Law:
Heller Creditors Seek $24M in Pension, Argue Firm was in Red As Early As ‘07
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Heller Pensions at Risk?
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Bankruptcy lawyer Aims to Bring 'Fiegenomics' to Washington
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Kirkland, Cravath, Simpson On Reader's Digest Restructuring
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Quinn Emanuel Slams Cuomo's 'Unwarranted' ARS Suit Against Charles Schwab
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Don't mess with the AG
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Attorneys Convicted Over Diet-Drug Settlement Sentenced to Jail, Ordered to Pay $127 Million
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Debtors File Class Action Alleging Attorneys Conspired to Defraud
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Beep, Beep, Beeeeeeeeep: BigLaw Firm's Summer Program Flatlining
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No Layoffs at Major Law Firms Last Week, But Are Doldrums Ending?
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Paul Hastings Offer Rates
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Baker McKenzie Profits Per Partner Tumble. More Outsourcing in the Future?
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A Revised List of Future Layoff Suspects
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A Day in the Life of a Layoff
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Aussie Partners See Salary Cuts
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Pillsbury Iffy on Fate of SF Summer Programs
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Are Generation Y Lawyers a Bunch of Slackers?
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For Litigators, a Different Kind of Recession
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Law Firms Become Tougher on Past Due Bills
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Wachtell, Simpson, Others On Hand for Colonial's Death
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More on Dick Armey's Resignation
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Law firms were once the darlings in the portfolio of any bank manager, but, over
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Most Law Firm Reform Ideas Are ‘Insipid and Inadequate,’ Consultant Says
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Appeals Court OKs Contempt for Veteran Lawyer Over Debt Collection Case
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Ex-Lawyers Get 20-25 Years for Bilking Fen-Phen Clients of $94M
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3 Indicted in Biggest Hacking and ID Theft Case Ever Brought by DOJ
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Judge Axes Case, Awards Legal Fees for Texting Witness at Trial
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Take Back the Law!
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A Thousand Little Gitmos
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Pet Killers, Beware of Orrick
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Paralegal Seeks Damages from Ex-Partner for Death of Chihuahua
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Over-40 Lawyers Pursue Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasies, Diving Records
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A Man, a Coffee Label, and a Lawsuit
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'Waiter, There's a Fly in My Salad': The Lawsuit
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Judge’s Frustrated Outburst Creates Mistrial
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Judges Sharing the Pain of Paycuts
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Judge Apologizes for Racially-Tinged Postings Regarding Obama Supporters
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'She Answered a Simple Question': The Trial of Sharon Keller Begins
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Judge Goes to Trial Over Execution
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Delaware Judges Take Voluntary Pay Cut
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Wall Street:
Futures Rise after Monday's Stock Selloff
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World Markets Recover Poise After Big Sell-Off
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Stocks tumble on consumer fears
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Wall Street Joins a Global Downturn
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Investors Scatter to Safe Havens
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Lockheed Martin cuts 800 space division jobs
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Job Search Firms: Big Pitches and Fees, Few Jobs
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Dealing With a Second Layoff
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Texas Jobless Face Two Major Problems
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Food/Drink:
Saxbys Coffee, in bankruptcy, asks for delay
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Gambling:
Fate of Fontainebleau will likely be determined by new owner
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Banking:
After Colonial, clock ticks for Guaranty
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What's Happening at the FDIC?
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Fed Says Banks Tightened Lending in Second Quarter
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The Great American Bank Robbery
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Tech:
Agilent Technologies reports $19 million loss
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ARS:
New York sues Schwab over auction-rate securities
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Fraud:
Bad News for the Brothers Madoff?
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Stanford warnings ignored, US senators are told
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Former Stanford Adviser Says SEC Was Warned About Bad Certificates of Deposit
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"Runaway receiver" in Stanford case isn't making anyone happy
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Stanford Senate hearing draws thousands of investors
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Former Madoff Employees' Suffering Can Be Compared to Only One Thing
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Brooklyn's Bernie Madoff Spent $40 Million on Shag Carpeting and Cheese Sandwiches
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Possible Bay Ridge Ponzi Scheme Has Locals in Litigation
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Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Eric Butler Guilty of Securities Fraud
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Private Equity:
Why Are Buyout Firms Still Charging Deal Fees?
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Economy:
Fed Extends TALF
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TALF Program Extends Into 2010
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8 Things They're Glad the Recession Killed
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Even amid the worst economic slump since the Great Depression, some companies just keep growing
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Central Bankers to Blame for Meltdown
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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:
July home sales post first monthly year-over-year gain in 2 years
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Mortgage Delinquencies Rose to Record in 2Q
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Homebuilder Confidence in US Rises to One-Year High
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Tax Bills Put Pressure on Struggling Homeowners
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Show Me the Original Note and I Will Show You the Money
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A Nation of Renters, Courtesy of Uncle Sam?
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Banks fail to modify mortgages
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Fed, Treasury extend TALF to mid-2010 for CMBS
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NYC Foreclosed properties go for 14 cents on dollar
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Vermont Laws Shut Door on Bust, Boom
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Fla. Court Wants Foreclosure Mediation
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Reappraising Home Appraisers
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Taking "Downsizing" to a Whole New Level
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Recent Bankruptcy Court Decision Reconciles Central Tenets of Commercial Real Estate Financing and Bankruptcy Law
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Lawsuit alleges Ransome abusing bankruptcy
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Magazines:
Reader’s Digest to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Bankruptcy and Reader’s Digest
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Will Reader's Digest Survive Bankruptcy?
