Law:
DLA Piper: Bringing the Curve to Biglaw
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Laid-Off Associates on the Morgan Lewis Holiday Party Invite List
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Associate Bonus Watch: Ropes & Gray Matches
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McDermott Will & Emery: Another December Deferral Extension
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Brinks Hofer Cuts 7 Lawyers & 19 Staff, May Reduce Associate Pay Next Year
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Hiring Lawyer Rejects Federalist Society Members—and Columnist’s Advice
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Debevoise Sues Client Over $6 Million in Unpaid Bills
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The Message That Will Seal Law Firms' Doom: 'It's Nothing Personal'
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Paul, Weiss Names Two Bankruptcy Partners
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Dechert Names Bankruptcy Partner
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White & Case Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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LawBidding: no-cost site for law departments to post questions about legal issues and receive proposals
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New chairman at Kirkland & Ellis
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New Century Defendants Lawyer Up
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Tiger Woods Retains Boutique Firm Lavely & Singer
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Wachtell's Herlihy Helping BofA Board Select New CEO
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Supreme Court Rejects Early Appeals of Attorney-Client Privilege Determinations
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Rothstein lawyers most searched on legal website
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Feds: Rothstein fraud only $1.2 B
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N.Y. Federal Judge Approves Solo's Manhattan-Level Fees
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Officials of mortgage, law firms indicted
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Lawyer Shot in Head Outside His Upscale Home Dies at Hospital
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Don’t Mess With Texas Blokes
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Herbies faces court action from former associate
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Did AIG's Top Lawyer Stare Down the U.S. Pay Czar?
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Lawyer Foreperson Who Criticized Counsel Is Focus of New Trial Request
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Federal Judge Wonders if Lawyers in McKesson Case Laid a Trap in Form of Lawyer on Jury
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Suspension Likely for Lawyer Who Made Improper Remarks to Female Clients
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Lawyer Sues N.Y. Over Alleged Harm to His Reputation from Pension Clawback
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Exam Stress Makes University of Maryland Law Students Catty
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Sex, Religion, Law School, and the Supreme Court
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Insider info on dodging the bullets in your formative years as a lawyer
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Lawyer Arrested After Bringing Gun Into Courthouse
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Every Girl Is Crazy About a Sharp-Dressed Man: GQ OKs AG's Suits
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Obit: DUI Lawyer Richard Essen, the 'King of the Pretrial Motion'
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Judges:
Sotomayor Announces Her First Opinion on Busy Day at Supreme Court
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Does Justice Kennedy Hold the Keys to Sarb-Ox's Fate?
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Supremes take up Black, Skilling cases
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High Court Justices Take Aim at 'Honest Services' Law
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Judge Blasts 'Truly Chaotic' Defense
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Embattled Judge Fined $50K in Defamation Case
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Testimony Sheds Light on Alleged Corruption of Juvenile Judge
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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European, Asian Stocks Decline
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Wall St rattled by recovery uncertainty
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Morgan Stanley Ousts Petrick as Trading Chief
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US Treasury to sell warrants to buy JPMorgan stock
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"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me"
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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US Employers Expect Slight Increase In Early 2010 Payrolls
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CEOs: Don't expect hiring in next six months
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Job Openings in US Decreased by 80,000 in October, Labor Says
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Chicago hiring bleak for early 2010
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More than 6,500 applied for 120 jobs at Applebee's
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Double digit unemployment in California until 2012
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Derivatives:
JP Morgan Could Lose $3 Billion in Clearinghouse Profit
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The Problem With Derivatives
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Celebs:
Pop Star Shakira Shares Story Of Bankruptcy Past
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Health Care:
Saint Vincent's lays off 180
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Medical center files for bankruptcy
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Weston Centers files bankruptcy
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Obama endorses COBRA subsidy extension
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Finding the Nerve to Cut Health Costs
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Tax:
UBS Again Allowing its Private Bankers to Visit Foreign Clients after Temporary Ban
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Sovereigns:
The 10 Countries Most Likely To Default
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Developed Countries Rapidly Blowing AAA Ratings And Entering Debt Crisis Danger Zone
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Moody's US credit warning spooks world markets
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Municipalities:
Deterioration Slows in State Tax Collections
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Litigation:
NERA Releases SEC Settlement Trends Update
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Aviation:
Delta meets Japanese govt for capital ties with JAL
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Debt Collection:
More Than 900 Collection Agencies, Creditors Sued In November
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Economy:
Obama: Boost Jobs Through Transportation, Tax Credits
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Key Parts of Obama Job Creation Package
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Job-Creating Bill Could Cost up to $200 Billion
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Obama Adds $3.5B for Failing Schools
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Consumer Confidence Drops in December
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TARP stemmed panic but left trail of woe
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Chief Executives Become More Optimistic About Economy
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Dodd To Urge Congress To Direct Bailout Money To Small Businesses
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Obama Offers Help for Small Businesses
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U.S. Factory and Services Revenue to Grow, Dollar a Risk
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Shock Backslide In Goods Shipped To The US
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The American Bailout Nightmare
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Obama: Nation must 'spend our way out' of recession
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Mattress sales a litmus test for economy
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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:
Lenders claim paperwork delays mortgage mods
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Chase Converts 2% of Offered HAMP Trials into Permanency
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Strategic Defaults Rise with Negative Equity
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Homeowners' Bank Accounts Frozen over Second Mortgages
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The Mortgage Blame (and Ignorance?)Game
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CMBS Delinquencies Top 4%
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SEC Charges California Mortgage Firm
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JPMorgan Finds Modifications Tough Slog
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Kansas City condo developer Buckeye Development files Ch. 7 bankruptcy
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Dan Stern Homes, owners file for Ch. 7
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Cheryl Lang On Strategic Defaulters, Borrower Incentives
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New condo financing limits may deter buyers
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List Prices Declined in 25 of 26 Markets
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N. Texas: Existing Home Sales Jump 31%
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Bankruptcy filing may send fate of Brauss' real estate empire to federal court
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Speculators and House Flipping Are Back
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StuyTown tenants set list of demands
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Cedar Funding trial put on hold
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Finance:
CIT Aims to Emerge From Bankruptcy Thurs.
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CIT Recovery Plan Needs Someone to Run Firm After Peek Departs
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GE Sees Flat 2010 Profit at Finance Arm
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Better oversight urged for small-business loan program
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Fraud:
US top court hears ex-media baron Conrad Black's appeal
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Faint hope for Conrad Black
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Tough questions at Black's hearing
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Justices skeptical of 'honest services' law
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US Plans to Revise Blago Charges to Avoid ‘Honest Services’ Problem
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Corruption threatens "soul and fabric" of US: FBI
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Artful Arithmetic From New Century Financial
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Six Remaining Defendants Plead Guilty in $18 Million Fraudulent Investment Scheme
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US SEC charges Brookstreet, CEO with fraud
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US SEC sues to freeze assets of 'Ponzi scheme'
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Stanford receiver sues investors to recoup profits
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Austin law firm sues N.J. broker in Stanford case
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Pervy Billionaire a Rothstein "Victim"
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More Evidence of Stunning Miami Medicare Fraud
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AG Investigating “ Madoff ” Auction
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State Securities Regulators Blast SEC for ' Madoff Culture'
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Protection Chief Struggles With Madoff Claims
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Son of man who closed AL golf course pleads guilty to defrauding lenders
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Businessman faces up to 37 1/2 years in massive mortgage scheme
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Hotels:
W hotel at Union Square sold at auction
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Jackson's (W)Hole
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Suit alleges Falor group siphoned money from Hotel 71
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Corporate Reform:
SEC to Insider Traders: Watch What You Say
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Corporate Governance: Don't Rush Reforms
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Accounting:
Supreme Court Likely to Leave Accounting Oversight Board as Is
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Herz: Give Banks More Freedom from GAAP
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Chairman of PwC India Steps Down, Wants Time to 'Look at Other Things'
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Rating Agencies:
Credit Agencies Avoid Overhaul After Crisis
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Credit Cards:
