Law:
Snapshot: Jay Goffman
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Lawyer’s Wild Ride Ends In Liquidation
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Arnold & Porter's Managing Partner Cleaning Up Colonial, Taylor Bean Mess
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Tipster: Gallagher & Kennedy Hires Bankruptcy Team from Greenberg Traurig
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Lovells, Latham lead as High Court hands down key private equity restructuring ruling
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Mid-Level Associates Survey Results - 2009
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Law Firms Prove Rich Source of Campaign Funds in Manhattan DA Race
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G-Men Go (for the)Green: US Attorneys Are the New "It" Lateral Hire
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Big firms still facing big problems
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Down but Not Out After a Layoff
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Jobless Told to Network, but Some Stay Silent and Keep Up Appearances
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Farmer?
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Suburban Lawyers Explain Why Their Firms Are Prospering
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Law Firms Drop Pricey Branding Sponsorships Such as PGA ‘Chalet’
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BigLaw, Sin City: AmLaw !00 Firm Suing Strip Clubs
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Former Partner Sues Firm for Capital Contributions
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Mapping the Legal Globe
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In attorneys probe, one burning question
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Real estate lawyers hard hit by economic crisis
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Lawyers Accused of Ducking Texas Laws
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Fordham Law School Bans Reed Smith After Firm Pulls Out of On-Campus Interviews
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Fordham Law Lashes Out at Reed Smith Rudeness Dean Treanor to firm: Don't come 'round here no more.
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Notes from the Breadline: To Be On Your Own
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The Paper(less)Chase
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Are Some E-Mail Addresses Risky Business for Lawyers?
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Law Firm Worker Tells Advice Columnist of Plagiarizing Lawyer
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Calling Someone Homosexual Is Not Defamation Per Se, Judge Rules in Suit by Anna Nicole Smith Lawyer
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Biglaw Associate and Her Househusband Star in New Fox Reality TV Show
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What Attorney Learned from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
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As Court Hearing Begins, Defendant Turns Out to Speak Mayan, Not Spanish
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Caption Contest Finalists: Shame on You
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Say What?!
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Judges:
2 Judges in Hot Water Over Alleged Inappropriate Remarks
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Judge Faces Ethics Charge for Remark Linking Lawyers to Nazis
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A White House Celebration for Sotomayor
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Courthouse Worker Says Judge Apparently Deflated Her Tire
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Judge of the F&*ng Day: Jeffrey L. Marcuzzo
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Void All Rulings By Corrupt Judge, Overseer Tells Top State Court
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Wall Street:
US stock futures point to higher Wall St open
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Fed Aids Market Rebound
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A 2,700% gain, with room for more
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Kaiser Permanente to cut more than 1,800 jobs in California
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ADC to cut 4 percent of workers
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Mass Firings At AOL Next Week?
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Employers slow to hire as economy improves
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Many laid-off workers try to lie low
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Worst job losses may be over, U.S. labor statistician says
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Large Layoffs in Second Quarter, Few Plans to Rehire
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A 'Jobless' And 'Wageless' Recovery?
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Retailing:
General Growth lenders lose bid in bankruptcy case
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Macy's raises full-year outlook as profit beats estimate
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Former Kmart CEO returns to court
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Fraud:
For Madoff's CFO, hearing ends in handcuffs
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Madoff Aide Holds Key to Intrigue
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One Big Question for the Madoff Gang
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DiPascali denied bail after guilty plea
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Harry Markopolos Warns of a Bleak Future
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Foundation Sues Merrill Lynch for $30 Million Over Madoff Investments
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The Madoffs' Credit Card Bills
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Basic checks could have uncovered Madoff's scheme
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Freeze on Stanford investors' funds extended
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Rivas Pleads Guilty To Chattanooga-Based Ponzi Scheme
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Special Purpose Entities:
Judge Strikes a Blow to SPE Game
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Municipalities:
Bing meets with bond agency to ease fears
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Detroit's Public School Woes Get Worse
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In downturn, cities grow food where they can
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Pa. 'considering' sending prisoners to Mich.
