Law:

Lehman Pays Its Bankruptcy Advisers $262.6 Million
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Davis Polk Adds Bankruptcy Partners
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Law Firm Layoff Wednesday: Paying the (DLA)Piper Again
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Layoff Watch: DLA Piper Cuts 121
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DLA Piper Cuts 121 in Second Round of Layoffs
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Mixed Messages From DLA Piper to Incoming First Years?
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DLA Piper sets up working parties to get wider staff input on future strategy
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Baker & McKenzie to Lay Off 11% of Lawyers, Professionals in China
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Clifford Chance slims down as nearly 50 partners leave since March
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Ashurst partner profits down by more than a third for 2008-09
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Nabarro in new layoff round as PEP drops 35 per cent
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Notes from the Breadline: Fear of Falling
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Hunton & Williams Abandons OCI At UVA Law School?
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The Dorothy Problem: Are Women at Law Firms too Passive?
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Davis Polk's Website Makeover
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Blogger Says Davis Polk Is Full of Hotties
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Corporate Warfare Has to Make Business Sense These Days
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Big Law Is Only Thinking of You With Cost-Cutting Techniques
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Why Sarah Palin Quit
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Lovells finds new client in Kazakhstan's BTA bank
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Sentencing Looming, Dreier Asks For No More than 12 1/2 Years
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US seeks 145-year sentence for NY lawyer
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Former AG Gonzales "Excited About the Tech Opportunity"
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Lawyers Among Those Indicted in Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Scam
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Santander and JP Morgan put legal advisers under review
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Lawyer, Held Hostage for a Day, Escapes Before Home Is Set on Fire
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Disbarment Sought for Law Firm Partner Who Secreted $50,000 Payment
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Obama v. the Tort Lawyers
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Ohio Law Firm Offered to Back Alec Baldwin for Gubernatorial Run
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Boies Wins With Show-Me-the-Paperwork Argument in Greenberg Case
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Removal Too Drastic a Penalty for Wrongdoing of Which They Are Accused, Two Judges Argue
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Law Professors Line Up Behind Sotomayor
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Soto Gears up For Battle . . . But Probably Not With Al Franken
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Sotomayor "and Associates"
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Study: Sotomayor Not an ‘Outlier’ in 2nd Circuit Voting
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Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News
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GOP Lowers Sotomayor Hearing Goals
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Judge of the Day: Timothy C. Ellender
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Galveston County will lose federal court bench
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US judiciary facing rise in death threats
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Gain as Alcoa Has Smaller-Than-Expected Loss
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World Markets Up Modestly as Alcoa Beats Forecasts
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Wall Street Ends the Day Mixed
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US Stocks Drop, Sending S&P 500 to Lowest Level Since April
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The Great Unwinding of Merrill's Investment Bank
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Commodities:

Commodities Slide on Doubts About Economic Rebound
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Rendell: Nearly 800 layoffs are impending
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Remember The 40-Hour Work Week?
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Some Small Businesses Forgoing Raises for 2nd Year
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Ignore July's Unemployment Numbers
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Job Market Flashes Warning Signs
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States' Stimulus Rejection Hits Jobless
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Labor:

Infighting Distracts Unions at Crucial Time
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Retailing:

Family Dollar profit beats Wall St view; shares up
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Hot Topic June comp sales fall; widens Q2 loss view
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Gottschalks To Close All Stores By The Weekend
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Costco sales down an in-line 6 percent
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Ritz Camera's 400 stores heading to auction
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Stage Stores June same-store sales fall
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Goody's intellectual assets sold to Texas retailer
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Eddie Bauer gets bankruptcy court OK to borrow $100M
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Empty Mall Stores Trigger Rent Cuts
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Structured Finance:

Morgan Stanley Plans to Turn Downgraded Loan CDO Into AAA Bonds
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Private Equity:

Private equity fundraising down year-over-year
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Private equity falls short of management boasts
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Economic slump cited in case over Lyondell bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Ex-baseball star Lenny Dykstra files bankruptcy
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The Death of Lenny Dykstra's Dream
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Bloom is off celeb florist
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Corporate Reform:

