Law:
With Jan Baker Aboard, Latham Seeks to Break on Through to the Debtors' Side
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Hughes Hubbard Hires 2 for Bankruptcy Practice
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Patton Boggs to the Rescue! (Provided, Of Course, it Gets Paid)
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No One's Getting Paid in the Allen Stanford Case
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Stroock Seeks to Scuttle Trump Casino Deal for Bondholder Group
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FDIC Sues Baker Botts for Findings of Internal Investigation
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BigLaw Pay Cut Survival Guide
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‘Kindest Cut’ at Perkins Coie: Only 3.8% Pay Reduction, No More Layoffs Expected
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Salary Cut Watch: Perkins Coie Makes a Tiny Incision
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Perkins' Coy Cut
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Salary Cut Watch: Mintz's Levy on Salaries
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Lovells to keep 69%
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Notes from the Breadline: Alone, Alone, Alone
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Day Pitney's New Definition of Summer
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BigLaw Roommates: Firm Moves Into Rival's Manhattan Digs
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Alleged Gunman in Pittsburgh Gym Shootings Was K&L Gates Staffer
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Buchanan Team Closes $150 Million Deal In Indalex Bankruptcy
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Specter, Other Dems, Looking to Reverse Huge Securities Decision (Stoneridge)on Third Party Liability
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Judge forces DeGuerin to stay on Stanford case for now
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Six-Lawyer Mortgage Team Switches Firms
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9th Circuit Finds for Firm Over Theft of Firm's Web Site Content
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First-Year Salaries Expected to Drop, Though NJ Firms Buck Trend
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The Higher Cost of a JD
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Former Partners Face Off in Vegas Strip Club Suit
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Prominent Attorney Charged With Witness Tampering Faces Heated Cross-Examination
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Law Firm Done With Paper
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Knock, Knock: Lawyer's "Joke" Gets His License Pulled
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Texas Man Charged With Taking Photos Up Legal Assistant’s Skirt at Courthouse
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Former Lawyer Takes His Mustard Museum to New Town
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Lawyerly Lairs: Latham Partner Gives His Wife a Fabulous Paris Pad for Her Birthday
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Bankruptcy attorneys form new Wolfson & Bolton P.L.L.C.
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Federal Judge Orders Lawyer Jailed Over Scheduling Conflict
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Dewey, Cheatem & Howe Makes Appearance in Loan Fraud Case
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Ex-US Rep. Jefferson Convicted; Harvard Law Grad Could Face Long Jail Term
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Glue(d)Stick Victim Arrested
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Say What?!
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Judges:
End of the Road for Sotomayor?
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Testimony at Sotomayor Hearing Opens Bloomberg to Deposition
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'Iqbal' Forces Federal Judge's Hand on No-Fly List
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On the Road Again, With Clarence and Ginny
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Wall Street:
Weak Economic Data Puts Stock Market Rally on Hold
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UK Stocks Drop
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German Stocks Fall for Second Day
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Goldman Faces Inquiries on Pay and Derivatives
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S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on ‘Flash’ Trading
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Goldman Sachs $100 Million Trading Days Reach Record
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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More layoffs: ADP and Challenger Gray & Christmas reports are in
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Jobs Still Disappearing, But Not As Fast
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Maintenance and Repair Weathering Hard Times
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Best Cities to Start a Career
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Job Options Narrow as U.S. Recession Bites
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EDS workers face more pay cuts
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Finance Layoffs: PNC to lay off 74
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Consumer Goods:
P&G profits, sales drop as global demand slips
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Banking:
Bair Says US Regulators Should Set Pay Standards for Banks
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Politics, Citigroup and Andrew Hall's bonus
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Banks still getting sicker
