Law:
Survey Says . . . BigLaw Getting Used to the Lousy Economy
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The Good News: We Have Work! The Bad: We Need You To Do It!
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Layoff Watch: Curtis Mallet Cuts Corporate Associates
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Has BigLaw Turned the Recession Corner? Yeah, But . . .
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Associates Survey 2009: How Do You Get Along with Your Partners?
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Online Tool Sheds Sunlight on Court Records
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Clifford Chance fights landmark layoff claim from former partners
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Firm apologizes for galactic layoff screw-up
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Rumor: Curtis Lays Off Corporate Associates
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Losing a Zero
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Does the Legal Market Suffer the Same Over-Consumption as Health Care?
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GCs say the pressure's on to kill the billable hour. But has it reached the tipping point?
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Shopping Mall Heiress Sues Neal Gerber, Alleging Massive Misconduct
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The Lawsuit
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Hung Out to Dreier: A Colorful List of Victims
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Swiss Attorney Charged in UBS Case; US Lawyers Could Be Targeted, Too
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Weil Seeks $100M in Lehman Case, Identifies Hardest Working Associate
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Morgan Lewis Tops List of Go-To Law Firms for Fortune 100
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Chrysler's legal chief didn't enjoy the automaker's race through bankruptcy court
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More on the Textron Decision, In-House Lawyers’ Latest Worry
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ACC President Says Tax Ruling ‘Eviscerates the Work-Product Doctrine’
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Federal Judge Boots Law Firm from Case for Hiring the Wrong Associate
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Yale Law Women Name Top 10 Family-Friendly Firms
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'Sex and the City' Coming to Hogan & Hartson
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Lawyer Guilty of Witness Tampering in Drug Case
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2 Lawyers Convicted in Witness-Tampering Case, Could Face Life in Prison
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Accused Pot Dealer Says Law Prof Stepdad Helped Build Grow Room, Shared Profits
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The Ungrateful Tattletale
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Lawyer of the Day: Michael Lukehart
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Moritz College of Law Student Investigated For Embezzlement
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Trial Lawyers For Justice Defends Family Photo Request
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Lawyer Travels Cross-Country on Route 66 by Bike and on Foot
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Judges:
NY Judge-Turned-Convict Granted Early Parole
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Judge's Death From Courthouse Mold Ruled Not Worth More Than $1,000 Under Law
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Dozens of Judges Are Getting LinkedIn
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Hal Turner: Did He Threaten Federal Judges?
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A Peek Into the Second Batch of Rehnquist Papers
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Supreme Court Names Sotomayor's Law Clerks
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Former Pa. Judges Ask for Reconsideration of Rejected Pleas
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Judge Betty's Revenge
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Wall Street:
Index Futures Advance
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Financials lead stocks upward
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The Rage over Goldman Sachs
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Credit concerns rise as stock market tests highs
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Up to 1,100 employees are expected to be cut from paper company Stora Enso
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Accenture Laying off Some 336 Executives
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Selection and Communication in Layoff Planning: The Cornerstones of a Successful Reduction in Force
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NYC's jobless rate higher than the nation's
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Workplace suicides surge by 28 percent
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Morgan Stanley plans hiring spree: source
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Autos:
Obama criticizes Bush's 'blank check' to GM, Chrysler
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Traders Keep Buying Old GM Stock, Despite Warnings
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Dealers stiffed as clunkers pile up
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GM to give dealers cash advances on 'clunkers' deals
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Cash for Clunkers Success Limited by Program Flaws
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U.S. Says "Cash-for-Clunkers" Program to End Monday
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'Clunkers' Program Has Processed 37% of Applications
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Merkel skeptical of RHJ's chances with Opel
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CAW members approve GM deal
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Italian Bailout Bonanza Lets Maserati Designer Skirt Bankruptcy
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Private Equity:
What's Holding Back The Tidal Wave of PE-Backed Bankruptcies?
