Law:
Survey Shows the Bell Is Tolling for the Billable Hour
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Bankruptcy Cases Taking Center Stage At The Supreme Court On Tuesday
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Law Firms Promote Fewer Senior Associates to Partnership
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No Partnership for You!
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Short-term measures firm leaders have taken to cut costs
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Seyfarth Partner Sues Own Firm, Alleging Demotion and Exploitation
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Paul Hastings to Look Under the Canopy ...
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Mixed decision for law grad on expunging student debt
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Chadbourne to Restore Salary Cuts; Is it Morning in BigLaw?
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Chadbourne’s Bonus Aims to Repay Cut Salaries
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Associate Bonus Watch: Milbank Hops on the Bandwagon
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Thanksgiving Week in Layoffs: 11.30.09
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Layoff Watch: Faegre & Benson Gobbled Up Some Associates for Thanksgiving
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Cast a Broad Net When Looking for Law Jobs
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The Change Agenda: Can You Hear the Ice Melting?
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Streamlined firms emerge from ashes of annus horribilis
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2010 CA Prognostications
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AIG-Greenberg Battle Ends With $150 Million Legal Tab
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Bank Ordered to Pay $6 Million in Damages -- and $10 Million in Attorney Fees
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$163K Fee Award to Firm Tossed Out Over Use of Secret 'Master Retainer'
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Legal Secretary Sends E-Mail About Cancer Surgery, Is Fired, Suit Says
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Real Estate Lawyer's Suicide a Sign of Desperate Times for Some
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Buyer Beware: Firms Look Closely at Legal Liabilities of Merger Partners
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Move Over, Crosby and Hope: Leaders of Merging Firms Hit the Road
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IRS, FBI, Investors All Want a Piece of Rothstein's Seized Assets
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Mayo: An overlooked Rothstein-Crist connection
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Rothstein Condo at Dreier's Former Address Sought
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Lawyer's Homes Seized in Fraud Case
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TD Bank asks for Rothstein 'release'
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In Wake of FCPA Disclosure, DynCorp Top Lawyer Gets Axe
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My Job Is Murder: Of Beetles and Batrachotoxin
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Tales from Gitmo: The Guantanamo Lawyers
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Law Schools Reporting Drops of Up to 45% in On-Campus Interviews
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A Musical Motion to Show Claus
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Beautician Wins Major Property Case for Mom, Gets Law School Scholarship
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Probe of US District Judge Thomas Porteous could touch lawyers
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A judge judging himself: judicial recusal
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Courthouse Abuzz Over DA’s Blanket Boycott of Longtime Judge
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Judge: ‘At Any Time I Can Get Killed’
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Civil cases against judges involve emotional suffering
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Gain
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Global Stocks Rally on BOJ Lending, China Data; Yen Declines
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Markets Rise, With Spending and Dubai Weighing In
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'Highest Paid Man on Wall Street' Ignites Culture War at His Kid's Prep School
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Two Jobs and Still Underemployed
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Laid-Off Workers Face Expiration of Health Benefit
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US Unemployed Seeking Day Labor Jobs
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Bankruptcy Rules:
New Massachusetts Bankruptcy Local Rules
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Retailing:
Holiday Sales to Drop as Forecasters See 'Discipline'
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Mideast meltdown puts Barneys in creditors' reach
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General Growth to keep revised mortgage terms secret
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Staples Profit Tops Estimates as Retail Customer Traffic Grows
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Litigation:
US top court to decide reach of securities law
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Pensions:
PBGC takes over auto part maker's pension plan
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Pension tension on the rise
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Tech:
GSI in bankruptcy , schedules special shareholder meeting
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Corporate Reform:
U.S. Sen Shelby urges nimble 'resolution regime'
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S.E.C. Watchdog Eyes Insider Trading Probe
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A Wager of Law!