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Georgian Bank Says Bad Loans Surged 10-Fold in Six Months
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Billion-Dollar Suit Filed Against Citi and Credit Suisse
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Oppenheim Opens Its Doors
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America needs a single bank regulator
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Colonial bank confirms raid of Fla. branch
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Societe Generale 2nd quarter net profit falls by half on higher writedowns
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Commerzbank Posts Loss on Higher Bad-Loan Provisions
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Art:
Annie Leibovitz May Have Better Luck in Bankruptcy
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Sotheby's Sees Art Market Bottom: Profit Declined 87%
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Defaults:
Riskiest corporate debt looks frothy
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Tech:
Turning Out The Lights: Nanochip
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Hockey:
Judge delays Coyotes owner's contempt hearing
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Cardinals strongly oppose Coyotes tax district in Glendale
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Bankruptcy judge says Balsillie bid for Coyotes will stand
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Aviation:
Frontier employees to rally in airline's defense
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Southwest plays defense with Frontier bid
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Southwest: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em
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Upgrades in videoconferencing technology help firms slash travel budgets
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Most airlines shares fall as broader market slides on economy worries
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Aviation crisis? What crisis? Budget carriers flourish amid economic gloom
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Newspapers:
'Baltimore Sun' Guild Files Motion Against Tribune Bonus Plan
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U.S. Trustee, unions question Tribune Co. bonus plan
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Economy:
Private businesses cut 371,000 jobs in July, far fewer than in June
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US private sector job losses bode ill for recovery
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Service Industries Shrank at Faster Pace in July
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An Unexpected Gain in Factory Orders in June
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Stiglitz Says U.S. Facing `Very Slow' Recovery as State of Banks Unknown
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Obama Says Grants Will Spur Innovation, Create Jobs
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Warren - TARP Oversight Panel Split Over Transparency
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Few buying a consumer-led recovery
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'Clunkers' Add 0.5 Percentage Point to GDP
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Have the Stimulus Programs Failed?
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Consumers' Concern About Economy Growing
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How Much Stimulus Funding is Going to Your County?
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Tracking Stimulus Spending - Made Easy!
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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:
More Homeowners 'Upside Down' on Mortgages
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'Underwater' US Mortgages May Hit 48%
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July Inventory of Houses Falls
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Wells Prioritizes HAMP, While CRL Calls For Cramdowns
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Obama administration official says US housing agency's Lockhart to step down
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Fannie and Freddie's uncertain future
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US Considers Remaking Mortgage Giants
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Borrowers' Income Losses Push GSE Delinquencies Upward
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Investors Sweat Through 'Dog Days' of Distressed Debt
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Radian Gains Most Ever on Second-Quarter Profit
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GMAC May Have to Put ResCap Through Bankruptcy
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The Second Wave of the Credit Crisis
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Gov't Mortgage Partners Sued for Abuses
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Kent Swig set to forfeit huge condo project
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Boston Lawyer’s Suit Over Unaffordable Loans Could Be a Model
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Autos:
Appeals Court Issues Chrysler Sale Opinion
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2d Circuit Chrysler Opinion
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AlixPartners study: Vehicle sales could hit 16 million by 2013
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Dealers, Senate agree: Keep Cash for Clunkers rolling
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US Auto Suppliers Aren't in Line for More Aid, Bloom Says
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White House: GM IPO Likely for 2010, But Not Chrysler.