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Tax:
US Indicts Swiss Banker and Lawyer on Tax Charges
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UBS Settlement With US Comes As Relief To Swiss
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Phil Gramm and the UBS Tax Case
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Ex-Wives and Others Eagerly Await the UBS Tax-Cheater List
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Droves of Americans declare offshore accounts
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Tables turned on US tax cheats
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NY Eyes UBS Tax Cache
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IRS Extends FBAR Filing Deadline for U.S. Investors in Offshore Investment Funds
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The IRS's European Vacation
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How Much Should You Reveal to the IRS?
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Insurance:
AIG Customers Sue Insurer for Not Covering Bernard Madoff Fraud Losses
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Homeowners' Insurance Coverage for Madoff Losses?
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AIG's Renaissance Plan Could Succeed But It Isn't A Slam Dunk
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New AIG CEO says expects to repay taxpayers
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Insurers can pursue subrogation of WTC losses: Judge
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Economy:
US Leading Economic Index Rose 0.6 Percent in July
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Philadelphia Factory Gauge, Leading Index Rise
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Jobless claims in surprise rise
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Geithner Sees `First Steps to Recovery' as Jobs, Housing Market Stabilize
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Mortgage Delinquencies Break Record In Q2
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Bernanke's tough task: Withdrawing emergency aid
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Why Obama May -- or May Not -- Reappoint Fed Chairman Bernanke
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Defining 'Too Big to Fail'
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For companies, mountains of cash show high anxiety
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In New Hampshire, 700 of 796 stimulus jobs are state workers
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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:
Mortgage delinquencies hit record high in Q2
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Lost jobs, prime fixed loans now driving foreclosure starts
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Mortgage Modification Investor Lawsuit
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While Debt Mounts, Couple Chases BoA Loan Mod
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Can Vanished Real Estate Wealth Return?
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Foreclosures expected to peak at end of 2010
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HAMP Creates Cash Flow Implications for Securitization
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Complaining to HUD about Servicing: Thunder on Deaf Ears?
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New REITs Pounce on Distressed Mortgage Assets
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NY's mortgage woes worsen
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Has President Obama's Mortgage Modification Plan Failed?
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Foreclosure Belt Congressional reps want more loan mods
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Flagstar may have to sell collection contracts at loss
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Law Doesn’t Insulate Countrywide From Lawsuits, Court Rules
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Bucksbaum heiress sues over losses
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Florida leads nation in rate of mortgage troubles
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Study: Homeowners In Foreclosure Suffer From Depression
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A Tale of Two Subprime Decisions
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Hockey:
Felons yes, Balsillie no
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Melnyk fires salvo at Balsillie
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Balsillie 'desperate', says Senators owner
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Coyote case has pro leagues on edge
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Municipalities:
Could Municipal Bonds Lose Their Tax-Exempt Status?
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Banking:
Banks Trim Borrowing From Emergency Fed Program
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Rules for private-equity firms eyeing failed banks get vote next week
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Spain's BBVA Wins Auction to Buy Failing Texas Bank
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F.D.I.C. Seeks to Attract More Buyers of Banks
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KPMG warns banks face more losses
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Most Banks Are Failing the Old-School Way
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Tax haven gone, Swiss banks to use safe haven allure
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Swiss banks give a little but still have bloody hands
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Swiss Fortunes in Doubt
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Swiss govt turns a profit on UBS stake sale
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Morgan Stanley gatecrashes Swiss affair on UBS sale
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Credit Cards:
Banks Cut Credit for 58M Card Holders in 1 Year
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A Closer Look At The New Credit Card Rules
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New credit card rules may be too late
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Aviation:
A New Frontier
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Interview: Republic chief executive Bryan Bedford
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Judge Approves Deal to Save NM Jet Maker
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Health Care:
The Recession Will End . . . When Small Businesses Can Afford Health Care
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The Medical Bankruptcy Myth
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Some Thoughts On Health Care Studies And Bankruptcy
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Obama guarantees health care overhaul will pass
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Matt Taibbi Tangles With Maria Bartiromo Over Health Care
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Obamacare could cost you $4,000 a year
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Fraud:
Former Stanford employee talks about sales pressure
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Investors, Turnaround Professionals, and Fraud: "First Do No Harm"
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Madoff Trustee Tells Court Two Offshore Firms Ignored `Clawback' Lawsuits
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Scrushy's Antiques, Silverware Sought by Investors Who Won Fraud Verdict
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Cross-Border:
Recent Case Law on Cross-Border Guarantees
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Hotels:
Recession hits Houston hotel occupancy
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Debt Collection:
The current economy is prodding finance executives to try to detect potential deadbeats by using such things as automated alert systems.