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California has amassed a mountain of debt
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State House approves JeffCo occupational tax bill
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Troubled Alabama county in forbearance agreement
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Newspapers:
The Trib's Bonus Babies
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NYT Could Take A $1 Billion Bath Selling The Boston Globe
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Judge: Creditors' offer could have led to a breach of the owners' fiduciary obligations
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At the Tribune Company, Inquiring Union Minds Want to Know
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Creditors face off with Philly papers' management
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Lenders' Group Says It Won't Try to Shut Down Daily News
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Gannett Cuts 70 More Jobs at Westchester Newspaper
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San Diego Union-Tribune Announces More Job Cuts
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Chemicals:
Tronox has many suitors
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Health Care:
Obama Turns Fact Checker-in-Chief in Health Care Reform Debate
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12 million Americans rejected by health plans
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3 big health-care myths
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'Euthanasia' Is Taking Health Care Debate Too Far
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Scare Tactics Over "End-of-Life" Bill?
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Economy:
Fed Holds Rate Steady and Moves to End Debt Buying
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Fed Says Economy Leveling Out
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US Posted Record Year-to-Date Budget Gap in July
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Taleb: You Fools Don't Understand That We're Doomed
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Another Stimulus Package?
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Billionaire Li Says Global Economy Won't Recover This Year
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Who Won the Recession?
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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:
Existing home sales fell in second quarter
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Home sales grew in second quarter in 39 states
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Countrywide Sanctioned by Ohio Court Citing Porter & Twomey
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Report: Nearly One in Four Homeowners Underwater
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47 percent of South Florida homeowners underwater on mortgages
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Another looming housing crisis
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Sales increase, prices fall
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Foreclosure plague: No cure yet
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TARP $$ To Go To Foreclosures?
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US Foreclosure Filings Set Third Record-High in Five Months
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HAMP--Is It Really All About the Money?
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Bank takes back Palm Harbor condominium project
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Washington State Home Sales Fall 15.6 Pct. In 2Q
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House swapping becoming popular in a down market
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Toll Jumps as Third-Quarter Revenue Beats Estimates
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JS Kempf files for bankruptcy
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Massive Maguire Properties Mortgage Default Underscores CRE Debt Maturity Challenges
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Dog Days: Investors Still Reluctant to Buy Into Stormy Distressed Market
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Fewer bank locations is trouble for REITs
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Michigan foreclosure rate dives as freeze takes effect
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Autos:
GM has a ways to go to get a clue
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PBGC seizes third auto supplier pension plan
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Motors Liquidation Isn't GM But Trades Like It Is
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American Axle appears to pay $7M in interest on time
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EPA Says It Can't Confirm GM's 230-MPG Fuel Economy Claim
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Chrysler Said to Boost 2nd-Half Production to Fulfill Demand
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Firm details old Chrysler debt
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Carlyle Group Bid for Metaldyne Gets Judge's Approval
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US '10 auto sales may top 11.5 million units: JD Power
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Tax:
UBS reaches deal to settle US tax probe
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Fallout from US, UBS deal will be far reaching
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No way to hide for US tax cheats after UBS deal
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UBS Agrees to Reveal Names of Suspected US Tax Evaders
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UBS and the IRS Hug it Out: A Chat with Zuckerman's Evan Stewart
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Radio:
On the Radio: Pulse fainter - Parent co. in bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Dykstra Gone To The Dogs
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MC Hammer In Trouble With The IRS, Cousin In Trouble With The Law
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Jackson’s Estate Grows Bigger After His Death
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Auf Wiedersehen, Jerry Tam
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Fashion:
Germany's Escada to file for bankruptcy protection
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The 'BK' Indicator
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Telecoms:
Optimism Rises for Nortel Unit Sell-Offs
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Political Rhetoric Heats Up on Nortel Asset Sales, Pensions
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Credit Cards:
Credit card offers a good sign?
