Law:

Law Firms Charging Up to $995 an Hour for Newspaper Publisher Bankruptcies
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Bilzin Sumberg Cuts Attorney, Staff Positions
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Law Firms, Other Employers Battle New Enforcement of WARN Layoff Rules
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Los Angeles Firms Get Ready to Pinch Every Penny
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Proskauer's Profits Fall 10 Percent, Revenues Up Slightly
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Bracewell & Giuliani grows London after double digit increases
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Attorney Layoff Alternative: Temporary 10% Pay Cut at Much Shelist
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Pay Freeze Watch: Pillsbury Two-Step
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Layoffs, Layoffs Everywhere
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Layoff Watch: Buchanan Ingersoll Conducts Second Round of Staff Layoffs Are Attorneys Soon to Follow?
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Making Sense Of The Staff And Administrative Layoffs
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Layoff Watch: Kaye Scholer
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‘Survivor’s Guilt’: What to Say When a Colleague Is Laid Off
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How to Lay People Off Without Getting Sued
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LA Firms Brace for Rough '09
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Welcome to the Future: Quality, Suicide, & LawBall
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Recession takes toll on law firms
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Smaller law firms cut back attorneys and salaries
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Patton Boggs Changes Partner Compensation to Reward Cooperation
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Tiered Payscale at Patton Boggs Leads to Associates Giving Back Money
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Legal Malpractice Suits May Surge
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Sunshine for Lawyers
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Ashurst to forge US finance team with 10-partner McKee deal
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Report: Covington Handling Internal Inquiry at Freddie Mac
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Remain 'Bold and Valiant' in Your Job Search
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GCs Share the Pain With Outside Counsel
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Let's Just Pull the Covers Over Our Heads. Or NOT.
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Must Love Recessions, Right?
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The nature of the game is changing, however, as a new generation of lawyers with different styles, approaches, and values (that emphasize quality of life over quantity of work) waits to be dealt in
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Judges:

Justice Ginsburg on the Bench as Supreme Court Reconvenes
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Judge Kent's guilty plea heads off sexual abuse trial
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Federal Judge Pleads Guilty to Obstruction, Steps Down
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A Not-so-Modest Proposal to Changing Life at the Supreme Court
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Accusations in Pa. Judicial Corruption Case Continue to Fly
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Tinkering With Evidence Costs Judge and Law Prof Their Jobs
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Courts:

Free PACER!
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Wall Street:

Stocks Signal Higher Open After Sell-Off
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Stocks in Europe, Asia Decline
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Banks Rally, But Stocks Still Down
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Why can't Uncle Sam stop the sell-off?
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Dow sinks to 1997 low
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Stocks Drop to 50% of Peak
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Janus falls on S&P credit downgrade
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Buy When There's Blood In The Streets
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Thain to Testify in Merrill Bonus Inquiry
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Pressure on Congress over Wall St risk review
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The video game that lets you slap a Wall Street CEO
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Banking:

Obama walks tightrope on banks
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Regulators Stand Firmly Behind Banking System
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Obama Seeks to ‘Clean Out the System’ With Bank Test
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Treasury's 'Stress Tests': Hurry Up and Wait
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A 3rd Rescue Would Give U.S. 40% of Citigroup
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Citi's latest bailout could skirt Treasury's new strings
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Citi debt-holders in line for a drubbing, say analysts
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FDIC seen raising premiums, extending backstop
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In Latest Plan for Banks, U.S. Could Demand Voting Stake
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Gov-Bank? Not quite
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Rivals want curb on nationalized Citi
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In the Crosshairs: Security Savings Bank
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Meltdown 101: Why government may swap bank stakes
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Citigroup's road to nationalization
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Banking's 'dirty word' gains backers
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New U.S. stake in Citigroup may not calm doubts
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Obama 'to rescue 11,000 UK jobs' at Citigroup
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Fidelity's $1.2B Citi investment sours
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JPMorgan slashes dividend; shares rise on outlook
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DIP Financing:

Signs of life seen in bankruptcy loan market
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DIP loans may become vultures' newest tool
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Corporate Reform:

Let's Keep That Corporate Pre-Trial Agreement Under Wraps, OK?
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Art:

That Old Master? It’s at the Pawnshop
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Gambling:

Boyd Gaming shows interest in Station Casinos' assets
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Aristocrat Earnings Slump 75%
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Bankruptcy Management:

S&P Downgrades Bankruptcy Management Solutions
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Credit Cards:

American Express offers some customers $300 to cancel their cards
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Credit Crisis Litigation Wave Hits Credit Cards
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Food/Drink:

Pilgrim's Pride pacts OK'd by judge
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Crown Royal's new ads are perfectly suited for the recession
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Layoffs on the Menu
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Basketball:

The NBA’s Economic Crisis
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Hockey:

Hockey faces a grim financial future
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Telecoms:

AirTEL shutdown leaves Montana customers hanging
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Municipalities:

Newark starts financial services helpline
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Finance:

Jittery credit markets shrug off bank rally
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Rating Agencies:

Moody's Must Defend Investor Suit Over Ratings Independence, Judge Says
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"Fallen Angels" at 18-year Record
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Jewelry:

Spotted On The Red Carpet (Again)
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Debt Buying:

Bartmann Returns
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Derivatives:

Wachovia Legal Battle Turns on Credit Default Swap
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Horses:

Horse Park 'hanging on a thread'
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Economy:

Obama pushes fiscal plan at summit including McCain
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Obama's deficit goals count on rosy assumptions
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Obama Calls for Fiscal Restraint
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Earmark Reform? '09 Spending Bill Contains About 9,000
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U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts
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It takes a brave (or maybe a foolish) man to spend billions and then call for fiscal responsibility. Barack Obama is that man.
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Feds Explore Taking Bigger Stakes in Shaky Banks
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Citigroup's Parsons spotted at W.H.
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Paul Krugman and David Brooks Disagree on the Downturnaround
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Poll: Public Wary Of More Bailouts
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The Bailout Lament: Many Who Played By Rules See Unfairness
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Poll Shows Broad Support for Obama
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(Tastefully) Bankrupt with ‘pessimism p---’
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Manufacturing is still alive and well in U.S.
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Forecasters: Economy Worse in '09, Better in '10
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Economies tumbling like dominoes
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Stimulus Still Aiding K Street
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Real Estate:

Housing bill to shield firms modifying loans
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Finance Giant Asks Top Law Firm to Probe Lobbying re Mortgage Regs
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Saguaro aims to finalize DIP loan
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Harmony Township goes into Chapter 7
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Recession Keeps Chokehold On NYC Construction
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In Arizona, a Paradise Found and Lost
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Tarragon sale OK'd
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Commercial property could sink banks further, says Fed's Lockhart
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Litton Loan Servicing Faces Class Action From 'Terrified' Homebuyers Over Late Fees
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California Sees Home Sales Jump; REO Makes the Market
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2009 Conforming Loan Limits Jump
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Bankruptcy Rules:

New Bankruptcy Rule 2015.3 - Reporting of Non-Debtor Entities
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Insurance:

AIG in talks with U.S. government, sees $60 billion loss: source
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AIG May Restructure Rescue Package for Second Time
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AIG's Plan to Bleed the Government Dry
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Tax Issue Clouds AIG's Bid to Repay Bailout Bucks
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AIG May Seek to Convert Preferred Shares to Common
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A Mini Mystery in AIG's Sale of Insurance Subsidiary
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AIG willing to cede control of Asia "jewel"
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Insurer stocks tumble after Medicare announcement
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Best downgrades MetLife's credit rating
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Executive Compensation:

Cuomo goes to court to force bonus details from Thain
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SunTrust CEO Wells Received 62 Percent Pay Increase in 2008
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Aflac CEO to Forgo $2.8 Million Bonus
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Postmaster's pay to be probed; Raises, bonuses mount while service struggles
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Health Care:

Many in El Paso go south for healthcare
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Couple feels 'punished for doing the right thing'
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Pacifica financing agreement OK'd
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Layoffs:

What to Do When You Take a Leave
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How It Feels to Be Fired Carol Bartz-Style
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Microsoft wants refund from some laid-off workers
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Overpaid laid-off Microsoft workers get to keep extra money
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Carrier Corp. to close Texas plant, lay off 150
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Spansion Cuts 3,000 Employees, 35% of Work Force
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Micron Tech to Cut Up to 2,000 More Jobs in Idaho
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Furloughs Hit the White-Collar Set
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700 Laid-Off Workers Sue Arizona
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Gone: 700 at JP Morgan Chase
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Jobless Hit With Bank Fees on Benefits
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Labor:

Labor targeting banks, service sector in big unionization push
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Newspapers:

The Bankruptcy Files: The Journalism Edition
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Bankruptcies Threaten To Shrink Newspaper Industry
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Boss Got Raise As Philly Papers Tanked
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Stingier severance adds to workers' woes
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Philadelphia Inquirer’s Bankruptcy Costs Owners Group
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Philly's newspaper bankruptcy: nailing lenders, not labor
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Biggest Creditor in Journal Register Bankruptcy Won $4 Million Suit
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Journal Register Shut-Down Bonuses? Not on His Watch
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Could the New York Times go nonprofit?
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Atlanta Newspaper to Merge Sections to Cut Costs
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LR paper lays off 50-60 statewide as revenue drops
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Does the News Industry Deserve a Bailout?
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Tax:

Battle over UBS secret accounts to take months
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Battle Over UBS Secret Accounts Is Before US Court
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Is UBS Stuck Between the Laws of Two Nations?
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Your share of stimulus tax breaks
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Retailing:

New Article Looks At BAPCPA's Impact On Retailers In Chapter 11
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Fortunoff Lead Bidders Offer to Honor Gift Cards
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Hilco, Gordon Brothers Withdraw Fortunoff Offer
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Nordstrom Reports 68 Pct Drop in 4th-Qtr Profit
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Home Depot swings to $54 million loss
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RadioShack Net Plunges 39% as Recession Curbs Electronics Sales
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General Growth Q4 funds from operations up
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Weak Retail Market Hurts General Growth's Results
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Furniture:

Attorney General intervenes in Affordable Furniture bankruptcy
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Tech:

Spansion In Default On Notes; The Next Tech Bankruptcy ?
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Critical Vendors:

After Foamex Files for Bankruptcy, Its Lenders Object to Critical Vendor Motion
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Sovereign Debt:

India Rating May Be Cut to Junk by Standard & Poor’s
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Lehman:

Lehman in deal to sell venture capital unit
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Accounting:

Recession brings bigger workloads
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Celebs:

NFL Player Accused in Foreclosure Scam
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Distressed Investing:

PE is 'clueless' about distressed investing
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Tough times for distressed credit funds?
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Corporate Governance:

Directors at troubled companies overbooked, research firm claims
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