Law:
Cooley, Pachulski on the Death of Filene's Basement
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Oops. Troutman Accidentally Provides Partial Layoffs Tally
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Herbert Smith set to cut jobs and freeze salaries in London office
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Howard Kennedy to cut 40
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U.K. Lawyer Layoff Roundup; Skadden Expands Sidebar Program
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New dawn at Mayer Brown as firm goes back to roots
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3Ls do the grim math on job market
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Skadden Staff Attorney Survives Hudson Crash, but Loses Job
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Skadden Offers London Associates a Year Off, Starting at $124,000
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Performance Reviews Get More Stringent During Recession
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Malpractice and Partner Liability at Issue in Heller Bankruptcy
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Gray Skies Are Gonna Clear Up, Put on a Happy Face
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Sidley Advises AIG on $1.9 Billion Sale of Auto Insurance Unit
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Sweatin' to the Billables
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Such a Deal: Marc Pomerantz Cuts Fees in Dreier Case
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Eckert Seamans Grows Amid Recession
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Zombie Firm Leader Not Dragging His Feet, Takes Up Same Role at Rival
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O'Melveny Chairman Still a Fan of Sarah Palin
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A Judicial Opinion on Shakespeare's Plays
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Supreme Court nomination process troubles chief justice
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Final Arguments of Supreme Court Term Filled With Big Cases
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Judge Accused of Skipping Out of Work Agrees to Resign
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Wall Street:
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Business Grads Looking Beyond Wall Street
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Life After Wharton
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Failed Fund Keeps Investors Waiting
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Banking:
2 More Banks Fail, Lifting This Year's Tally to 25
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FDIC Uses Rare Maneuver to Save Colorado Bank Depositors
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U.S. Regulators Clash on How to Release Banks' Stress Tests Without Damage
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Obama Says He'll Seek ‘Accountability' for Bank Aid
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Feds to put conditions on loan repayments
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Stiglitz Says Bank Rescue Doomed by Obama Administration Wall Street Ties
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Where Did Those Bank Profits Come From?
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Treasury May Retain Grip on U.S. Banks With Warrants After Share Buybacks
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U.S. closed banks match total for all of 2008
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Bank of America Profit Tops Estimates on Housing, Trading Gains
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Citi trade profitable but now tough to execute
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Citigroup's 1Q Profit No Reason To Exhale
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Bank bailout plan's 'stress tests' already causing stress
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The Stress Test Is Useless, If Not Worse
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Bank Regulators Clash Over US Stress-Tests Endgame
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Stress Test Dud - Fears That Citi Will Come in Dead Last of 19 Banks
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President Obama's dilemma regarding bank stress tests
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Summers Says Banks Must Tap Markets for New Capital
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More bank job losses on tap – but drip, drip
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Emanuel Says Obama Probably Won't Seek More Bank Bailout Funds
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Credit Cards:
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Chase Card Unit Posts Q1 Net Loss
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Theme Parks:
Six Flags Offers Stock for Debt
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Media:
Media General Posts Wider Loss and Cuts 300 Jobs
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Tech:
Unisys Reviewing Debt-Repayment Options as Credit-Line Expiration Looms
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Mass Torts:
W.R. Grace's Lawyers Accuse Prosecutors of Misconduct, Will Seek Acquittal
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Does the New Product-Liability Boom Lie . . . Inside the Walls?
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Formation of Task Force Urged for Investigation of Drywall From China
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Chinese-Made Drywall: A Family's Nightmare
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Asbestos in Springfield, Missoula and Washington
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Finance:
US bank lending drops in February despite bailouts
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Venture capital money down to 1997 levels
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Financial Unit Weighs on General Electric
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Corporate Bonds Are Selling, if There’s a Safety Net
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Bonuses:
Companies Reset Goals for Bonuses
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Arts:
Brooklyn Philharmonic Cancels 2009-10 Season as Donations Fall
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Retailing:
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Bon-Ton will continue to work with bankrupt mall owner
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Depression Schtick
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Looking gift cards in the mouth
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Accounting:
E&Y asks staff to take low-pay leave
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Male accountants earn up to 50% more than females
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Accounting rule worries for US banks
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Court Approves Deloitte's BearingPoint Purchase
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Education:
Bankrupt Broadcast School to be Auctioned Off
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Horse Racing:
Fate of Preakness, Pimlico uncertain
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Agriculture:
No Bull: Chicken farmers hurting
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Resorts:
Double JJ creditors to get cents on the dollar
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Potential new Double JJ owners make good impression
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Economy:
Mixed Signals Abound, but Economy Remains Weak
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U.S. May Convert Banks’ Bailouts to Equity Share
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How Much Could the Government Lose on TARP?
