Law:
For Associates, It's Been a Decade of Thrills and Chills
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Law Firms Cut Junior-Lawyer Bonuses by as Much as 71 Percent
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Privilege Takes Center Stage as WaMu Bankruptcy Heats Up
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How class action firms acquire pension-fund clients
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Did Big SCOTUS Firms Try to Edge Out a Little Guy?
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Will Law Firm Changes Affect Hiring and Retention of Associates?
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New vs. Old Thinking about the Legal Market
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Last Week in Layoffs
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More Firm Lawyers Go Part Time
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Sex, Drugs, and 3000 Billable Hours Defendant law firm moves to strike ‘scandalous’ material.
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Kelley Drye Joins BigLaw Bandwagon Driving Away from Lockstep Pay
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Holland & Knight Avoids Throwing Lockstep Baby Out with the Bathwater
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Associate Bonus Watch (and Salary Thaw): Allen & Overy
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70 Leave Firm in Mass Defection
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Associate Bonus Watch: Gibson Dunn
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Secret Bonuses
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Is Deferring Deferred Associates the New Deferring Associates?
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An Economic Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Reforming the Business of Law for a Sustainable and Competitive Future
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Shift to Smaller Firms & Value Challenge Aren't Killing Billable Hour, Consultant Says
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A Few Drinks, and the Hogan Lovells Merger Is History
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O'Melveny's Srinivasan Tapped for Skilling Supreme Court Argument
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A Year Later, Simpson Thacher Still Treasury's TARP Go-To
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Weil heads up quartet of firms on $2.4bn amusement park buyout
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Latham, Mayer Brown, Wilmer Lead on Unprecedented Ernst & Young Settlement
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The Bear Stearns Deal: What JPMorgan's GC Knew -- and When
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Bill Would Protect Attorney-Client Privilege
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Relationship Survival Guide: How to Avoid Getting Dumped by Your Client
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Former Law Firm Partners Suspended for Not Paying Taxes
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San Fran Real Estate Boutique Closes
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Pls Hndle Thx: What Secretaries Want
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With money tight, lawyers may cut ethical corners
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Every Alabama Lawyer Should Try the ‘BCS Defense’
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Is W&L Already Providing the 3L Experience of the Future?
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Proof That Duke Deserved Douchiest Title?
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Visiting Professor at NYU Makes a Mess of 1L Contracts Exam
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Convicted for Being Naked in Own Home, Man Complains of ‘Living in a Fishbowl’
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Swinger Promoter
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Law Firm’s Search for Records Turns Up 96 Boxes of Cremains
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Lawsuit of the Day: Lego My Lego (Shoe)
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Attorney Sued For Nose Biting; Claims Self-Defense
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Defendant Gets Familiar Juror: His Previous Judge
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Judge Blasts U.S. Attorneys' Pursuit of High-Profile Defense Lawyer
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Judge: BCS Title Football Game Takes Precedence Over Upcoming Trial
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FantasySCOTUS: Citizens United v. FEC (a.k.a. The Hillary Movie Case)Revisited
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Judge faces impeachment case
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U.S. Supreme Court: A cast of interesting characters
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No More Sexting With Sotomayor on the Court
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Sotomayor still overwhelmed by new life in limelight
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Sotomayor disappointed by 'wise Latina' souvenirs
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Sotomayor's Caribbean Christmas vacation
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U.S. courts in West to allow video coverage of civil cases
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Venezuela Imprisons Judge
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Rise
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Markets Are Edgy Ahead of Holidays
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Goldman Gives Up on Profits from Dead People
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Taxpayers Help Goldman Reach Height of Profit in New Skyscraper
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Unemployment rising again in Southwest Florida
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South Florida fares better on unemployment rate
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Jobless Rate Improved in Most States in November
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Productivity Up as Workers Do More With Less
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Chrysler Financial to close site, lay off 250
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Letters to Santa Reveal a US in Pain
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Finance Hirings & Layoffs: Morgan Stanley and more
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AT&T plans to cut 461 Florida jobs in its land-line operation
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Chemicals:
Pension board claims Huntsman bid undervalues Tronox assets
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Tronox files new reorganization plan
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Municipalities:
Vallejo council to examine path to pull city out of bankruptcy
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Can Detroit Be Saved?