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Ahead of New Credit-Card Rules, Expect Higher Rates and More Fees
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Cardholders Get Rude Surprise at Register
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Trucking:
YRC Worldwide downgraded
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Evergreen Transportation files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Heavy Truck Demand Down 45 Percent
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Freight Transportation Index Stuck in Low
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Compensation:
Save This Store
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Feds to keep automaker execs' pay private
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Banks to Report Plans for Executive Compensation
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Working to Please the Pay Czar
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Pop Goes The Compensation Bubble
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Citi trader's $100M payday exempt from TARP rules
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Feinberg's Pay Decisions May Be Wall Street Template
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Personal Finance:
Toothache for Children of the Recession
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Recession is making divorce a luxury item
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Tourism:
Coastal resorts in Orange County struggle at height of travel season
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Accounting:
Hey Big 4, How's Gen Y Working Out for You?
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Credit Counseling:
Class Claims 'Debt Settlers' Overcharge
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ARS:
What Now for Auction Rate Securities Litigation?
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Banking:
Guaranty Bank may have a buyer soon, analysts say
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Banks are still intoxicated
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British Regulator Issues Rules on Bank Bonuses
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Huge Bonus Hangs Over Pay Review
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Gambling:
Second plan filed to get Greektown Casino-Hotel out of bankruptcy
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Bondholders oppose Trump plan to retake casinos
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Atlantic City wants $20M a year to promote itself
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Hotels:
The mess at Extended Stay
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Extended Stay sends Fed down a new lane
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Food/Drink:
Fitch report finds financial risk for restaurants moderating
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Lopez Supermarkets Inc. files for bankruptcy
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Lehman:
Lehman, AIG Face Off
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Aviation:
Southwest Airlines sees big potential with Frontier bid
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Southwest seeks to buy Frontier, auction Thursday
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Republic brings more than cash to Frontier fight
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Frontier frequent fliers' status up in air
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JetBlue Offers Month of Flights for $599 to Help Fill Planes
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Airlines' Bag Expert Fights a Lost Cause
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Magazines:
Conde Nasties Lose Their Black Cars, Spa Days And Sushi Lunches
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Pensions:
Workers again putting more into 401(k)s
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Credit Cards:
Variable rates replacing fixed for cardholders
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Hedge Funds:
Paulson Hedge Fund Buys Banks That Lost Value in Credit Crisis
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SEC Levels Harpoon At Pequot
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Hedge Fund, in Dissolving, Braces for S.E.C. Inquiry
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When is it time to give up the hedge fund rat race?
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Amaranth Settles CFTC, FERC Actions For $7.5M
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Printing:
AbitibiBowater's Q2 loss doubles to $510M US
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Hockey:
Reinsdorf Moves Closer To Purchase Of Coyotes
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Balsillie targets Peddie and Maple Leafs
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Corporate Reform:
Cracks in the SEC's crackdown
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Ex-Kmart CEO wants to overturn verdict in SEC case
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The Idea That Danny Pang Would Have A Secret Girlfriend Is Just Outrageous
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Distressed Investing:
Icahn's American Railcar Bet May Be Tied to CIT Fate
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Vulture Investors Speed Up Pace of Distressed Takeovers
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Finance:
Small-Business Stimulus Loans Slow to Trickle
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Insurance:
$22M Verdict Upheld Against Insurer in Katrina Case
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Aegon Has Loss, Will Sell Shares to Help Repay State
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D&O Insurer "Cut Out" of Settlement Process May Reasonably Withhold Consent
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Derivatives:
Credit Protection Payments Triggered At Thomson
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Retail Derivatives: Overpriced at a Broker Near You?
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Corporate Governance:
Chancery Court Reviews Determinations of Trustee Overseeing Winding up of Dissolved Entity
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Education:
Strapped Colleges Keep Leaders in Luxury
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Lexicon:
Slashers
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UK:
Insolvencies hitting 55 companies daily
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Deloitte's MG Rover audit may feature in BDO report
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HMRC to blow overseas accounts wide open
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Keydata investors may be hit with huge tax bill
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Don't be fooled by signs of recovery, says TMA (UK)
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EU:
Germany and France Show Unexpected Growth
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Canada:
Lehman-Backed SkyPower Files for Bankruptcy
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Germany:
Arcandor to give up investor search Saturday
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Escada Files for Bankruptcy in Munich as Revamp Fails
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Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstan ups pressure on its banks creditors
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Cuba:
How Cuba is experiencing the recession
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China:
Chinese Learn Credit Card Perils The Hard Way
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