Law:

Dreier Seeks Assets to Pay Defense Costs
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Poyner Spruill Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Cadwalader bankruptcy duo joins Greenberg Traurig
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Akerman Senterfitt Expands Bankruptcy Practice in New York
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American Firms in Europe Feel the Economic Chill
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Orleans DA drops request for bankruptcy
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Ex-Associate Dishes on Skadden in Calif. Lawsuit
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Interstate Bakeries hires law firm to help with financing
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Baker & McKenzie Axes 6 in NY; Is Kirkland Laying Off Income Partners?
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Layoff Watch: Baker & McKenzie Joins the List
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Layoff Watch: Parker Poe 'Separates' 13 Attorneys and Additional Staff
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Layoff Watch: Dickstein Shapiro
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Spending Years in Jail With No Charge
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Patton Boggs Fights N.Y. Lawyer's 'Kafkaesque' Detention in KGB Prison
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New Year Brings Many Midsize Firm Mergers
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No Billion-Dollar Verdicts in 2008
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Paralegals Outrank Lawyers on Best Jobs List
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More Lawyers May Delay Retirement Due to Stock Drop, Crowding their Firms
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Judges:

Obstruction of Justice Charge Against US Judge ‘Upped the Ante’
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Women Shun UK Judgeships Because of Fusty Image
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Wall Street:

US Futures, Most European Stocks Retreat Before Jobs Report
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Most Stocks in Germany Decline
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Stocks Mixed Thurs. After Retail Sales Data
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Recession Beats Back Companies’ Optimistic Forecasts
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Bull Market Dividends Were a Sign of Lax Lending
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The Highest Paid Man on Wall Street
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Michigan will lead case against Bear Stearns
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Retailing:

Wal-Mart and other retailers warn after weak December
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Wal-Mart and the Retail-Stock Markdown
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Wal-Mart’s Bleak December May Herald More Pain in ‘09
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Recession, Job Losses Snow On Retailers' December Sales
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More stores struggle as recession has people buying only necessities
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Macy's And Wal-Mart: Tale Of Two Retailers
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Wal-Mart Shocks the Street With Warning, Shares Tumble
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Sears outlook tops Wall Street view; shares surge
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Coach cuts 2Q profit outlook as sales fall 13 pct
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Meltdown 101: The importance of same-store sales
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Big 5 Sporting Goods says 4Q same-store sales slip
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Ross Stores December same-store sales flat
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Ulta holiday season same-store sales decline
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'Discretionary Spending Is DOA'
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Tax:

Stimulus Plan Would Expand Tax Credit for Poor
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Publishing:

Meredith to cut 250 jobs, close magazine
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Falls a Third Day on Concern the Recession Will Cut Demand
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$30 per barrel by Feb say Goldman
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Job cuts reach into oil sector
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Falling Oil Prices: Blame the Speculators Again
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Schlumberger, Halliburton Cut Jobs Amid Oil Slump
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Bank attorney jabs at SemGroup 'angel'
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SemGroup Leaders Disagree On Company's Future
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Oilexco subsidiary sinking
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Controversy boils at idled refinery
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Big West lays off employees
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Banking:

Moody's cuts Bank of America's senior debt rating
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Moody's Downgrades BofA, Wells Fargo
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Autos:

Autoworkers union begins talks on concessions
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UAW strike would kill auto loans
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Keeping The UAW Off The Picket Lines
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GM Puts On A Happy Face
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Wagoner: Retiree benefits safe
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Closing or bankruptcy for GM would devastate retirees, tax base
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No hand for Chrysler
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Auto execs expect more bankruptcies
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Auto Parts Availability Impacted by Economy
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Modern Metal might close Jan. 31
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Plastech rolls out of Ch. 11
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PPI gains final loan access
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Nissan Cuts 1,200 Jobs at UK Plant as Demand Falls
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BMW sales down 4.3 percent in 2008
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BMW, Mercedes, Lexus Car Sales May Drop to 13-Year Low in US
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Germany Offers GM’s Opel as Much as $2.5 Billion
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Renault Reports 29% Sales Drop
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Ssangyong Seeks Receivership on Cash Shortage; Executives Leave
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Travel:

More Agents Join in JoyStar Bankruptcy
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Bonds:

Returns Uncertain for GM, Lehman Bonds
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Gross Wins ‘Game of Chicken’ Shunning GMAC Swap as Bonds Soar
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Finance:

Commercial Paper Market Rises to Most Since September
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Chemicals:

A bankruptcy rooted in a bad deal
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Citigroup exposed to $1.4bn loss
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UBS Puts Up $770 Million Towards $8 Billion LyondellBasell Lending
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The buyout boom's big meltdown
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'Everything that could go wrong did'
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LyondellBasell seeks cover
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Media:

Survey: Reporters dropped ball covering meltdown
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Layoffs:

First Quarter Layoffs: Selection of Job Cuts by Major Companies
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Finding a new job becomes harder as layoffs mount
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Schlumberger Eliminates 1,000 Jobs in North America
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Walgreen Cuts 1,000 Jobs as Part of Restructuring
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Job losses stack up as recession deepens
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NC DOT layoffs of temp workers reach beyond 750
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70 laid off at northeast Neb. truck trailer plant
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317 face layoff at two Tulsa facilities
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Microsoft Layoff Rumors Swirl
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Koch Industries works to cut 150 Wichita jobs
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Newspapers:

Star Tribune Heading for Bankruptcy After Guild Bolts?
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1-year wage freeze imposed at WSJ owner Dow Jones
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Movies:

When Bad Times Make Good Movies
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Telecoms:

HawTel cash use OK'd
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Economy:

US Jobless Benefits Program Swells to 4.6 Million
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US Job-Market Fall in 2008 May Be Biggest Since ‘45
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Jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent in December
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Treasuries Advance on Speculation US Job Losses Are Worsening
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Obama Begins Selling Americans the Stimulus Plan
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Crisis and plan to fix it 'unprecedented'
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Warren: TARP Overseer Reviewing US Treasury Decisions on Bank Stakes
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Panel Steps Up Criticism of Treasury Over TARP
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Geithner Preparing Overhaul Of Bailout
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The Bailout Index
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Jobs: The Hole Just Gets Deeper
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Democrats Criticize Parts of Obama Stimulus Plan
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Facing Largest Deficit Since 1945, Obama Names Official to Help Retool Budget
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After the recession, the deluge
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What other options does the Bank have?
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Banks borrow more, investment firms less from Fed
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Human cost rises as recession deepens
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Kashkari: US financial system 'more stable'
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Economy's Worst Quarter Since 1981-82 Recession?
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Real Estate:

Fed Buys $10.2 Billion of Mortgage Bonds to Cut Rates
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Obama Must Tackle Fannie, Freddie’s Federal Ties
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Fannie and Freddie give borrowers more time
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Murdock: Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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CMBS Delinquencies Rise: Should the Government Step In?
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US mortgage rate drops 10th week, to record low
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Nearly 10 percent of Latinos lag on mortgages
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Missouri man pleads guilty in $12.6M mortgage scam
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Mass Torts:

WR Grace bankruptcy judge allows insurers to see confidential documents
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Politics:

Pelosi Lays Out Timeline for Stimulus Action
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Pelosi: No February recess without stimulus
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Get Ready for Stimulus Plan Politicking on Capitol Hill
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Obama-Business Frictions Loom
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Senate allies fault Obama on stimulus
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Are there growing misgivings over the size and nature of the Obama administration's close-to-a-trillion dollar economic stimulus package?
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What will Congress do to Obama's stimulus?
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Pelosi Overturns Century-Old House Rules
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Hotels:

Royal Palm Hotel investors file Chapter 11
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Aviation:

Delta carrier ASA furloughs 80 pilots
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Air France-KLM poised to clinch Alitalia alliance
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Wildcat Alitalia strike forces 114 flight cancellations
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Air Malawi CEO Appeals for Funds to Secure Airline’s Viability
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Industrials:

Clouds Darken Over the Smokestack Sector
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Construction:

USG Corp Amends Credit Line; Sees 'Challenging' '09
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Construction industry warns of big job cuts in '09
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Health Care:

Parkway Hospital named in $50M Medicaid scam
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Maine hospital to lay off workers
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Daschle Tells Senate Panel Health Care Must Be Available to All
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Kubicki group makes swell bankruptcy deal for Berkeley
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Municipalities:

Muni-Bond CDS Spike
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New York City May Lose 243,000 Jobs By March 31, Deficit Grows
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NYC business taxes on historic slide
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Town of 194 wants $375 million from stimulus
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Vallejo: No time for adjustment plan before Chapter 9 filing
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Arizona officials clash on step toward borrowing
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Mich. expects deep budget cuts even with fed help
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Miss. gov: Expect another round of budget cuts
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Nationwide Inquiry on Bids for Municipal Bonds
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Shipping:

Report warns on dry bulk spot rates
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Armada Has Potential $375 Million Loss on Shipping Derivatives
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Private Equity:

Private equity fundraising stalls in Q4
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Gambling:

Casino operator files reorganization plan
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Aztar owner files bankruptcy plan
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Telecoms:

Nortel bondholders seen preparing for the worst
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Consumer Debt:

Consumer Borrowing in US Falls Record $7.9 Billion
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Job Loss Leads To Consumer Credit Delinquencies
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Stop governing credit like it's 1799
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Insurance:

Manulife Financial Says Report of Accounting Probe Is False
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What About Satyam's D&O Insurance?
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Battered bond and mortgage insurers get boost from the Hill
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Lehman:

Lehman Said to Weigh Sale of Merchant-Banking Fund
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Hong Kong Lawmakers to Call Officials to Testify on Minibonds
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Lehman Brothers exodus
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Enron:

The Skilling resentencing: Jamie Olis redux?
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Religion:

Oklahoma churches avoid bankruptcy struggles
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Academia:

U. of U. study hails Chapter 11 results
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Distressed Management:

How to manage your business in a recession
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Alternative Energy:

VeraSun bankruptcy worries farmers
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Accounting:

Investors demand explanation for PwC missing Satyam fraud
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US boardrooms braced for increase in accounting fraud
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Celebs:

Vick's homes, businesses on the block to pay debts
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Recording Industry:

Death Row Records Back on Auction Block
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Art:

Economy ‘Catastrophic’ for Vienna Albertina, Art Newspaper Says
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Ombudsmen:

What Do You Do With An Ombudsman?
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Sanctions:

Seventh Circuit Denies Sanctions to . . . the Losers
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