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Insurance:
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Fashion:
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UK:
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Canada:
Canadian bankruptcies jump 31 percent
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Germany:
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Ireland:
276 people jailed for not paying debts last year
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Australia:
Investors left in limbo by Great Southern
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Japan:
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Mexico:
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