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Religion:
Deadline Looms for Victims to File Sexual Abuse Claims
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Newspapers:
Freedom's 'East Valley Tribune' Gets a Buyer
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Creditors turn up the heat in Freedom bankruptcy
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Investors' bid for Star Tribune stake is in limbo
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Food/Drink:
Penn Traffic borrows $1.87 million to keep P&C stores stocked
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Horse Racing:
Golden Gate Fields to go up for auction
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Derivatives:
Default Swap Reforms Roiled as Aiful Tests Settlement
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Economy:
Fed to conduct tests of liquidity-draining tool
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In-Geithner-We-Trust Bond Market Gets Lowest Yield
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IMF: Tobin Tax a Possibility
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Taxing Wall Street Today Wins Support for Keynes Idea
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Fed Works on Plan to Pull System's Money
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Rosenberg: This is a Depression
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Stimulus Spending Hits $225 Billion
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
Commercial Mortgage Defaults in U.S. Bank Portfolios Reach 3.4%
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US Treasury gets tougher on home loan relief
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Robert Reich: 'Shame Won't Work. Only Political Muscle and Courage Will'
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Teams aim to speed mortgage relief
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Some Borrowers Find Little Relief
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Lenders Face Sanctions for Failed Loan Modifications
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HAMP: Obama Turns Up Heat on Lenders
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Treasury sets guidance to simplify "short sales"
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Did US Bankruptcy Laws Exacerbate the Housing Crisis?
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While Americans suffer, glutted banks refuse to renegotiate mortgages
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As Treasury Department Stumbles, Liberals Push Tougher Measures to Stem Foreclosures
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Lender Hartford challenges Diamond Oaks' $32 million bankruptcy
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Capmark to sell mortgage unit for $515M
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Lehman Bros. seizes Canyon Ranch
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World’s Most Expensive Office Markets Get Cheaper on Job Cuts
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Minneapolis riverfront developer files for liquidation
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Buyers expected to wrap Statler deal
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Buyers fail to close Statler deal
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Missed payment clouds Statler's future
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The housing speculators return
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Lenders Lawyer Up
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Arrogance Has Its Price
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Stiff mortgage lenders, advises law professor
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Nashville developer hasn't paid workers since January
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Distribution of ABFS settlement is in dispute
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Banking:
Citigroup Names Bailout Critic Buiter as Chief Economist
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Credit Union Blew It All on Bad Bets
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Creditworthy borrowers should get priority from banks, panelists say
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Banks Bracing for Record Defaults in 2010
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Cable Television:
Charter Communications emerges from bankruptcy
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Moody's assigns junk rating to Charter holding co.
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Autos:
Michigan auto supplier sheds pensions in bankruptcy
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GM, Chrysler Fees Pile Up
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GM Goes Casual
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Betting On A Better Deal For GM Bondholders
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Small auto suppliers struggling to get loans
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Fitch Ratings says U.S. auto industry headed for airline-style cyclical bankruptcies
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Is This The End for GM?
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Obama lays down the law
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Alabama's Auto Industry's Rocky Road
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US November auto sales to show slow recovery
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Republicans To Call "Car Czar" To Testify Before House Subcommittee
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Judge Approves Car Dealer Holley's Bankruptcy Plan
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Potential buyers were shocked by Saturn deal
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Saab’s Fate to Be Discussed This Week
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Saab in 11th-hour talks with GM to avert its closure
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Why GM Should Keep Saab
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More jobs axed at GM's UK arm
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GM regains full control of Opel as trust dissolves
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GM Said to Weigh Sale of Saab Assets to Beijing Auto
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Agriculture:
Agriprocessors bankruptcy comes back to bite some cattle producers
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Eurofresh co-founder back as CEO, president
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Gambling:
Fontainebleau Las Vegas retailers part of auction
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Majestic Star's emergency bankruptcy court motions approved
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Asset Protection:
Offshore Asset Protection For United States Clients
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Compensation:
No More Executive Bonuses!
