Law:
Bankruptcy lawyer will challenge Grassley for Senate seat
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Let The Bad Times Roll; Weil to Get Nearly $50 Million In Lehman
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Baker & McKenzie London Office Sees 33 Percent Drop in Profits
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McLawFirm's Profits Plunge Despite Layoffs
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Bakers' London partners bear brunt of PEP drop
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McCarter & English Cancels 2010 Summer Program
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New Lawyer Says Waitress Job Pays More than Small Law Firms
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Is there an E-Discovery Bubble?
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Young attorneys are working some very un-legal jobs as slump delays careers
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Roiling economy shifts fortunes for some associates
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Last Week In Layoffs
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Law firms brace for tight times
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Quick bankruptcy sales replace US reorganizations
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Hughes Hubbard Expands NY Bankruptcy Practice
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Clifford Chance, Freshfields Help VW and Porsche Tie the Knot
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Law Student, Prosthetic Arm, Abercrombie & Fitch . . .
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Armey Leaves DLA Piper Amid Furor Over Health Care Reform
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Armey: No Client Asked Me to Leave
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Creditors Go After Heller Pension Fund
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After Layoff, Unemployment Drying Up, Young Lawyer Is Down but Not Out
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Follow-Up: Morgan Lewis Also Denies Layoffs
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On Work Product and Tax (This is More Interesting Than it Sounds! Really!)
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Big Easy to Big Apple: Send Lawyers!
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Fired GC Sues Old Bosses for Defamation
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Goals Don’t Change, But Techniques Should During a Bench Trial
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UBS Fallout: Tax Man to Crank up the Prosecutions
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Judge Tosses Fraud Suit After Witness Is Texted by Boss During Trial
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Floyd Abrams and Ted Olson Squabble Over Oral Argument
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Tired of Paying for PACER Docs? Princeton Group Offers Alternative
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Yet Another Law Firm Employee is Accused in Claimed Embezzlement
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Additional Perspectives on Fordham Law v. Reed Smith
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Dress for Success: What Should You Wear to Fall Recruiting Interviews?
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Lawyers Prefer Coke
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Lawyers in fen-phen case to be sentenced Monday
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Top Five Ergonomic Problems at Large Law Firms
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Pleasure Domes Are So Five Minutes Ago
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Tort Reform Advocate Files Class Action After His Car Is Towed
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Law Prof Sang for Sha Na Na at Woodstock
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Say What?!
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Judges:
A Tale of Two Judges
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Will Critical Review Keep Judge From D.C. Circuit Slot?
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Judge Who Deflated Tires Quits Administrative Post
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Justice Stevens Makes Former Clerk an Offer She Can't Refuse
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Good thing the Supreme Court has its own gym!
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Texas judge who shut door on death-row appeal faces trial
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At O'Connor's core is an Arizona cowgirl
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Critics want to bench Judge Manuel L. Real
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Blogger's Case Could Test the Limits of Political Speech;
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Judges Who Would Be King: The judiciary is on an unprecedented power trip
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Wall Street:
Stocks Slide on Economy Concern
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European, Asian Stocks Fall on Japan Economy; US Futures Drop
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Stocks Finish the Week Down as Reports Dull Optimism
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After Dow's 42% Run, Roadblocks Looming
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Will the Market Crash?
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Wall Street sees shoppers as key to rally's future
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Accentuating the Positive After a Layoff
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For Arizona jobless, the wait for benefits is agonizing
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Credit Cards:
Credit card issuers have the last laugh
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Credit card reforms buy time for consumers
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Advanta Reports $330 Million Q2 Loss
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Shoes:
Skins Footwear Inc files for Ch. 7 bankruptcy
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Auto Racing:
Dodge CEO: We're staying in NASCAR, paying Petty
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Compensation:
Obama 'Pay Czar' to Review Executive Compensation Plans
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Ditch Bonuses, Bring Sense to Wall Street's Pay
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Commodity Traders' $1 Million Bonus as Oil Doubles
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Personal Finance:
I Say Spend. You Say No. We’re in Love.
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Agriculture:
Sour times for dairy industry
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Academia:
Determining Whether Property Is Necessary for an Effective Reorganization: A Proposal for the Use of Empirical Research
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Bankruptcy Boundary Games
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Economy:
Drops in Consumer Confidence, Prices Temper Recovery Hopes
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Weak Consumer Spending - Get Used to It
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Consumer inflation tumbles as shoppers hold back
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Small businesses feeling down for 2nd month in row
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Is the Recession Over?
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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:
No Quick Recovery for Home Prices
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Florida’s Soul-Searching After the Real Estate Bust
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Rival banks battle over Mastro bankruptcy
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Banks Help Small Debt Become a Big One
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Embattled Plainfield apartment firm faces financial crisis
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The New American Dream: Renting
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Lennar, Homebuilders Begin to Appeal After Pain
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NovaStar narrows second-quarter loss, warns again of possible bankruptcy
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Home Buyers Want a Bargain: Are Sellers Getting the Message?
