Law:
Linklaters Faces Dispute Over Layoffs
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Where the Work Is: Lawyers Recommend These Practice Areas in Recessionary Times
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NY Partner, Firm Cash In for $15 Million in Madoff Scandal
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There's a bull market on Wall Street. Not for investors, but for a handful of elite lawyers and financial pros
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Between a Rock and a Hard Case
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Last Week In Layoffs
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Layoff Watch: Akerman Senterfitt
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Firm considers making cash call
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Davis Polk Escorts Morgan Stanley Out of TARP
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Solo Story: A Chat With Big-Firm Refugee Mitchell Matorin
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Democrats Take Aim at Supreme Court Decisions
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Blank Rome Settles Malpractice Claim for $20 Million
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Firm That Took On Legal Malpractice Case Now a Defendant in One
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Older but Wiser: Get With the Program!
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Disgraced Former UBS GC Now a Williams & Connolly Partner
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Bucking Trend, Pupillage Salaries in London on the Rise
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Violent Terms Are Often Used in Defense Work, Attorneys Say
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MBA, JD, or PhD
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Vacation Memo: Elie
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Law Firm Won Tax Case, But Says Ex-KPMG Partner Still Owes $1.3M Bill
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Billion Dollar Firm Faces Suit by Axed Staffer
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Legal Secretary Loses in Suit Against BigLaw Firm, Partner
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RocknRolla
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Extortion Conviction Upheld for Lawyer Who Threatened Hair-Cut Pricing Suit
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Why Did Pfizer Resort to 'Michael Clayton' Tactics at First Neurontin Trial?
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Justice Comes to Alberto Gonzales
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Questions for Alberto Gonzales - The Counselor
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In Stunning Development, Lawyer Gets Tasered Again - Twice
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Disbarred Lawyer Busted for Forging Ruling in Case He Never Filed
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Prisoner Says Jail Lost His Leg
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Video Takeoff of Dancing 1L Imagines Divorce Court Boogie
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Who Needs Retirement? 101-Year-Old Lawyer Chugging Right Along
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Lawyer of the Day: Patrick J. Manshardt
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Sotomayor Confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Friends: Justice Sotomayor Has a Fun Side
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Sotomayor: Soon-To-Be the Nation’s Most Famous Door-Answerer
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Now Well-Worn ‘Wise Latina’ Phrase is Worn, Literally, By Sotomayor Fans
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Obituary: Judge Robert M. Takasugi
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Senate Confirms Legal Nominees, but Not the Biggest Ones
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Cameras Come to the Supreme Court -- in HD, No Less
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His Honor, The Pimp: Ex-Judge Gets Prison for Recruiting Prostitutes
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With Soto in the Can, White House Steps up the Appointments
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Wall Street:
European Stocks Retreat
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FTSE Down 0.7 Pct
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Dow and S&P Close at New '09 Highs
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As media war intensifies, the squid drinks its fill
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Templeton's Mobius Says Stocks Face 30% 'Correction' This Year
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What's Missing in Earnings Reports: Revenue Growth
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VIX Signals S&P 500 Swoon as September Approaches
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Something Is Rotten In The State Of Wall Street
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Was Goldman Sachs ever close to failure?
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One measure of Goldman Sachs' risk
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The lamest business excuse of 2009: "We're a good company with a bad balance sheet."
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Ken Moelis Waits for Bat Phone to Ring as Wall Street Rebounds
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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The Jobs Report: Not as Bad, but Not Good
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Jobless Figures: Good, Bad, or Indifferent?
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Firms Pare Severance Packages
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Finance Layoffs: AIG, Wells Fargo and more
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Altia Furloughing 650
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Kindred Healthcare intends to layoff 573
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Axa is set to layoff 350
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Taylor, Bean & Whitaker is shutting down with 5,000 jobs at stake
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Unemployment For Busted Entrepreneurs
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Teenage Unemployment Remains High
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Jobs: Gone Today, Gone Tomorrow
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Kick 'Em When They're Down
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Anything for a paycheck? Rotten job is better than none
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Where Layoffs Are the Last Option
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Even in Texas, recovery in job market likely to be slow
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A brutal summer for young job seekers
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Consultants:
A tale of two piggies
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Executive Compensation:
Imperfect Politics of Pay
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Effort to Rein in Pay on Wall Street Hits New Hurdle
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Personal Finance:
Falling U.S. Birth Rates
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Five things you shouldn't do during a recession
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8 Vacation Spots: What’s Hot and Not in Recession
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Avoiding Money Fights with Your Mate
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Love in the Time of Layoff: The Appeal of Employment
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Understanding banks' new credit criteria
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Recession breeds vacation angst
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Book Reviews:
Books About the Financial Crisis
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Bankruptcy Bill's Summer Reading List
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Retailing:
Retailer bailout? Ask Boscov's buyers
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Zale Jewelry Completes Closure of 160 Stores So Far in 2009
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When Will Retail Finally Turn?