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Health Care:
Embattled Canopy Financial Files Ch. 11 Bankruptcy; Details Emerge
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Hospital battle heats up
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Youngstown mayor seeks federal dollars to help Forum Health
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Englewood Hospital points to declines to keep Pascack Valley closed
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Hockey:
Ex-Owner Says Coyotes Owe City Nothing
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Preds owner David Freeman acknowledges cash flow problem
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Financial woes plague Nashville owner
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Music:
Former Death Row Chief Prohibited From Interacting With Company
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Packaging:
Smurfit-Stone files reorganization plan
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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 Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Surge
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Bankruptcy Prediction:
Hertz drops defamation lawsuit against analyst
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Bankruptcy Humor:
Bankruptcy Bill
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Student Debt:
High Court Hears Student Loan Bankruptcy Case
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Court should rule in favor of lender in student loan case
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Insurance:
AIG Price Target Cut 40% by Bernstein on Reserves
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A.I.G. in Debt-for-Equity Swap With New York Fed
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British American files for bankruptcy
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Boating:
Bidding to refloat bankrupt Genmar begins at $55M
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Oil/Gas:
New SemGroup CEO upbeat as company prepares to emerge from bankruptcy
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Oil, gas royalties for sale during bankruptcy auction in Oklahoma City
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Ethanol:
Ethanol Boom Gone Bust
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Theme Parks:
Hedge fund, creditors bid for Six Flags
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Two Bondholder Groups Vie for Six Flags Control
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Fraud:
Madoff Investor Rosenman Loses Bid to Recover Assets
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Wife of convicted Ponzi operator pleads guilty
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SEC accuses Tampa executive of running 'fantasyland of fraud'
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Arrest Imminent In Florida Ponzi Case, Report Says
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Canopy Financial called a sham; FBI probes firm
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Galleon Said to End Operations in Singapore at Year-End
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Mass. Man Admits $20 Million Fraud With Trusts
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UK:
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007
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Morgan Stanley: UK Risks Serious Debt Crisis
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RCR update
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Scottish firms beef up insolvency divisions
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Awaiting Bonuses, U.K. Bankers Cherry-Pick Luxury Homes
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U.K. Struggles to File Madoff Charges
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UK Manufacturing Expansion Unexpectedly Slows
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Menzies and Morley and Scott merge
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Police seize files from Kerry Katona's ex-accountant
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EU:
Europe: What a Recovery Will Look Like
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Canada:
New Bankruptcy Rules Hurt Some People They Were Designed to Help
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Nortel failure sparking Canadian pension debate
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Canada's growth returns, imports surge
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Nortel bonuses epitomize a baffling trend in business
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Middle East:
Dubai World in Talks on $26 Billion of Debt
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Dubai World Says Debt Negotiations Only Cover Real Estate Arm
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Dubai official: Dubai World's debt is its own
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Speculation Grows Over a Tense Rift, With Billions at Stake
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The Ascent, and Fall, of Dubai
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Dubai's Jebel Ali says made bond coupon payment
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In Dubai Debt Crisis, a Test of Law and Islamic Banking
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Dubai Son-of-Subprime Shows Disease Still With Us
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Dubai Shows Limits of Government Rescues, Roubini’s Das Says
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Dubai, Abu Dhabi equities drop sharply for second day
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20/20 Hindsight in Wake of the Dubai Default
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A Financial Mirage in the Desert
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Dubai-A Lesson In Why Transparency Matters
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Dubai May Finally Be Broke, But It's Been Morally Bankrupt All Along
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The Dubai Bubble by the Numbers
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Dubai World May Have to Check Out of U.S. Hotels
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Dubai shock won't sink foreign banks
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Kuwaiti Firm Said to Sue Carlyle Over Debt Fund
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Germany:
German Unemployment Unexpectedly Declines as Economic Recovery Broadens
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France:
France's Thomson SA to restructure debt by Feb
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Greece:
The new Iceland? Greece fights to rein in debt
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Russia:
Ex-Yukos owners win international ruling against Russian government
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Japan:
BOJ to Provide 10 Trillion Yen in Emergency Credit
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