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State Cracks Down on Debt Collectors
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Television:
Ion Media Seeks Approval of Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan in New York
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Finance:
The Changing Shape of Distressed Financing
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CIT Bonds Sold to Widows Have Fine Print That Pimco Resists
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Seeing Upside for CIT Bondholders
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Telecoms:
RIM wants new rules on Nortel
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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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Mass Torts:
Will Number 25 Be The Charm?
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Retailing:
Sears Loses $94 Million in Q2, Closes 28 Stores
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Accounting:
FASB Rethinks Lawsuit-Accounting Plan
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Get Ready for a Fair-Value Showdown
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Not Ideal Timing KPMG
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PwC Thinks it Can Dance
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Newspapers:
A Death Foretold
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News CEO Murdoch compensation drops to $18 mln
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Tribune Memo: No Liquidation, But Ownership Structure ‘Likely To Change’
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Report: Tribune employees to get shortchanged
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Philly Newspapers File Debt-Free Bankruptcy Plan
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Bankruptcy Plan Calls for Philadelphia Papers to be Sold to Local Investors
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Magazines:
Reader's Digest Secures Approval for Bankruptcy Plan
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Reader's Digest Bankruptcy Derails Collins's Media Ambitions
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Education:
Ethics and the MBA Degree
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Corporate Reform:
US CFTC and UK FSA Will Jointly Monitor Markets
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Telecoms:
Turning Out The Lights: Sequoia Communications
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Hollywood:
How Hollywood Gets Hit By Recession
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What Happens When Upwardly Mobile Couple Hits Hard Times
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Distressed Investing:
The Boys are Back in Town: Hedge Funds are Trading Distressed Debt Again
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Prices Dip on Report of Rising Jobless Claims
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Personal Finance:
Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall
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How to Save Money on Almost Anything
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Pawn shops' shelves reflect hard times
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Thrifty home growers cultivating backyard crops
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Turnarounds:
Economic Conditions for Turnarounds Should Improve in 2009 and 2010
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Turnaround Candidates in PEGs Portfolios: Hear No Evil, See No Evil is Not a Good Strategy
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Liberating a Business from its History: The Turnaround of Dana Corporation
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From Liquidation Planning to Turnaround of the Year
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The Impact of Commodities and Currency Pricing on Restructurings
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The Role of the Customer in Turnarounds
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Team-Based Incentive Compensation Is Vital to Successful Operating Turnarounds
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Pensions:
State Pension Funds Down 59% On Private Equity Bets
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Halloween:
Now here's a horror story
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Credit Counseling:
Texas attorney general seeks $4.6M for Debt Relief USA customers
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Gambling:
Atlantic City casino profits down 19.8 percent in second quarter
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Packaging:
Caraustar Emerges From Bankruptcy ; Cut $135 Million In Debt
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Celebs:
Demand too low to stock Vick jerseys
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Only athletes get a second chance in the NFL
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Tyson wins $1.2 million in bankruptcy court
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UK:
S&P Sees UK's Countrywide on Path to Default
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U.K. Budget Deficit Soars to Record $13.2 Billion as Recession Hits Taxes
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UK firms coping with recession poorly
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EU:
German Services, French Industry Unexpectedly Grow
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Mexico:
Mexican economy shrinks by 10.3% in 2Q
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Russia:
Russia's July Retail Sales Post Biggest Decline in 10 Years With 8.5% Drop
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Hong Kong:
Hong Kong July bankruptcies up 36 pct yr/yr
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