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Bloom: GM, Chrysler have more to do
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GM Wants To Be No. 1
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The Next Auto Shakeout
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Task force head says gov't won't run automakers
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Washington will not get involved in GM sale of Opel
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American Axle cites bankruptcy risk after deep loss
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American Axle aims for out-of-court restructuring
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Clunkers provide a bonanza for junkyards
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Why Hertz, Avis Are Breaking Down
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US Says Aid to Auto States to Grow in Next 9 Months
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Michigan -- the clunker state
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4 expected to bid for dealer's assets
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Germany Wants GM to Forego Opel Royalty Payments
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Oil/Gas:
Transocean's 2Q Sunk by Drilling Slump
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Lehman:
It's Payday In Lehman Chapter 11
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Cash-starved US local govts seek $1 bln from Lehman
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NYC Tries to Jump Ahead in the Lehman Creditor Line
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Lehman's tax bill raises questions
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Judge OKs $950M Lehman Aid To Aurora
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David Wessel on the failure of Lehman Brothers
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Credit Counseling:
Some debt relief services are a bust
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Derivatives:
Credit Default Swap Prices Down but Still Elevated
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CDS report: Markets widen after US data disappoint
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Finance:
CIT up 20% continues to rally
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Trump bailout no return of lender risk
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Theater:
Budget Leads to Blowup
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Private Equity:
American Capital slumps on loss; still in debt default
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Corporate Reform:
In financial agency turf wars, at least one loser is obvious
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Tax:
UBS tax deal details unlikely on Friday: sources
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos lawyers oppose subpoena of radiologist in national litigation
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Argentinians invoke 1853 treaty in Delaware asbestos suit
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Accounting:
Cut-price Rentokil-KPMG deal raises ethical questions for auditors
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New accounting rules worry US banks
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Tax work may be outsourced to India
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Personal Bankruptcy:
1st Circuit Affirms Means Test Decision
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Agriculture:
Postville, USA
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Book Reviews:
Review: Busted - Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
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Religion:
LA Priest's Mission: Saving Flock From Foreclosure
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Gambling:
Trump Casinos' Chapter 11 Redux
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Fontainebleau's suit against lenders moved from bankruptcy court
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Boyd Gaming profit falls 41 pct
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Celani wants to be a Greektown creditor
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Consultants:
Ex-Huron CEO cashed out $8.3M
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Retailing:
General Growth Properties hammered by rising vacancies
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Recession claims shoe distributor
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Costco's July same-store sales drop 7 percent
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Municipalities:
Detroit school audits find millions in waste
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Teaching Detroit educators a fiscal lesson
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Budget Cuts Devastate California Higher Education
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Judges order California to cut prison population by 40,591
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Packaging:
Court Confirms Caraustar Reorganization Plan
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Hotels:
Large Hotels Lead Loans Of Concern For U.S. CMBS
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Judge denies case dismissal: Marriott owners face involuntary bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Nortel Wins Approval of Avaya-Led Auction of Unit
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Ottawa calls emergency Nortel meeting
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Canada legislators to probe sale of Nortel assets
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Fraud:
Madoff Victims to Get Checks Faster With New Plan, Trustee Says
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2 former Broadway producers sentenced to prison
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Our Ponzi Nation: Trouble Afoot in the Motor City?
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Politics:
House Orders Up 3 Elite Jets; $200 Million Cost... Gulfstreams For Ferrying Members of Congress
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Flashback: Congress Members Criticize Auto Executives' Jet Travel
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Personal Finance:
The crash's hidden losers
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Invisible Victims of Global Downturn
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Some seek a crystal ball in a murky market
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Trucking:
Evergreen Transportation files Chapter 11
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Rail:
Rail traffic: The economic indicator that's not improving
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Jewelry:
Finlay files for bankruptcy , to sell assets
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Health Care:
White House, Democrats Call Health-Care Protests Manufactured
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Obama Promises Healthcare Reform This Year
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Hospitals cut off building projects
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Pensions:
Massachusetts to Cut Hedge Funds After Record Pension Losses
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M&A:
M&A market shows 'positive signs'
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Insurance:
Axa says 1st half net profit fell 39 percent as financial crisis hits earnings
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Credit Cards:
Points taken: AmEx changes rewards rules
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Golf:
Greenbrier Takes GM's Place On PGA Tour
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Mining:
Doe Run Peru says was worried about creditors
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Celebs:
Jackson's Personal Doctor Was In Financial Trouble
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UK:
Exporting Chapter 11
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Bouncing Britain
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Challenge to insolvency fees risks backfiring on creditors
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Calls for transparency with pre-packs
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UK government considering updating insolvency laws
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Taylor Wimpey Writedown Signals More Home Price Falls
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EU:
Europe Retail Sales Drop More Than Forecast as Consumers Curtail Spending
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France:
France seeks more time to recover millions in farm aid
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Spain:
Over 3,000 bankruptcies in Spain in first half of this year
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Germany:
Germany Prepares New Rescue Methods for Banks
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