Law:
Protecting a Privilege
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Privilege and Work Product
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No New Partners Being Named at Cravath
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Associate Bonus Watch: Quinn Emanuel (Plus an analysis of their new partners.)
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Hogan & Hartson: Bonus and Salaries for the New Year
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K&L Gates Salary Cut Follow Up
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Associate Bonus Watch: Wachtell Lipton Bonuses Go Down Again
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Salary Thaw Structure
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The Rollercoaster Oughts
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Winston Lawyer Accepts Spot on CIT Board
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Iqbal: Restoring Access to the Courts
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Gibraltar Bank's role in Rothstein scheme under scrutiny
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Dechert Sued Over 'Counsel' Role in Dreier Loan Deal
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Our Ponzi Nation: Will Dechert End Up Holding the Bag for Marc Dreier?
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The Thrill Is Gone: Firm Leaders Say Lawyering Is Less Fun Than It Used to Be
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Sanctions Ordered Against Goodwin Procter Over Delay in Releasing E-Mail
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Rudy Giuliani Goes For Dollars Over Public Service
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Tiger Woods' Travails a Bounty for Barristers
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Law Firm Woos Clients With Monthly Subscription Fees
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IP Star's Lateral Move Triggers a Flurry of Mixed Messages
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More than a Dozen Lawyers Leaving Dickstein for Kasowitz
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WI: Foley adds prominent N.Y. bankruptcy attorney
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CA: Walker's law practice no longer part of bankruptcy proceedings: Next move is unclear, though he is expected to surrender law license
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Attorney Can Seek to Recover Fees Despite Faulty Retainer, Panel Says
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Acquitted of Money Laundering, Defense Attorney Sets Sights on Legal Fees
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Hundreds of Lawyers Rally to Protest Ariz. Sheriff’s Battle Against Judiciary
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Five Gifts For Lawyers
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Lawyers Behaving Badly: The Strange Story of John J.P. Howley
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Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 2009: Go Straight Home, Pull the Blankets Over Our Heads and Cry
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"A Law School Carol" Argues Today's Lawyer Wannabes Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance
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Say What?!
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Judges:
A Judge’s Advice to New Lawyers: Don’t Be a Jerk
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Ex-NY Judge Gets 27 Months in Jail For Extorting Bribes From Lawyers
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Houston Clerk Slammed by Federal Judge in Press Access Litigation
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Wall Street:
European Stocks Climb to 14-Month High; US Futures Advance
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Stock Index Futures Signal Extended Rally
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Stocks near 14-month highs
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Repaying U.S. and Reaping Bounty in Fees
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Ten Years After
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Ford Offers Buyouts to 41,000 Workers
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Calif. Unemployment Rate Down, So Are Jobs
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Conn. Dept of Labor servers overloaded with unemployment claims
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Does Unemployment Steer Personal and Corporate Bankruptcies?
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Drop In Mass Lay-Offs Masks Trouble At Small Businesses
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Radio:
Citadel Broadcasting: court grants 1st-day motions
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Retailing:
Shrinking Credit Threatens Almost $9 Billion in Holiday Sales
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Ackman Says General Growth Shares Are Undervalued
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OH: Shoppes of Kenwood files Chap. 11
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Shuttered Snyder's stores draw suit against survivors
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Sears Wins Dismissal of Class Action Over Kmart Merger
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Property of the Estate:
Hidden Island treasure
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Art:
End of golden era of bank art collecting?
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Municipalities:
Cities Where Americans Are Getting Richer
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Pennsylvania Pensions in Crisis by 2012
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N.J. Leads Municipal Bond Downgrades as Aid Shrinks
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Decade Put Arizona Upside Down
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Arizona close to bankruptcy
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City Of Chicago To Shut Down To Save Cash
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City's 5-year plan booed
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Obamacare Bankrupting States
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Accounting:
Layoff Watch '09: Catching up with Crowe Horwath
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Ernst & Young Restructuring Plans Affect North Central, Pacific Regions
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Ex-Bally CFO and E&Y Auditors Charged
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An Alternative to the Bob Dylan Christmas Album
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More Ernst & Young Restructuring Details
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Fraud:
Decade's 10 Biggest Financial Crimes
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Judge Opens Web Site for Ponzi Scheme Victims
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Mets Entity Challenges Madoff Trustee's Claim Method in Court
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The Financial Villain of the Decade
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Raj Pleads Not Guilty, But What About SAC Capital's Cohen?
