Law:
Skadden, Paul Weiss on CIT Refinancing Deal
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GM's chief lawyer returns to Jenner
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Arizona AG Axes 12 Attorneys As Nationwide Purge Continues
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Ballard Spahr Axes 2010 Summer Associate Program
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Triple Bad News for Law Students: Three Firms Ax Summer Associate Programs
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Experts in Bankruptcy and Restructuring in Demand
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Paul Weiss Pulls Out Of Boston
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Salary Cut Watch: Foley & Lardner Goes Down 10%
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Layoff Watch: Time for Government Lawyers to Wipe That Smile Off Their Faces
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E-Mail Leaks About Layoffs Prompt Law Firms to Set New PR Course
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DLA Piper Partner Moves to Smaller Firm Over Clients’ Cost Concerns
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Fed’l Judge Says CIA Fraud Shielded Agent from Suit, Mulls Possible Lawyer Sanctions
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Georgia On LB’s Mind: Lying Prosecutor; Sarcastic-Faced Lawyer?
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Firms Bank on Cities' Distress
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Sleeper Decision Could Have Impact on Litigation
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Potential Claims From the TARP Program
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Actions Heat Up Over CDO Transactions
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In-House Lawyers Say They Are Too Busy to Hire BigLaw
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GCs: Immune No More
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GCs got small raises even as the economy tanked-and the value of their stocks plunged
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Head of the GC Class? - An Expert in Bankruptcy Law
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Best Industries for GCs
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Eleven reasons why a law department might transfer a pending matter to a different firm
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List of the nation's 100 highest-paid general counsel
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How to Face a Triple Threat
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A ‘Sense of Desperation’ Among Lawyers Seeking Help for Depression
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Collecting Madoff and Dreier Assets Keeps New York Lawyers Busy—and Stressed
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Dreier's Luxe Life Revealed in $10 Million NYC Condo Auction
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As Recession Triggers Depression, Out-of-Work Lawyers May Be at Risk for Suicide
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Sneer Tactics: Lawyer Can't be Held in Contempt for "Sarcastic" Expression
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Wondering Why Donald Trump's Libel Case Fell Flat?
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Motown Magic Sues Willkie Farr For Fraud, Breach of Contract
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The Gatesgate Arrest Scandal: Harvard Law Prof Charles Olgetree to Represent
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Loyola Law School (L.A.)Blames Name Mistake For Drop In Rankings
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UNLV Con Law Professor Is Running, UNLV Students Are Rebelling
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Senate GOP Chief: Sotomayor Won't Get My Vote
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Questioning Sotomayor Without a License
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Sotomayor Responds to GOP Follow-Up Questions
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Sotomayor Hearings Remind Women of Issues Female Attorneys Face
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At Least Sotomayor Will Commit On Brown v. Board of Education
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Breaking Down Sotomayor's Fashion Choices
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Bar Leader Calls for Judge in Trouble Over Daytime Moonlighting to Resign
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'Rule of Necessity' Could Be Invoked in N.Y. Judicial Pay Suits
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Judge Drowns After Rescuing Son in River
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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US Stocks Advance, S&P 500 Index Jumps to Highest Level Since November
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The Fine Line Between Profits and Theft
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Swaggering Toward Disaster on Wall Street
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Goldman sees S&P 500 rallying 13% by year's end
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Continental Airlines cutting 1,700 jobs
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Recession sparking some people to work for free
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Midway to cut global workforce by 20%
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A recession-proof job? Good luck with that
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Possible wage deflation a cloud over recovery
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Can lay offs affect credit scores?