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Survey: Economy Declining, but Recession Abating
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Goods Orders, Home Sales Probably Fell
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California jobless rate highest since 1976
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Joblessness Reaches 10% in Indiana; Jumps in Oregon
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Jobless Rate Climbs in 46 States
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Economic View It May Be Time for the Fed to Go Negative
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TARP Funds to Common Stock: More Accounting Games
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IMF: 'Worrisome parallels' between now and Great Depression
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Extreme uncertainty in world economic outlook: OECD
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Fed's Fisher Says U.S. Credit Markets Have Strengthened, Economy May Grow
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Volcker Says Fed's Authority Will Probably Come Under Congressional Review
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Fed's Kohn, Dudley Defend Size, Scope of Emergency Loan Plans
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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rises More Than Forecast on Signs Recession Easing
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News from the Ongoing Apocalypse
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Bernanke Says Collapse of Lending Will Likely Cause `Long-Lasting' Damage
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Fed mulls taking wider array of collateral
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Volcker sees recovery as "long slog"
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Dudley Says Fears of Scrutiny in TALF Are ‘Misplaced'
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Obama to Cut 'Wasteful' Programs
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10 Ways the New Economy Will Look Different
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Dr Doom's sane guide to the crisis
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Real Estate:
Bankrupt Luxury Community Sold to Same Developer
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Mortgage industry changes throw new hurdles in borrowers' way
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US housing sales near bottom: Freddie Mac official
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Walking away has big-time consequences
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Glut of MI condos have real estate agents, developers crying
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"In a normal market, this is an $800,000 house"
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Prepare for Repricing of Entire CRE Market
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Commercial Real Estate: From 'Best' to 'Worst of Times' in 7 Months Flat
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An Insider's View of Commercial Real Estate
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Autos:
Experts: GM Bankruptcy Won't Be the Easy Way Out
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Bloom drives auto policies
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GM, Shuttering US Plants, ‘Likely' to Build Factory in China
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Auto Executives Sees Shift to China
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Deadline Looming, G.M. Also Preparing for Bankruptcy
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Idea of quick GM bankruptcy filing meets with skepticism
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GM Chief Concedes Bankruptcy Is Possible
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GM outlines its restructuring plans
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GM near bankruptcy--what happened?
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GM's Bond Plan
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GM Said to Seek UAW Health Accord Shortly After Chrysler Deal
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GM exec says 1,600 will lose jobs in next few days
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GM plant in Janesville to close for good this week
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U.S. `Cash-For-Clunkers' Bill May Be Changed to Cover Cars From Overseas
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GM readies all-equity offer for debt
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Chrysler Financial Drops Request for Additional Funding
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Nardelli’s Letter to Employees on Chrysler Restructuring
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Chrysler's Nardelli Tells Canadian Workers Cuts Must Be Made
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Anxiety over Chrysler's fate runs high
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Chrysler Negotiations Going Nowhere, Slow
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CAW warns against Chrysler bankruptcy
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Difference in Canadian law compared with U.S. - 'Can't bust unions through bankruptcy'
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Autoworkers not the 'villains,' says CAW economist
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Chrysler Canada and CAW to resume talks today
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CAW has little wiggle room in Chrysler negotiations but could win some concessions
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Obama sticks by auto chief despite NY probe link
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Programs across county at risk if GM wins tax appeal
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Saturn dealers dropping out as GM works to unload brand
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American Axle, Magna May Lose Most in GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies
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Volkswagen may oust Toyota as world leader
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Germany ‘Must Do Everything' to Save GM's Opel, Steinmeier Says
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GM reportedly to sell controlling stake in Opel for cheap
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China brings hope, threat to global automakers
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Gambling:
MGM Pays $70M Toward CityCenter, Incl. Dubai Share
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A gigantic bet goes sour
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MGM Mirage, Dubai Said to Submit CityCenter Plan to Lenders
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Icahn Takes Large Position in MGM Mirage Bonds
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Icahn plan for MGM would include Kerkorian
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Station Casinos puts land up for sale
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Deal, Waivers Loom for CityCenter, MGM Mirage
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Pensions:
In State Pension Inquiry, a Scandal Snowballs
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Aviation:
MD Helicopters chief turning company around in style
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Southwest Airlines CEO cuts his base pay
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Photography:
Small details help Polaroid buyers
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Polaroid's HQ will leave MN, latest owners say
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'Vultures' Vie in Auction For the Remains of Polaroid
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Municipalities:
Less Stringent Standard Applies to Rejection of Collective Bargaining Agreements by Municipalities in Bankruptcy
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States Hope New Business Tax Breaks Revive Economy
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Scrutiny Grows on Company Tax Breaks to Gain Jobs
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Shaky deals cost Detroit pension funds $90 million
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Newspapers:
Rancor increases for Philly papers
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How the Web Could Save Newspapers, or Kill Them
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Failing to push paper in a digital age
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Rivals circle as Abitibi seeks protection
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Loan puts Fairfax in driver's seat
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Celebs:
Bio on Elizabeth Warren in Newsweek
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Who Is Elizabeth Warren, and Why Doesn't Corporate Government Care?