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Rajaratnam Lawyer Opposes Request for Summer Trial on Galleon
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Stanford again seeks bail; lawyers say he risks 'breakdown'
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Gas Traders Get Long Terms for Fraud
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Indiana Political Donor Faces Suits, Probes on Ponzi Claims
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Economy:
Bureau of Economic Analysis revises third-quarter real GDP downward
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CFOs Gloomy on 2010
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Why 2010 Looks So Dicey
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Minneapolis Fed: Slow Recovery in 2010
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Volcker goes on the offensive
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Stiglitz: US Will Crash Again without Stimulus
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Geithner Says There Will Be No ‘2nd Wave’ Crisis
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AIG needs two years to repay aid
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New Lost Middle Class in America
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NY Fed Looks to Toughen Funding Standards to Fend off Next Bubble
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Thousands May Incorrectly Be Using Stimulus Tax Breaks
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Signs of Revival in Heartland
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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:
If billionaires don't feel guilty about walking away from their debts, should homeowners?
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Mortgages Keep Falling Behind in Q309
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More Prime Mortgage Defaults in 3Q
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Nice Home. Where’s the Rest of It?
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Home Sales Jump More Than Expected
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November existing-home sales surge
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Mortgage Firms Grapple with New Disclosures
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Cities Where Homes Are Losing Most Value
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Home Resales in West Post 30 Percent Annual Gain
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Cities Recovering From The Foreclosure Crisis
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Loan Program Delays Worse for Those Trying Not to Fall Behind
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At Top Subprime Lender, Policies Invited Fraud
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Nearly 40% of Mortgages are now FHA
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A Hopeful Sign for Manhattan’s Shaky Office Market
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Tumbleweed offers plan to deed properties to biggest creditor
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Freddie Director To Step Down in March
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Appaloosa Invests $2B in Distressed CMBS
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Investor-Owned Mortgages Have High Re-Default Rates
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Fitch Stays Negative on REITs into 2010
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Regulator probing troubled apartment investor
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What Price Deadbeat?
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Residential Lending Credit Losses Worsen as Unsustainable Government Support Proves... Unsustainable -
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British bankruptcy leaves New Yorkers in limbo
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As More Landlords Stagger Under Debts, Thousands of Tenants Face Abandonment
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Investors Demand $21M from Pacificor
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70 Investors Show Interest in $11bn Thornburg Portfolio
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History:
Lessons from 1926 US Housing Collapse
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Student Debt:
The Worst Debt You Can Have: Student Loans
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Oppenheimer to pay Illinoisans $77.2M
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Receivers:
Case Makes Good Point About State Turnover Receivers
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Oil/Gas:
Analysts: Oil to be Up 20% in 2010
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WI: Creditors seek personal bankruptcy for Bulk Petro owner
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Flying J selling energy unit to El Paso for $103.5 mln
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Ethanol:
Iowa firm seeks to block ethanol plant sale
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Fairbank ethanol plant put into bankruptcy
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Banking:
2009: The Year of the Failed Banks
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Taking Their TARP Time
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Obama Tries to Rally Smaller Lenders
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Citigroup Untarped
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Citigroup Denies That Hackers Stole Millions
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Brisk Bidding for Failed-Bank Loans
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)
Report cites bankrupt firm's violations
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Marijuana-Reeking Tour Bus, Red Ferrari Are FDIC’s Crisis Booty
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Banks with 'political ties got bailouts'
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Swimming Pools:
Latham International files for bankruptcy; $239.4M in debt
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Distressed Investing:
Is David Tepper The John Paulson of '09?