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Corporate Reform:
Cuomo says to sue Schwab for fraud over ARS
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Charles Schwab Corp. refutes civil fraud allegations
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TD Ameritrade Agrees to Buy Back Auction-Rate Securities
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Cuomo Talks To ‘Chuck’ About ARS After-Party; TD Ameritrade Settles
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Banking:
M&T Bank 2Q profit falls 75 percent on charges
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Overseer: Banks Misused Funds
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Obama Aide Declines Visit to Bank Board
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Bank Hopes Low Rates Will Be Short - Lived
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Troubled bank industry continues lobbying against regs
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Banking Is Far From Fixed
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Treasury, banks start to retreat from battle
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US regional bank looks to file prepackaged bankruptcy
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FDIC Bank Scrutiny To Lengthen Recession
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Zions Bancorp posts 2nd-quarter loss
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Macatawa Bank posts wider Q2 loss on charges
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Retailing:
Circuit City Puts Brand-Bashing Sites On The Block
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Aviation:
Continental Airlines Will Cut 1,700 More Jobs as Loss Widens
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GAMA believes general aviation industry has bottomed out
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Passenger revenue drops 26 percent for US carriers
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With 2 deals, Republic Airways grows into big airline
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Teterboro Airport, Ground Zero for the Private-Jet Backlash
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AirTran Airways parent expected to post 2Q profit, a bright spot for the struggling industry
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Airlines resort to capacity cuts to adjust to rough economic times
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Delta Air Lines expected to post loss for 2Q
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Air Canada unions protest airline using landing slots as collateral
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RVs:
Fleetwood Enterprises sells Indiana plants
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Economy:
Leading Index Shows Recession May Be Nearing End
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Crisis Tab Seen at $23.7 Trillion
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TARP watchdog cites lack of transparency in Obama administration
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White House putting off budget update - Forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the economy and today's bleak landscape
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Fed's Lockhart Says Economy Steadying, Recovery Weak
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Summers Says U.S. Economy No Longer in `Freefall' After Stimulus Measures
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Are Manufacturers Also Too Big to Fail?
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Upward Mobility Goes Bust in Las Vegas
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With a few exceptions, the rest of the world will be mired in recession far longer than the U.S.
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What Did the American Taxpayer Get for its Billions?
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Big Estimate, Worth Little, on Bailout
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Highway spending not the stimulus envisioned
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Conn. sets record high for business shutdowns
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
Commercial Mortgages Said to Be Failing Fast
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Fitch Keeps Eye on MGIC after Q2 Loss
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Bankruptcy judge confirms plan for big Cal project
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What Happens When Banks "Just Walk Away" Too?
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Realtors' `Rosy' Index Overstates U.S. Housing Affordability
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Chinese Drywall Trust to Be Part of WCI Communities Bankruptcy Plan
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LandSource to reorganize
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FHA Loans Set New Record in June
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Watergate Up for Auction
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When bad spending habits and ugly mortgages collide
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Low-priced foreclosures incite bidding wars
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7 Reasons Housing Isn't Bottoming
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Metro Detroit foreclosure sales double from last year
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California foreclosure deals are bittersweet for novice investors
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Finance:
The Time Bomb in Corporate Debt
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Sources: CIT Group Board OKs Rescue Loan
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CIT Group's Creditors Said to Commit $2 Billion of $3 Billion
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CIT Bondholder Pact Proves Life After Death With Markets Rescue
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More Details on the CIT Rescue Financing
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Can CIT end the bailout mentality?
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CIT Gets $3 Billion Rescue, But Hardly Out of the Woods
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CIT Rescue Is Stop-Gap Measure
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CIT's Stock Soars on Reports of Bondholder Deal
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Feeling The Hurt Of CIT's Pain
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Can CIT make it? Not without new structure
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S&P 500 to drop CIT Group, add Red Hat
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Autos:
Obama Administration Looking to Aid Auto Suppliers, Locke Says
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Panel to hold hearing on auto bailout in Detroit
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Bid to save auto dealers threatens new GM, Chrysler
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Creditors reject Delphi bankruptcy plan
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Delphi retirees aim lawsuit at 4 executives
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Eaton 2Q earnings tumble, cuts full-year forecast
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Johnson Controls net income falls 63%
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GM Confirms Received Three Bids For Opel/Vauxhall
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German tire, car parts maker Continental says pretax profit down 91 pct in 2Q
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Volvo Foresees 'Difficult' Quarter as Loss Exceeds Estimates
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Ssangyong`s Bankruptcy Protection Could End Sooner
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Raid Imminent at Ssangyong Plant
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Credit Cards:
In Settlement, Arbitration Company Agrees To Largely Step Aside
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Credit Card Companies Dealt A Major Blow
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A Theory On Minnesota's Quickie (Settlement)With the National Arbitration Forum
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Advanta says most June loan payments 'uncollectable'
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Health Care:
Baucus, Grassley Slam Physician-Owned Hospitals
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Should Canada’s Health System Become More Like America’s?