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Public Transportation:
Off the rails
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Lehman:
Funds at loggerheads over trapped Lehman cash
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Private Equity:
Drilling For Debt Repayment With A Move To Nasdaq
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Resorts:
Date for sale of resort assets pushed back
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Economy:
Forget Ideology; Let’s Fix the Economy
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No Real Need for More Misery
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The Economy Will Suck Wind Next Year
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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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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:
Eliminating ‘He Said, She Said’ on Loan Modifications
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Underwater homeowners use bankruptcy escape hatch
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BofA, Chase Halt Foreclosure Evictions Until Jan. 3
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More homes are poised to hit the market
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The Biggest, Baddest Real-Estate Loan
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Lawyer Charged in Alleged Scheme to Divert Mortgage Payoffs to Fake Company
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Commercial Real Estate on Shaky Grounds
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Looking a Little Deeper at Bernanke’s Floating Rate Mortgage
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San Francisco Sees Second Month of Annual House Price Increases
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Housing Recovery Needs 3.2m Prevented Foreclosures, Says Credit Suisse
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Deutsche Sees House Prices Falling Another 10 Percent
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Portland homebuilder clears bankruptcy court
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KeyLime Cove files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Housing's Fate Is Lurking in the Shadows
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Experts Say Commercial Property Woes Only Beginning
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More Wealthy Default on Their Mansions
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Moody's Reviews $143 Billion of Jumbo-Mortgage Bonds
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How the Stuy Deal Went Down...and Down...and Down
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Autos:
GM Makes First $1B Towards Repayment
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Detroit automakers on new path; hope flickers
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House Members Question Role on Treasury in Delphi Bankruptcy
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Visteon wants to drop pension plans
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Visteon's proposed Chapter 11 plan gives lenders 96 percent of new equity, ends U.S. pension, unsecured creditor obligations
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Saab may get a second life
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Auto jobs shake-up slams black middle class
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Detroit 3 automakers: Where they're at now
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High Gas Prices, Recession Were One-Two Punch for Car Makers
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Chapter 7 notes from behind the scenes
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Judge Grants Heckers' Divorce
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Heckers officially split. Now, the money.
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Prebul meets with creditors, declines questions
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Tarbox bitter, still fighting
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A Lament for Saab, Quirky but Loved
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In Sweden, Living With a Death Foretold
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Auto Suppliers Struggle to Survive
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Personal Finance:
Utility Bill Is One More Casualty of Recession
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Americans Are Finally Saving. How Did That Happen?
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Can These Retirements Be Saved?