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Oil/Gas:
Kivisto played hunches: Execs say as SemGroup LP was slipping, everyone thought their golden boy could pull off a win
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Examiner's report reveals relationships
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Bankruptcy Reform:
U.S. banks, lawmakers narrow cramdown terms: sources
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Congress Crams on Cram-Down
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Layoffs:
For Some, Disparity in Jobless Benefits
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Insurance:
A.I.G. Chief Owns Significant Stake in Goldman
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Treasury To Provide Nearly $30 Bln Of Funds For AIG
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3 Trustees of A.I.G. Are Quiet, Perhaps to a Fault
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Dimming the Aura of Goldman Sachs
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New York Presses Allstate on Swaps - "unregulated insurance markets"
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Life Insurance Companies and Bankrupt Shopping Center Developers: Chapter 2 Begins
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Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers
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D&O Insurance: Knowledge, Renewal and Rescission
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DIP Finance:
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Lehman:
Lehman Bankruptcy Worsened Crisis, Firm Was `Too Big to Fail,' Yellen Says
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Councils battle to recoup Lehman losses
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Fees In Lehman Bros
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Automatic Stay:
Sign Costs Creditor $21,800
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Fraud:
Madoff Trustee Sues to Recover $255 Million Sent to Bermuda's Kingate Fund
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Panama Will Sell Local Stanford Affiliate, Regulator Says
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Madoff Trustee Wants $255 Million Back From Kingate
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Hunt begins for Madoff's treasures
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Even Vigilant Investors May Fall Victim to Fraud
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How a Personal Finance Columnist Got Caught Up in Fraud
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Did Stanford Keep Two Sets of Books?
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Executive Compensation:
How Recovery Legislation Amends Executive Pay Limits
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Hedge Funds:
Traders Ditch TARP Firms For Hedge Funds
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Student Debt:
Struggles With Student Loans in a Grim Job Market
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Defaults:
Investors see bigger losses on defaults
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Telecoms:
Law firms vie to represent Nortel workers
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Ethanol:
The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa
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Despite a faltering ethanol industry, Iowa is faring better than the rest of America
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Gift Certificates:
Ohio gift certificate company files bankruptcy
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Derivatives:
Do We Hate Credit Default Swaps for The Wrong Reasons?
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Art:
Salander employee pleads guilty to falsifying records
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Illustrating a Recession
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Search and Seizure:
In re Bursztyn and the Issue of Search and Seizure of Debtor Assets
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UK:
Negative Equity to Hit 15% of UK Mortgage Holders
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UK Treasury Likely to Present Bleak Annual Budget
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Darling to Map Out Fiscal Consolidation in UK Budget
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Recession could see women become main bread winners
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£14.8m MG Rover probe still unresolved
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Pensions watchdog sounds alert over fraud
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GT to wind down failed motor dealership group
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Honda backs troubled car dealership
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EU:
ECB's Trichet Won't Exclude `Measured' Cut, Says Zero Rates Inappropriate
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Euro falls as ECB's Trichet signals quarter-point cut
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European Government Bonds Rise as Debt Sales Drop, Stocks Fall
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China:
Bad Loans Will Continue Declining in 2009 in China, Bank Regulator Says
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Canada:
Personal bankruptcies soar 25%, but business insolvency filings are down
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Alberta, B.C. lead bankruptcy rise
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Forestry giant's fall puts thousands of jobs in peril
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Quebec gives Abitibi $100-million 'shot in the arm'
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First Metals Files a Proposal Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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Russia:
Russia's Richest Lose $380 Billion as Crisis Bites
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Mexico:
Mexico's Industrial Output Declines Most in 14 Years
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Japan:
Japan Says Economy in ‘Severe' State, View Unchanged
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BOJ Lowers Economic View in Seven of Nine Regions
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Middle East:
Dubai ruler says crisis over
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'Emirates never felt threat from economic downturn'
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Dubai property prices to fall further
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Hungary:
Hungary Will Cut Spending to Battle Deepening Economic Crisis
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Israel:
Israeli Banks Can Handle Bankruptcies, Fischer Says
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S. Korea:
S. Korea March start-up/failure ratio at 8-mth high
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Bulgaria:
Bulgarian Pharmacies Face Mass Bankruptcies
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