, spivs and specs
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Moss Bros scraps payout as losses widen
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BOE Should Take More Emergency Action, ECU's Mackinnon Says
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Job market thins as London feels the squeeze
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Litigators warn BCCI cost reforms need more support
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Linklaters and A&O head up Lloyds' HBOS takeover
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EU:

In Europe, Rules Would Hobble Any Financial Rescue
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Asia:

Anxious Depositors Withdraw Cash From Asian Bank
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Hong Kong Has First Bank Run in Decade
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Funding concerns deepen for Asia private equity deals
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World:

Upheaval on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N.
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Japan:

Japan's Tankan Business Confidence May Fall to a Five-Year Low
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6 municipalities in dire fiscal straits
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Japan's banks go on a global buying spree
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Noda Says Bank of Japan Scenario for Recovery Is Under Threat
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Australia:

Australian bankruptcies up 3pc
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Canada:

Canada may see US-style housing meltdown
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Denmark:

Danish banks assemble rescue package
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Ireland:

Ireland's Economy Shrinks, Enters a Recession on Building Slump
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Germany:

Germany: Consumer confidence rises slightly
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German Prosecutors Open 966 New Tax Probes Over Liechtenstein
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