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Retailers nervous as back-to-school shopping season begins
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Gambling:
The Donald is compelling, but deal not done
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Distressed AC casinos selling at bargain-bin rates
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Economy Helps Same Old Names Resurface In Atlantic City Casinos
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Making sense of gaming's big crash
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Timid Gamblers Hurt Coffers in U.S.
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Greektown Casino: Waiting for the chips to fall
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Mining:
Asarco Fight Heats Up
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Battle over bankrupt miner Asarco heads to court
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USW objects to Grupo Mexico's Asarco bid
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Rio Drops After $102 Billion Excess Ore Charge Report
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Rio Tinto Accuser Says Article Was His Own Opinion
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Trucking:
Frozen Food Express Loses $5.2 Million
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Quality Distribution Posts Big Loss
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Shipping:
Shipping foreclosures set to rise
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Consumer Debt:
Consumer debt keeps shrinking, voluntarily and otherwise
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Revolving Credit Down In June
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Apparel:
At Long Last, Hartmarx Is Sold to Investors
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Jewelry:
Gordon Bros Named "Stalking Horse" for Finlay Enterprises
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Mass Torts:
Chrysler and Sales Free and Clear
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Non-Profits:
Bankruptcy leaves Rainbow's creditors asking what's next
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Credit Cards:
How Americans Got Into a Credit Card Mess
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Credit card companies fail, businesses scramble
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Golf:
Quintero Golf Club facing foreclosure
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Economy:
US Cuts Less Jobs Than Forecast
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Optimism over US unemployment drop is premature
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Krugman Says World Avoided Second Great Depression
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All Eyes Turn To Meeting of Fed Committee
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Paulson’s Calls to Goldman Tested Ethics
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Why was Goldman invited to the AIG bailout party?
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Paulson, Goldman CEO spoke often in heat of crisis
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Stimulus: How Fast We're Spending $792 Billion
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Deficit grew by $181 billion -- in July
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Big Mac Says All About World After Lehman's Fall
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$700 billion in TARP funds difficult to track
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In Eight Cities, Wait Continues for Stimulus-Led Recovery
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Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
$75 Billion Carrot, but Few Nibbles
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Fed Focusing on Commercial Real-Estate Recession as Bernanke Convenes FOMC
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Freddie Mac Reports Profit
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Do Fannie and Freddie Need a 'Bad Bank?'
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Lehman Bros. wins $50M foreclosure judgment in Delray Beach
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Mansions Go Under the Gavel
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The Law, Economics and Psychology of Subprime Mortgage Contracts
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Expensive homes miss the recovery
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Ethics Panel Clears Dodd in Countrywide Refinancing
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Key Lawmaker Received Countrywide Loans
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Shocker: Ethics Committee Clears Dodd and Conrad
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Beazer Homes Improves Losses
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Arizona's Commercial Real Estate Bloodbath
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Lawsuits Claiming Abuse Mount for Gov't Mortgage Partners
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Fannie Mae Paydowns Drop as Buyouts Rise
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"I'm a developer. That doesn't mean I'm evil."
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Madison Avenue Retail Rents Plunge
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Bundled Mortgages Pose Problems for Housing Program
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Economy casts shadow over Houston real estate
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First-time home buyer tax credit faces increased IRS scrutiny
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Vacancies Curb California Recovery
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Luxury home builder Impel Inc. files for bankruptcy protection
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Want a Good Deal on a House? Check the Crime Blotter
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48% Underwater? Lawler Challenges Deutsche Bank Report
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How to Save an ‘Underwater’ Mortgage
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Private Equity:
For Private Equity, a Very Public Disaster
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Cypress Group Faces Vote For Survival
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How PE (Didn't)Get Its Groove Back
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Blackstone H1 Shows PE Up; Hedge Funds Down from Year Ago
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"We're a Big Mid-Market Fund" and Other Head-Scratchers From the Blackstone's Earnings Call
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Mail:
It’s Time to Stay the Courier
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Fashion:
A Little Less Vogue
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Derivatives:
Derivatives Fuel Berkshire Hathaway's 14% Q2 Earnings Rise
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Tax:
UBS, IRS still working out deal
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UBS clients still safe from IRS
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Your Token IRS/UBS Update
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UBS Shares Lower Amid U.S. Tax Talks
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UBS tax talks stall over data transfer details
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Former Rabbi Charged in $35M Tax Fraud Scheme
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Tax Haven Smackdown!