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Junkyard's Path To Subdivision Long And Winding
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Today's ghost towns create challenges of tomorrow
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48 vacant buildings blight downtown Detroit
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Autos:
Dealerships Waiting For Clunker Cash
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Inside the New GM Dealer Agreements
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'Clunker' sales borrow from 2010 market
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Volkswagen to Raise $5.7 Billion for Porsche Acquisition
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Electric car sticker shock awaits US consumers
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Toyota to end output at GM JV plant in March
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Chrysler to make Fiat in Mexico
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Auto suppliers under bankruptcy protection
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Judge mulls Visteon retiree benefits
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Tax:
UBS client to Plead Guilty in Failure to Report Swiss Bank Account to IRS
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UBS to name 5000 accounts under US deal
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Swiss experts criticize UBS-US deal
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Tax dodgers scramble to come clean amid crackdown
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Textron Ordered to Give IRS Tax Shelter Papers by Appeals Court
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Ancient haven San Marino fights for banking life
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Hong Kong used by US tax evaders
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Corporate Taxpayers Take a Big Hit in 1st Circuit's 'Textron' Ruling
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Apparel:
Creditors seek to push Ellen Tracy into bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Despite its lower bid, Republic Beats Southwest in Bid for Failed Airline
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Southwest's play for Frontier: Dallas airline's bid strategy reflected complexities of bankruptcy law
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Frontier aims to emerge from bankruptcy next month
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Frontier Win Surprises Even Republic's CEO
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Frontier seeing clear skies
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Lehman:
The Lehman Bankruptcy Fee Awards: And the Winner Is . . .
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Lehman Case Will Affect CDO Ratings, Says Fitch
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Hollywood:
Weinsteins Struggle to Regain Their Touch
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Green:
Credit Woes Soil Clean Tech Firms
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Telecoms:
Nortel Asset Liquidation Taken Over by Ernst & Young
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The XO Files
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Ever greater numbers of Americans are disconnecting their home telephones, with momentous consequences
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IP:
Patent Fight Rages On In Bankruptcy Court
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Securitization:
The Alphabet Problem and the Pooling and Servicing Agreements
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Restructuring structured products, an update
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ARS:
Cuomo likely to file Schwab ARS suit on Monday
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Charles Schwab Says Filing Of Charges Related To ARS Sale Unwarranted
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Accounting:
Accounting Firms Cope with Recession Pressures
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Newspapers:
Tribune Wins Extension to File Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
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Tribune Co. creditors seek special counsel to probe buyout
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Finally, The Sale of the Cubs Should Be Signed This Week!
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Municipalities:
Chicago City Government Closed For Business On Monday
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Ala. gov signs bill for new tax to rescue county
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Non-Profits:
Rainbows United bankruptcy reminding nonprofit boards of need for strong oversight
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Mining:
In bankruptcy, a deal isn't always a deal
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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DIP Finance:
A costly typo incenses Lyondell's unsecureds
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Retailing:
Abercrombie Has Loss on Sales Slump, Ruehl Stores
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Fraud:
Hadassah Says It Never Knew Ex-Finance Chief Had Madoff Affair
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Hadassah's bigger worry
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Illegal Affair? Madoff Victim Reveals Secret, and Possible Conflict
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Madoff cheated in bed too, woman claims
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Madoff Screwed Charity Then Slept with CFO, Says Book
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Book Excerpt: 'Madoff with the Money'
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Feds to auction off Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff's luxurious homes
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Massachusetts Rejects Deal With Firm Tied to Madoff
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Health Care:
Obama Team Drops Public Option
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White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops
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A Public Option Isn't a Curse, or a Cure
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Six Lobbyists Per Lawmaker Work on Health Overhaul
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Health Debate Turns Personal for Obama
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Celebs:
Project Runway alum Jerry Tam files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy could be a harsh TV reality
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Prison Was 'A Turning Point,' Quarterback Vick Says
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Vick's history is laced with trouble
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Banking:
Big Bank Down
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BB&T Takes Over Failing Colonial Bancgroup
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Friday's Bank Failures Cost FDIC $4B
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Regulators seize 1 Nevada, 2 Arizona banks
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Colonial Bank: The Cycle Is Complete
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Banks added 10,000 branches in boom
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Banks selling toxic mortgages
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Feasting on failed banks
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France Seeking Ban on Guaranteed Bonuses for Bankers
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Darling Plans New Law to Curb Bonuses Amid Criticism of Rules
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Gambling:
I Got Your Tropicana Trademark Right Here
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Colony Capital Hands Resorts Atlantic City To Lenders
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On a roll to Atlantic City
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Golf:
Olde Liberty Golf & Country Club heads to auction block
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Consumer Debt:
Calling the Bank’s Bluff: Why a Debtor’s Revolt Would Work
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Credit Reporting:
Does a Tarnished Credit Report Equal an Untrustworthy Employee?
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Jewelry:
Friedman's Jewelers and Crescent Jewelers are up for sale
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Horticulture:
Teufel debt hits vendor: Nursery's bankruptcy trickles down to suppliers
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Student Debt:
Bankruptcy Court Rules that Non-Payment of Tuition is not a Non-Dischargeable Student Loan
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Oil/Gas:
Crude Oil Falls to a Two-Week Low on Weak Consumer Sentiment
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Corporate Governance:
How one corporate misstep led to a change in American law
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UK:
England/Wales Company Winding Up Petitions Drop In Q2
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Drop In UK Repossession, Bankruptcies No Turning Point
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Barclays tries to seize home of Baron Strange of Knockin
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UK Home Sellers Lowered Asking Prices in August
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EU:
Balkan loan guarantors struggle to pay others' debts
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Japan:
Japanese Economy Expanded Last Quarter
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Japan emerges from recession; markets wary on recovery
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Iceland:
The Little Economy That Couldn't
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China:
China Stocks Drop Most in Nine Months; Index Falls Below 3000
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