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Why Digest's Next Excerpt Will Be From Chapter 11
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Chapter 11 plan cedes Reader's Digest to lenders
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Reader's Digest can't escape media's recession
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Finance:
CIT Group dodges bankruptcy ... for now
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Celebs:
On '60 Minutes' Vick says 'I blame me'
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Old Friend Helping Vick Make New Start
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Do You Accept Michael Vick's Apology?
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The Crash of Annie Leibovitz
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Retailing:
Dillard's posts narrower quarterly loss
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Lowe’s Quarterly Profit Misses Expectations
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Home Depot's Second-Quarter Profit Falls Less Than Estimated
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Identity Theft:
Three Indicted in Largest Corporate Identity Theft Case in History
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Aviation:
How Frontier's Pilots Stymied Southwest Airlines
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Will the 787 Deep-Six Boeing?
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Mining:
Grupo Mexico Increases Asarco Bid
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Hotels:
River Road Hotel Partners files for Chapter 11
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Finance:
CIT Winners Look Like Losers in Bond Swap
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CIT Posts Ninth Straight Quarterly Loss as Reserves for Bad Loans Triple
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What is going on with CIT?!
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Fitch downgrades CIT's issuer default rating
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Easing Small Players' Losses In CIT Crisis
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CIT's CDS spreads still sky-high
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Politics:
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States, Says Gallup Poll
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Bonds:
Corporate Credit Slumps Most Since March on Concern for Economy
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Fashion:
Friday Fashion Flop
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Credit Cards:
Losses on AmEx credit cards slow in July
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Unlike Amex , Capital One Defaults Worsening
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U.S. Credit card defaults in signs of stabilizing
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Falling Credit-Card Defaults Signal Recession May Be Ending
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Personal Finance:
Households hide their savings in closets, in pillows - even in brown paper lunch bags, just not at a bank
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Bankruptcy Litigation:
Tribune creditors seek probe of Zell buyout
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Accounting:
FASB may extend fair value to loans
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Accountants just can't get a break...
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Non-Profits:
Social service agency JESCA files for bankruptcy protection
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Plastics:
Vincent Plastics in bankruptcy
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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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Newspapers:
Tribune Co. creditors seek special counsel to probe buyout, could sue to recover money
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings up 35% in 2009; Chapter 11 Filings up 91%
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Guam bankruptcy filings increase
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Autos:
Creditors sue over Chrysler Financial spinoff
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Chrysler Creditors Sue Daimler, Seeking 'Billions'
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New auto industry is showing signs of its old self
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Lear files reorganization plan, may exit this year
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Cash for Clunkers: It's Still a Clunker
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"Clunkers" program slows car gifts to US charities
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Ernie Haire Ford sold at auction
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Delphi retirees try to be heard in bankruptcy
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Lengthy death watch for Ford's Ontario factory
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GM, Koenigsegg Said to Reach Saab Agreement, Lack $300 Million
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GM, Koenigsegg ink stock purchase deal on Saab
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Corporate Reform:
Justice Dept. won't appeal Nacchio resentencing ruling
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CFPA is scaring non-bank lenders, too, and they know who they are
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Compensation:
Clawing Back Executive Pay
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Executive Pay
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The Quick Buck Just Got Quicker
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Incoming AIG CEO To Get $7 Million Annual Salary, Plus Incentives
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Oil/Gas:
CFTC considers limits on energy positions
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Tulsa's semgroup Sells semfuel
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Plano man arrested, accused of oil securities fraud for second time
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Municipalities:
Florida population drops for 1st time since 1946
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Tight Budgets Pinch State Park Funds
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Health Care:
Repros plunges as company says may face bankruptcy
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Medical Capital wants bankruptcy protection
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Alternate Plan as Health Option Muddies Debate
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Health-Care Co-ops: Fig Leaf or Fix?
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House Won't Drop Public Option
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White House Reassures on Health Plan
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Boycotting Whole Foods
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Making Sense of the Public Option
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Fashion:
Who Will Save Lacroix?
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Religion:
Prosperity preachers barely acknowledge recession, "fear will make you stingy."
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Mass Torts:
James Hardie Seeks A$200 Million for Asbestos Fund
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M&A:
Bankruptcy Is the New M&A
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Student Debt:
Be wary of private student loans
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UK:
London Financial Hiring Stalled in July, Morgan McKinley Says
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Huge spike in Glasgow bankruptcies
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Chek Whyte Bankrupt Backlash
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Canada:
Canada's top doctor: Health care system 'imploding'... 'We all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize'
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Germany:
German Investor Confidence Rose to Highest Since 2006
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France:
French Woman's 'Bad Joke' to Creditors, Leaves Her Behind Bars
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Australia:
James Hardie Industries Shares Rise on Housing Market Prospects
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China:
Counting Profits in China - A Whole New Kind Of Accounting
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Japan:
Japan's Economic Recovery May Falter as Companies Cut Investment, Payrolls
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