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Rhode Island shutting down small business for non-payment of taxes...
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Newspapers:
Platinum Equity bids for Boston Globe
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What's a Big City Without a Newspaper?
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Newspaper Ad Revenue To Recover
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Small is beautiful (and successful)for newspapers
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Seattle Times Newspaper Rebounds To Profit?
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Lament for a Dying Field: Photojournalism
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Accounting:
Loyal accountants may jump ship when economy rebounds
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Capgemini First Half Flat, But Second Half Expected Down, Sober Outlook
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Rumor of the Day: Comp and Bonus Pools at Big 4 Seriously Depleted
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Bob Herz is the Most Dangerous Man in America
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Hockey:
Lawyer Takes Blame in Coyotes Snafu
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NHL's 'donnybrook in the desert'
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Coyotes combatants mum on sale
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Two Quotes Tell The True Balsillie Story
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Smart lawyer is Balsillie's ace in the hole
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NHL asks court to toss Balsillie's bid
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Not so shocking: NHL takes lead in resolving Tampa Bay Lightning divorce proceedings
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings Rise in July, Set Off Most of June's Decline
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Middle District of Florida bankruptcies rise 50% in first half
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Sacramento region's business bankruptcies climb 57%
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Food/Drink:
Top Chef Contestant Abandons Ship
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Reality Hits Home for Celebrity Chef
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Allen & Delancey Files for Bankruptcy
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Wine collection in bankruptcy auction
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Municipalities:
Labor unions drop appeal of Vallejo bankruptcy
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Occupational tax bill to save Jefferson County has flaws, lawyer for county says
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Alabama Supreme Court to hear Jefferson County occupational tax
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Detroit's personal income growth one of slowest in U.S.
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Amid cost cutting, L.A. city pensions continue to soar
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‘An Interesting Debate’: How To Clear 40,000 From California’s Prisons?
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The state budget blues
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A Silence, Now Coldly Permanent, in a Mill Town
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Personal Bankruptcy:
1st Circuit Rules that Debtor may Deduct Mortgage Payments on the Means Test, Even if He Intends to Return the Property
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Telecoms:
BlackBerry maker wants Nortel sale cancelled
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RIM says it had deal with Nortel
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Nortel CEO to announce his departure
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VarTec founders seek end to suit: Mitchells' lavish lifestyle remains key issue
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Lehman:
Judge OKs $96M in fees in Lehman
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Religion:
N.S. diocese reaches $13-million settlement in abuse case
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Small Business:
Entrepreneurs in a recessionary era
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Financial Literacy:
Giving kids 'the talk' about money
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Politics:
Opposition Emerges to House's Jet Spree
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Agriculture:
For small dairies, hard times abound
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Corporate Governance:
New shareholder in town could muddy the governance waters
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Task Force of the ABA Committee on Corporate Governance Issues Report on the Delineation of Governance Roles and Responsibilities
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Art:
Annie Leibovitz's Epic NY Renovations Spurred Lawsuit, Debt
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Consumer Goods:
Wilton creditors drop Chapter 11 pressure
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Health Care:
How to Count Medical Debt in Bankruptcy
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Consumer Reports goes into the hospital ratings business
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Insurers Fight Back on Health Overhaul Quietly
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Why Paying for Health Care Reform Is Difficult and Essential
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Health-Plan Tax May Hit Wide Group
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Help Wanted: Health Care Still Adding Jobs
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Town Hall Crowd Shoots Health Message, Messenger
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Banking:
Bank lobbyists winning battle against regulation
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US banks to make $38 billion from overdraft fees
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US Bank Failures Rise to 72 With Collapses in Florida, Oregon
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Remote Deposit Capture (RDC)iPhone App
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J.P. Morgan's Compiling A WaMu Who's Who
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Morgan Stanley leaves smaller TARP tip
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How many banks will fail?
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Colonial Bank Shouldn't Make Any Late Summer Plans
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The FDIC May Have to Seize Itself
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Is it Time To Short Wells Again?
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The Federal Reserve: What the Hell Is It?
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Old Banks, New Lending Tricks
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US Bonus Masters Trounce French Amateurs
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BofA Owes Judge Data
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How Uncle Sam Owns Ken Lewis
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Why Do Banks Grow Too Big To Fail?