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Role swapping strains families
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College Savings Funds at Risk in Bankruptcy Filings
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Surviving With Dignity - Part I: Reflections of My Mother on How She Miraculously Survived the Holocaust and Rebuilt Her Life
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Sports:
Bankruptcy final for AFL
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Trucking:
YRC's struggles mount, rivals set to gain
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Shipping:
CMA CGM Warns of Bankruptcy Unless Bondholders Back Debt Change
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Gambling:
Trump, Icahn trade barbs in Atlantic City casino fight
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Fraud:
Judge Sets Trial Date for Allen Stanford as Attorneys Tussle Over Fees
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Accounting:
KPMG Global Revenue Drops 11.4%
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Ernst & Young Pays $8.5 Million to Settle Charges with SEC Over Bally Fraud »
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Section 409A: Worst Tax Enactment of the Decade
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The Day After: KPMG and E&Y Holiday Party Report
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Theme Parks:
Snyder's Six Flags Roller-Coaster Ride
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Bondholder revolt at Six Flags
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Banking:
Regulators shutter 2 big California banks, 5 others
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Executive at Barclays Defends Pay
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Citigroup ‘Lottery Ticket’ Warrants May Pay U.S. Lowest Return
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The Most "Evil" Lenders Are Also, Conveniently, The Richest
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Pay, Politics and BofA's Hunt for a CEO
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Bankers' Per-Loan Profits Fall on Higher Product Costs
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Failure of New Frontier Bank will have wide-ranging implications
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Lenders get an order: Ramp up the rescues
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UBS, Credit Suisse Said to Face Tougher Rules on Liquid Assets
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Religion:
Diocese Bankruptcy Judge Unseals Settlement
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Bankruptcy fraud enjoys 'open season'
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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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Derivatives:
Credit Derivatives That Distort Markets
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Celebs:
Santa Claus Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy :)
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Time misses the boat on the Person of the Year
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Setting Stage for ‘Lawyer’s Dream’ Divorce, Tiger Woods’ Wife Retains Attorney Sorrell Trope
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Story of Tiger Woods’ Parking Lot Liaison Reportedly Killed with Law Firm’s Help
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This Year’s Top 10 Celebrity Legal Scandals
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Judicial Conference Bankruptcy Rules meeting
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Retailing:
Holiday shoppers keep registers ringing
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Retailers Feeling Effects of Snow on Super Saturday
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Initiation at Store 5476
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General Growth Properties, Inc. Announces $100M Common Stock Dividend
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Radio:
Citadel Broadcasting Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Corporate Reform:
Regulators Brawl for Control of Banks
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Comverse to Pay $225 Million in Backdating Settlement
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Dodd tacks new course on Senate bank bill
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware's Shrinking Half-Life
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Credit Cards:
New Credit Card Tricks, Traps, and 79.9% APRs
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Discover Falls on Q4 Earnings Report
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DIP Finance:
Tennenbaum Closes DIP Fund with $454 Million
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Magazines:
A Reader’s Digest That Grandma Never Dreamed Of
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Newspapers:
Heartland Publications files for Chapter 11
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Symphonies:
Honolulu symphony files for bankruptcy
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Health Care:
Hospital employees receive back pay
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Congress approves COBRA premium subsidy extension
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Food/Drink:
Bidding war continues for Penn Traffic grocery outlets
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Robert Moses Provides Evidence in Tavern on the Green Case
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Aviation:
Airline unions decry bankruptcy laws
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Globespan collapse raises questions over card processor's role
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Flyglobespan was owed £34-36m in online payments: reports
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Building Materials:
US Bankruptcy Court Confirms BMHC's Plan of Reorganization
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Hedge Funds:
Fund Boss Made $7 Billion in Panic
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UK:
Traders Reap Bonuses as U.K. Watches
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Goldman Threatens UK with Move to Spain
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Kerry Katona facing New Year eviction
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High Street retailer Borders doors shut for good tomorrow
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Apollo Said to Submit Rescue Plan for Britain's Gala
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Deloitte to recover 90% for Landsbanki creditors
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Shareholder revolt against FTSE 100 exec pay
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Middle East:
Dubai World to meet lenders to discuss repayment plans
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Dubai World to Press For Loan Extensions
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Selling Dubai
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The Law of Gravity in Dubai
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Dubai May Not Present 'Standstill' Terms, Bankers Say
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Dubai World to make no precise debt proposal-source
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Dubai World debt not to impact UAE economy: Al Mansouri
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UAE Shares Fall to Weekly Low on Concern Over Bank Results
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Full Repayment of Dubai Debt May Still Be Possible
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Greece:
A Greek Bearing Promises
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China:
China Property Stocks Drop Most Since August on Curbs
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China Tightens Rules On Land Sales To Property Developers
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Iceland:
Iceland Lawmakers Threaten to Reject Icesave Bill a Second Time
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