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Lehman:
Lehman Pays 230 Derivative Traders $50 Million in Bonuses
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Lehman's special payouts set to spark fresh bonus row
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RVs:
Lazy Days drives out of bankruptcy with Wayzata Investment help
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Food/Drink:
Penn Traffic asks court's OK for liquidation sales at P&Cs
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Trucking:
Arrow Trucking Frozen Because Of Bankruptcy?
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Bankruptcy Strands Truckers
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US Trucking Operators YRC And Arrow Struggle In Difficult Times
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Corporate Reform:
U.S. Chamber, banks fight consumer bill
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What's Really Driving the Crackdown on Financial Criminals?
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Chemicals:
Huntsman withdraws Tronox motion
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Tronox Financing Plan Approved By Courts
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)
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 Jobs:
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Small-business bankruptcies rise 81% in California
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Bankruptcy filings in WA up 32% over past year
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Autos:
Bankruptcy can do wonders for your balance sheet, and there's a lot of pent-up demand out there
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Nearly 1,500 Car Dealership Closed in 2009
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The Odds Against A Saab Deal
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Ford shares hit highest price in 4 years
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Used car warranty company files for bankruptcy protection
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Ford Reaches Deal to Sell Volvo to Chinese Automaker
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Saab Auto's 3,500 Workers May Compete for Four Jobs
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Building Materials:
Arch Aluminum to sell assets for $62 million
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Personal Finance:
Higher Incomes, Less Happiness
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Metals:
Bankruptcy court approves sale of Grede Foundries
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Health Care:
Why Require People to Buy Health Insurance?
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Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care
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Businesses Brace for Health Bill's Costs
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Health care costs account for 62 percent of US bankruptcies
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Suit seeks more time to reopen hospital
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Once Flying High, Canopy Financial Now Peddling Assets For $6.1M
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Sunwest case soon may hit turning point
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Tax:
Hunting Tax Dodgers, Hitting Banks
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Hollywood:
Fate of Tim Allen comedy hangs on Tampa bankruptcy court
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Derivatives:
CDS defenders protest too much
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Insurance:
AIG Said to Halt Chartis IPO as CEO Deems It Core
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Aviation:
If Wall Street Ran the Airlines ...
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Spanish airline suspends flights over financial troubles
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Big Four administrators track 35m for Globespan creditors
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Newspapers:
Could Tribune ESOP Suit Ruling Foreshadow Outcome in 'Fraudulent Conveyance' Bankruptcy Dispute?
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Finance:
CIT Group CFO retires, 4 new directors named
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Hotels:
Wyndham O'Hare to close Jan. 1
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Private Equity:
What's Left At Forstmann Little?
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Compensation:
Checking on Risky Pay
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AIG Execs Still Haven't Returned Their Bonuses
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Gambling:
The Tropicana mess
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Bondholders expect less from Trump casinos
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UK:
Insolvencies fall in November
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Urgent action needed to preserve Britain's international credit rating
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Goldman Sachs vs. the UK
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Bank of England voted 9-0 for unchanged rate
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S&P: UK Banks to Hold Back Recovery
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Britain's Service Industries Shrank in Quarter Through October
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UK Stocks Rise, Extending Steepest Yearly Rally Since 1997
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EU:
ECB can bail out banks; not countries
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Canada:
Why Ottawa is being urged to be cautious on mortgages
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ABCP investors blast settlement, regulators
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Ireland:
Judge's Eyes Not Smiling for Irish Land Developer
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Middle East:
Dubai World to Present ‘Standstill’ in Early January
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Out of Money, Dubai World Just Wants Time
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Confusion over Gulf sukuk bankruptcy rules
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Russia:
Russian Supreme Court Annuls Yukos' Lebedev's Arrest Order
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Kazakhstan:
Kazakh Temirbank Default Followed Four-Fold Rise in Bad Loans
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China:
China Studies Tighter Supervision of Financial System
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