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More Consumers Pay Medical Bills by Credit Card
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Little business unity on health-care reform
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Clinics tied to hepatitis outbreak seek bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Commercial Accounts in Collection Increase 40%
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Building Materials:
Moore-Handley files for Chapter 11
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Accounting:
Ernst & Young Is Here to Help (For a Small Fee)!
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The Summer Corporate Outing: Be Bold!
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Metals:
Empire bankruptcy raises questions on scrap venture
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Telecoms:
Research In Motion Says It Was Blocked From Bidding for Nortel
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FairPoint gets a break
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Distressed Investing:
Investing In Special Situations
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Fashion:
Mary Norton Inc. files for bankruptcy
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Adoption Agencies:
Families want help to complete adoptions after bankruptcy
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Derivatives:
$7.9 Billion Kazakhstan Bank Loss Shows Why CDS Must Be Regulated
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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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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Bankruptcy Reform:
59% of Restructuring Experts in AlixPartners Survey Call on Washington to Reform Bankruptcy Code
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Celebs:
Ex-NFL Star Vick Released
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Pearlman Trustee Wants It That Way
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Michael Jackson Business Manager Filed For Bankruptcy
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Fraud:
Inmates Want to Beat Up Madoff
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Madoff Already has Respect in Prison and He Hasn't Even Gotten Started
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Fla. Lawsuit: Willis Verified Stanford Investments
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Venezuelan Ad Exec Sues Insurance Broker Over Stanford Investments
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Financier accused in Ponzi scam to stay in jail
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Missouri Grain Dealer Accused of Cheating 180 Farmers Through Ponzi Scheme
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A $10 billion Saudi fraud claim
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Number of Fraud Cases in the Courts is High
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Tax:
IRS Targets Offshore Tax Evaders
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IRS Getting Back to Scaring People into Tax Compliance
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IRS Agent Threatens to Kill Treasury Agents Then Throws a Conniption Fit
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Personal Finance:
Looking for a bargain dinner? Try lobster
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Getting real: A new era of frugality
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Bonds:
Bond Risk Falls After CIT Rescue, Bernanke Inflation Strategy
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Gambling:
Fontainebleau Asks to Shed Empty Leaseholds
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Municipalities:
Schwarzenegger Resumes Talks Amid Progress on Budget
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Schwarzenegger wins battle against tax increases
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IOUs may become norm for municipal finance
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State budgets hit by shrinking tax take; Big spending and service cuts forecast
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U.S. States Push More Gambling to Help Replace Declining Taxes
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Company that leased toll road close to bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:
SemGroup and Catsimatidis Group Agree to End Litigation
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Billionaire John Catsimatidis to resign from SemGroup committee
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Catsimatidis to support SemGroup reorganization
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Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation Provides Update to Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Ethanol:
Owner of Nebraska ethanol plant files bankruptcy
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Newspapers:
Bankrupt 'Chicago Sun-Times' Parent Skips Pension Payments
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Boston Globe Union Has 2nd Vote on Wage Cuts
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Last big Globe union bends on cuts
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McClatchy expected to post second-quarter loss as newspaper advertising woes persist
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy filings on rise
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Bankruptcy judges can predict the future
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Agriculture:
Sale of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse sale approved
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Mass Torts:
Surprisingly large payout numbers from asbestos trusts
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Food/Drink:
Eating In More
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Insurance:
Morgan Stanley Stands to Profit as AIG Shrinks
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Advertising:
Recession 101
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Television:
Charter Bankruptcy Takeover Plan Criticized by Lender
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Lehman:
Lehman Working to Pay Off Debt, One Tchotchke at a Time
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Lehman D-Day
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Lehman Holds ebay Sale, Hawking Trinkets to Pay Debts
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Lehman To Pump $950M Into Delaware Unit
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UK:
Pre-pack bankruptcy accountants 'mocking rules'
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Proposal Could Give Bank of England More Regulatory Power
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Mortgage lending up 17% in June
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Lenders like Lloyds face more hurdles to recovery
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France:
Insolvency Law in France
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Paris Derivatives Jobs Burn Up as Market Rues BNP Paribas, SocGen Exotics
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Canada:
Bay Street braces for dismal fall in profits
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C&A Automotive Canada files for creditor protection
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Spain:
In Spain, Bank Robberies Rise as Economy Falters
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