Law:
Schulte Sues Highland Over Legal Bills
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Good News for Ropes & Gray's Future Associates
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Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Richard Cieri
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Stars Align for the Door: BiCoastal BigLaw Firm Losing Major Partners to NY Rivals
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Is the Economy Turning Around for Law Firms?
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SJ Berwin posts near-50% PEP drop
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The "Happiness" Of Your Lawyers
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Law Firm Sees Big Reduction in Rent
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Depressed After 3rd Child's Birth, Successful Partner Committed Suicide
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Feds in Bank Fraud Case Drop All Charges Against Former Greenberg Partner
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Putting the Liability Back Into Limited Liability: Partners On the Hook for Dead Firm's Lease
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The Shortest Allegedly Defamatory Statement in History?
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City to Pay $55K to Bait Shop Ticketed for Displaying US Constitution
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Home Restoration Client May Be Money Pit for Law Firms
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The Law Gives Up on Beatty Chadwick
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Debevoise Nabs Two Banking Partners From Goodwin
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Entertainment Law Boutiques Find Deals Are Drying Up
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Big Names Weigh In on Attorney-Client Privilege Issue
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Orrick's Free Term Sheet Generator and Forms Library Aimed at Entrepreneurs
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Some Top Law Firms Will Not Interview At Yale
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Law Student of the Day: UVA Law Student Spitter
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Warning to students: legal career may be too risky
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DePaul law cleared over funding issues
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Governor Line-Items Hastings, Leaves Court Funding Alone
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Yelp Rates Jury Duty
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Judges:
The Biggest Loser: Fired Judge in $54 Million Pants Suit Loses Again, Can't Get Job Back
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Sotomayor Moves Closer to High Court
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Senate Panel Endorses Sotomayor in 13-6 Vote
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Indicted for Threatening 7th Circuit Judges, Web Talk Show Host Looks to First Amendment Defense
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Court Refuses to Dismiss Indictment Against Former Judge
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal losses
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Stocks ended mixed
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Goldman's near-death experience
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How Firms Wooed a U.S. Agency With Billions to Invest
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Virginia Department of Transportation To Cut 600
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GM's Opel Workers See as Many as 22,000 Job Cuts
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Avtovaz, Largest Carmaker in Russia, Considers Laying Off 27,000 Workers
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ATK Space Systems Laying Off 450
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Element Six Cutting 370
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United Launch Alliance Cuts 224
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Yahoo plans to layoff 675 employees
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Job woes sap US consumer confidence in July
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Autos:
New auto czar defends U.S. bailout
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Chrysler, GM battle for future
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Auto taskforce hearings reveal much
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GM Media Roundup
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Delphi Agrees to Sell Assets to Lenders
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Stant Corp., Car Fuel-Systems Maker, Files Bankruptcy
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'Clunker' confusion: EPA changes MPG figures
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BMW Offers $4500 Rebates on Diesels as 'Clunker' Plan Begins
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Auto recyclers leery of cash for clunkers
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A peek into the automotive future
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German governor: Magna adjusts Opel offer
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Magna sweetens Opel bid, but not on GM concerns
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Honda, Nissan Post Better-Than-Expected Earnings on Stimulus
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Big Losses at Two European Automakers
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Oil/Gas:
Regulator Weighs Limits on Some Energy Trades
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CFTC Weighing Strict Position Limits on Energy, Gensler Says
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SemGroup creditors ask to see bank data
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Finance:
CIT's Best Option Is Prepackaged Bankruptcy , CreditSights Says
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CIT, Heal Thyself
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Costs to insure GE Capital's debt fall
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Retailing:
Office Depot loss widens, stock plunges 20 percent
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LVMH Net Misses Estimates on 'Massive' Inventory Cuts
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Fraud:
Madoff Trustee Can Sell Share in Jet, Judge Rules
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Tuesday With Bernie: Plaintiffs' Lawyer Talks to Madoff in Prison
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Allen Stanford on His Life in Jail: ‘Conditions Are Intolerable’
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Prison Consultants Help Madoff, Other White-Collar Inmates Get Good Digs
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Prosecutor: Carter 'lied and cheated' as Dynus owner
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Judge Approves WexTrust Capital Distribution Plan
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Fraud victim loses cool
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SEC Halts $50 Million Detroit Ponzi Scheme in Real-Estate Fund
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SEC accuses Southfield business owners of running Ponzi scheme
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Municipalities:
Indiana State Legislature May Act to Help Towns in Debt
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Law won't let town file for bankruptcy
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California Balances Budget with Tricks
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Insurance:
AIG Sells Insurance Financing Unit for $679.5 Million
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Economy:
Home Prices Rise, Consumer Confidence Declines More Than Forecast
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The consumer confidence fake out
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Where Bailout Money Goes to Die
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Fed's Yellen Sees 'First Solid Signs' of End to US Recession
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US Children Likely Worse Off Due to Recession
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Geithner, Wang Seek 'More Balanced' Global Economic Growth
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The War on TARP Watchdog's Independence
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
Home prices up for 1st time in 3 years
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Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope
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Bottoming in Home Prices?