More On Time Credit Card Payments Expected
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Theme Parks:
Six Flags Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Exit Financing, Stock Offer
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Retailing:
Walking Co in bankruptcy ; wants to shut 90 stores
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General Growth draws suitors, no bid yet
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Mall giant about to get bigger
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Texas Comptroller opposes General Growth Properties' reorganization plan
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Food/Drink:
Tavern on the Green Operator Hires Firm to Sell Rights to Name
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Tavern on the Green Will Not Go Quietly on New Year's
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Lions and Tigers and Debt: Auctioning Off Tavern on the Green
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Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Frank Backs Mortgage Cram-Down in Finance Reform Bill
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Financial groups push back on 'cramdown' mortgage measure
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Conyers and Eight Others Introduce Amendment to Provide Mortgage Modification Relief to Struggling Homeowners
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Cramdown and Other Amendments Proposed for Restructuring Measure
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Proposed "Too Big to Fail" Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code
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Bankruptcy Humor:
Bankruptcy Bill
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Autos:
$30 Billion Government Loss Predicted on Auto Bailout
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GM Chairman: Company Has Narrowed Search For CFO
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Ed Whitacre's Secret Plan To Save GM
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GM exec: No new layoffs coming
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Whitacre says GM may repay loans sooner
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GM Will Consider Lump Sum Payment to US
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Second chance near for GM, Chrysler dealers
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Fiat CEO rips Germany over auto industry's woes
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VW buys $2.5 billion Suzuki stake; eyes world No.1 spot
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Lehman:
Barclays Says Lehman Brokerage Gave No ‘Secret’ Gain
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Dick Fuld's atonement: help the little guy
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Advertising:
Automotive advertising drops 30.8%
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Spending on ads to stay slow in US
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Banking:
JPMorgan sees consumer losses rising
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Citigroup Didn't Cheat VCG Fund on Swap, Appeals Court Rules
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Bank of America Executive Under Scrutiny Relating to Merrill Lynch Takeover
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Citigroup, Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co At Odds with Fed over Tarp Repayment
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Insider Loans Distrusted by Bair as Georgia Failures Lead U.S.
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CFTC May File Civil Action Vs Bank Of New York Mellon
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Baseball:
Mets Broke, Or Reverting to Form?
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Boating:
Boating firm is battening down the hatches
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Newspapers:
McClatchy Will Lift Wage Freeze
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Compensation:
Justices Question President’s Power to Control Board’s $500K Salaries
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Kenneth Feinberg Backs Down on AIG Pay
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Resorts:
Friar Tuck sale in hands of bankruptcy court
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Workouts:
James Epstein says that a lot of lenders will offer extensions to overleveraged companies
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Chemicals:
Lyondell sets settlement in creditor lawsuit
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RIL may buy part of LB group's debt
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Telecoms:
Nortel wraps up $10M sale of assets to Hitachi, names US bankruptcy monitor
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UK:
UK: Bankers to Pay Super Tax on Bonuses
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Insolvency mugs
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UK Lowers Forecast for 2009 GDP
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Northern Rock starts legal and capital restructure
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Floundering Rock valued at £5.68bn in the red
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Northern Rock shareholders will not receive compensation, says BDO
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Canada:
Judge rebukes pension trustees
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Fraser Papers workers protest restructuring plan
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Portus investors recover 95% with final payment
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Germany:
German exports spur growth hopes, hitting 2009 peak
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Kazakhstan:
Kazakh bank BTA in deal to restructure $10 bln debt
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Greece:
Greek Stocks, Bonds Slide for Second Day on Downgrade Concern
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Greece Threatens Bankruptcy , And the Euro Zone
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Will Greece be the next Dubai?
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Greece downgraded over high debt
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Middle East:
Dubai Shares Erase 2009 Gains, Drop Most in World on Debt Issue
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Cost of insuring Dubai debt soars, Nakheel bond falls
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Dubai Utility May Face £1.2 Bln Debt Bill
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Dubai Has Another Little $20 Billion Problem
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Luxembourg:
Some aspects of Luxembourg Insolvency Law
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Ireland:
Ireland awaits sharpest budget cut in its history
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