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Autos:
How Chrysler Spruced Up Bankruptcy
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GM to attempt IPO by July 2010: filing
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Can GM Really Pull Off an IPO?
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'Old GM' tries to ease fears on environmental cleanups
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N.Y. town fumes at what GM left behind
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GM gets to walk away from its polluted sites
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GM's environmental quid pro quo.
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GM sees stagnant '09, fears losing consumers
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EBay, GM set to start car-selling trial Tuesday
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U.S.: Don't expect more supplier aid
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American Axle not going Chapter 11
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Dealers submit more than $1B in 'clunker' requests
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Some scrap yards find Cash for Clunkers program to be a pain in the wrecks
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Top Ten Most Traded in Clunkers
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Where clunkers go to die
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Meridian Automotive Systems files for Chapter 7 liquidation
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Some Olds dealers lose again
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Auto Settlement for UAW Pensions Sets Bad Precedent
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Magna posts $205 million loss as auto-parts sales plunge
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Magna International is still in running to purchase Opel
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RHJ Still Has 'Good Chance' of Winning Opel, Fischer Tells HB
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Fraud:
Feds: Former Madoff CFO to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
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Ex-Madoff Finance Chief Could Point US to Other Accomplices
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Madoff Victims May Wait 15 Yrs. For Full Payout
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Sanford's Wife Moves Out
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Politicians return Stanford cash
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Civil lawyer tossed from Stanford's criminal case
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Texas Hedge Fraud Scammed Own Brother
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CFTC Says Couple Ran $22M Ponzi Scam
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Liens stack up on house owned by Southwest Michigan native linked to alleged Ponzi scheme
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Fraud spotlight on Hollywood
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Insurance:
D&O Insurers Seek Relief from Automatic Stay in Order to Assert Coverage Defense Counterclaims Against Investment Firm Insureds
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For Florida insurance woes, no shortage of suspects to blame
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AIG Turns Profit, Warns of 'Volatility'
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AIG posts $1.82B profit; CDS unwind crawls
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Ambac looks to alternative revenue streams
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Government, Insurers Cast as Villians
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Celebs:
Celeb Makeup Favorite Swept Into Bankruptcy
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Michael Jackson's Doctor is a Deadbeat
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Promoter’s Insurance Against Jackson Concert No-Show Excluded Illegal Drugs
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Wacko Jacko Bios Gush With Moonwalks, Pasty-Faced Finale
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Hotels:
Luxury resort offers $19 room - minus bed and TP
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Aviation:
More job cuts coming at Delta
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Air Canada posts $155 mn profit
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Ottawa's $100M Air Canada boost draws criticism
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Trustee accepts Eclipse offer; bidding to start
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United's flight attendants ask for mediator
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Liquidity will determine how long carriers can survive, analysts say
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BAA's UK Airport Traffic Falls 2.4% in 16th Consecutive Drop
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Oil/Gas:
SemGroup challenges former execs' insurance
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Oil Falls for a Third Day as Gasoline Drops on Weak Fuel Demand
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Ethanol:
Losses grow for Pacific Ethanol
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Finance:
CIT moves closer to declaring bankruptcy
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Honey, the Market Shrunk CIT
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CIT Suspends Preferred Dividends, Saving $50 Million
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UK:
Company insolvencies jump 40% in year
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Insolvencies rise to record levels
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Company Administrations fall 22% on last quarter but still up 9% from last year
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Lack of lending behind the surge in company closures, says FPB
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Do you want the good news or the bad news?
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Arbitration and Insolvency
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Our mortgage nightmare
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UK House Prices Will Rise 2% in 2010 as Slump Ends, CEBR Says
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UK Companies Get New Loans More Easily, CBI Says
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Top accountant attacks plan to help debtors
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EU:
European Government Bonds Rise as Stocks Snap 4 Weeks of Gains
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France:
Factory Shut Down in France After Workers Clash with Manager
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Korea:
IMF lifts Korea economic view, but sees momentum slowing
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Japan:
Japan July corporate bankruptcies +1.0 pct yr/yr
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Japan Machinery Orders Climbed 9.7% in June
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Japan's Merchant Sentiment Climbs to 22-Month High on Stimulus
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China:
China's Economy May Grow 9.4% This Year on `Strong Momentum,' Goldman Says
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Guangzhou's Grand World Scenic Park reportedly closed
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China's Property Sales Surge 60% From Year Earlier
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Wen: No Plan to Halt China's Easy Credit Policy
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Iceland:
Van der Moolen files for protection from creditors
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