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Home Prices in 20 US Cities Climbed in May From April
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A Look at Case-Shiller Numbers, by Metro Area (July 2009 update)
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CMBS: 'Bankruptcy Remote' Is Not 'Bankruptcy Proof'
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CMBS delinquencies skyrocket 585%
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Developer Bruce Stark files for bankruptcy
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Mortgage Servicers Pledge to Step Up Pace of Loan Modifications
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Mile High Mortgage Brokerage "Disaster"
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Study Finds Underwater Borrowers Drowned Themselves with Refinancings
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Closings, cutbacks, defaults, or bankruptcy news
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Landamerica creditors miffed by new Fed hire
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Lenders, Realtors Divided on Arizona Foreclosure Law
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Pressed by White House, Mortgage Servicers Vow More Modifications
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Tables Turned: Contractors Now at Homeowners' Mercy
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As Prices Plummet, Condo Sales in Miami Perk Up
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Banking:
BofA To Close 10% of 6,100 Branches
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Bank of America Will Cut Branches, Add Services
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Bank of America branch closings reflect economics
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Colonial gets cease and desist order from Fed
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Ross Says 'Never Again' on Banks Under FDIC Rules
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Report: FDIC Bailout Will Save Banks $24 Billion
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Deutsche Bank, BBVA show bad debts strain
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Tax:
UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Fraud
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Judge to get update on IRS lawsuit against UBS
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Tech:
NanoDynamics files for Ch. 7 bankruptcy
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Ethics:
Could a bank ask a bankruptcy judge to demand a kidney donation in order to pay off a loan?
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Distressed Investing:
Eola Capital on hunt for distressed properties
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Health Care:
CIT's problems rock NY health care community
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NASDAQ pounds another nail into Biopure's coffin
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Low Earners Trail in Health Plans
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Hockey:
NHL BOG To Carefully Consider Ice Edge's Bid For Coyotes
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Balsillie, NHL meet Wednesday
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Telecoms:
FairPoint reshuffles debt
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Flextronics withdraws objections to Nortel asset sale
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Nortel wireless sale to Ericsson goes to court
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Concern about Nortel slim: poll
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Pension liability clouds Nortel auction
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Sports:
GM to end sponsorship of Buick Open
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Private Equity:
Why private equity is in a deep freeze
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Private Equity Loves Orphan Brands
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Private Equity's Rough Ride Isn't Over Yet
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Personal Finance:
Man says stress led him to rob banks
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Woman accused of running strip club in basement
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Tech:
Forget Ponzi. Try tech investing
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Pensions:
How Congress and employers might help to patch up Americans' nest eggs
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Credit Cards:
Credit Card Firms Raise Fees Before Law Changes
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Credit card debt, bankruptcy rising among seniors
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Bankruptcy "Means Test" Doesn't Dictate Chapter 13 Plan Payments, 5th and 7th Circuit Appeals Courts Say
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Gambling:
Station Casinos Files for Bankruptcy as Talks Fail
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Bankruptcy Judge ok's Greek Isles Casino Sale
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Horse Racing:
Trouble At the Track
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Mining:
Asarco creditors offered 3 payment options
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Boating:
A sinking feeling: Boating industry in a fight for survival
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Student Debt:
Obama's Student-Loan Plan May Save Less Than Thought
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Summer of debt
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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 Litigation:
Bank of America Makes Peace With Parmalat for $100 Million
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Senate Judiciary Committee explores "Cramdown" provision
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Mass Torts:
The Specious Claim Market
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Lower the Asbestos Burden on State Courts
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Advertising:
Interpublic profit drops; shares down sharply
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Non-Profits:
Retailer's Chapter 11 Hits 'Duck Stamp Program'
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Rainbows United to file for bankruptcy
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Food/Drink:
Operator of Golden Corral restaurants files bankruptcy
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Slaughterhouse unlikely to pay reduced fines
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Aviation:
Frontier posts 8th month of operating profit
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Friendly Skies, Revisited
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Business travelers cut back on perks
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Signs of the Times: United Kills a Fee; Open Skies Kills a Route
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Russia airline passenger numbers down 18 pct in H1
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Jewelry:
Ultra Stores Exits Chapter 11
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Derivatives:
Ambac Credit-Default Swaps Jump to Record on Surplus Concerns
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Celebs:
Vick Seeks Comeback Chance
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Michael Vick's NFL Reinstatement to be used in Bankruptcy Case
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Feds Raid Vegas Home and Office of Michael Jackson Doc
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Newspapers:
Tribune: Slow train coming
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Small Business:
Govt. Paying to Offset Bank Losses on Small Business Loans
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Arbitration:
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Collection Arbitration
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Accounting:
Fair value not cause of crisis - ACCA
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Suspend Mark-To-Market--Now
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PCAOB Names Acting Chair
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Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year
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Four out of Five Companies Can't Forecast Cash Flow
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PCAOB: Experts Only for Final Reviews
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Trucking:
Truck Tonnage Drops Sharply in June
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Ratings Agencies:
Suit Blames Ratings Agencies for Economic Meltdown
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Satellites:
ProtoStar Satellite Systems files for bankruptcy
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Apparel:
Fees Said Putting Hartmarx Sale at Risk
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Executive Compensation:
House Panel Approves New Rules on Executive Pay
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Corporate Governance:
Court of Chancery Rules on Issue of First Impression: Do Fiduciary Duties Apply in the Context of a Right of First Refusal Agreement Between a Corporation and its Shareholders
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UK:
Thousands of families hit by £1billion credit card crisis
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Mortgage Approvals Highest Since April '08
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EU:
ECB: Banks further tightened loan standards
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Canada:
Earl Jones arrest met with cheers, questions
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Earl Jones expected to plead not guilty Tuesday
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Earl Jones' alleged victims plan Montreal rally
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Italy:
Risanamento's Zunino Hands In Resignation
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Italy's Risanamento court hearing postponed-chmn
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JPMorgan, UBS, Deutsche Bank May Face Indictment in Milan
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Germany:
Hapag Rescuers Seek EU1 Billion Guarantee From Merkel
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Hypo Real Probe May Call Merkel to Testify on Government Rescue
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Japan:
Japan Factory Output Likely Rose Most in 50 Years Last Quarter
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Spain:
Artenius collapses after parent pulls plug
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Santander Profit Declines on Loan Provisioning Costs
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Bosnia:
Bosnia's Bankruptcy Garage Sale
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