Lawmaker Casts Doubt on Consumer-Protection Agency
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Businesses concoct strategy against a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
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CDS clearing may need more legal protections
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DeFazio Seeks to Tax Oil Futures Contracts
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US efforts to vilify energy traders might backfire
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Ridiculous Attack on Oil Speculators
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Get the Speculators
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Consultants:

KPMG Appoints J. Gregg Pritchard to Lead Restructuring Services
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Food/Drink:

Luxury Wine Market Reels in Downturn
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Agriprocessors first trial scheduled to begin Sept. 15
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$20.5 million ante for Humboldt Creamery
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Printing:

Quebecor World's US and Canadian Plans of Reorganization Approved
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Television:

Young Broadcasting Bankruptcy Auction Draws Few Bidders
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Short List For Young Is Short Indeed
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Shipping:

Shipping industry in deep water
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Economy:

IMF expects slow recovery from global recession
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IMF Sees Stronger Global Rebound From '09 Recession
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White House unhappy with IMF limits in US spending bill
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Consumer Credit in US Falls by $3.2 Billion in Fourth Monthly Decline
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Brown Manure, Not Green Shoots
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Obama Approval Dips To New Low
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Cities Lose Out on Road Funds From Federal Stimulus
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Another Victim of America's Ponzi Scheme Economy (Part 1)(Part 2)
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Treasuries Rise as Refuge Demand Bolsters 10-Year Note Auction
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Treasury Picks Nine for Toxic Securities Plan
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US Treasury Opens Distressed-Debt Program Without Pimco
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Health bill? Billions for parks, paths, farmers' markets
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US slips, China soars in Fortune company rankings
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

Home Prices Post First Quarterly Gain Since 2006
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Foreclosures Drop 11% in Q2
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Distressed Commercial Property in US Doubles to $108 Billion
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Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed against HSM
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Opus West Drills Into Bankruptcy
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L.A. County's May default rate double last year
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LA commercial real estate owners struggling
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Manhattan Apartment Rents Drop as Unemployment Curbs Demand
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Apartment Vacancy Rate Hits High
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Foreclosure of the Day: Sprawling Boca Mansion Hits the Auction Block
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13 Real Estate Professionals Are Indicted on Mortgage Fraud Charges
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2nd Ch. 11 filing at Enclaves
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Loan modification efforts helping few people
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Autos:

GM Will Exit Bankruptcy With $48 Billion in Debt, Judge Says
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GM, Chrysler bankruptcies may influence route of other large companies
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GM Sale Appeal Can't Skip Court, Block Deal's Closing
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Out of the Fray ... Onto the "Slow Boat to China": Putting the Brakes on the GM Bankruptcy Appeal
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Opponents of GM's sale face roadblock
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GM Bondhholders Could Get Additional 2% Equity In New Co.
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New GM could make its debut on Thursday
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GM preps for rebirth as leaner company, readies package for Wagoner
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GM to go green, cut execs, as it exits bankruptcy
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GM to sell assets to “newco,” future of “oldco” still uncertain
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A second chance for General Motors
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Henderson needs to shake up GM
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General Motors may stay at GM Building
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House panel votes to undo GM, Chrysler dealer shutdowns
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Showdown brews in DC over plan to cut GM, Chrysler dealers
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Cars Hurt Most by the Recession
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Obama Admin Official: GM's Wagoner To Be Cut Loose 'Very Soon'
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Chrysler to Open, Then Idle, Plant
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Lear allowed to use cash on hand
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China passes USA auto market in first-half sales
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Stimulus boosts China June car sales 47.7 pct
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GST Receives Proposal from WL Ross & Co.
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Lawsuit: Hecker Gained Through Fraud, Fake Letters
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Federal-Mogul Won't Bid On Delphi, DIP Lenders Will - Source
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Potential Delphi buyers have until Friday to bid on supplier
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CAW, automakers agree on health trust
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VW's Audi Sees 'Light Growth' in Sales as of 2010
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Magna wants to finalize Opel purchase by mid July
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Opel Still Struggling For A Buyer
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Opel Deal May Leave Beijing Auto With 'Decades' of Indigestion
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Auto Racing:

Drag-Racing Teams Eat GM’s Bankruptcy Dust
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Fraud:

Madoff Feeder Hedge Funds Miss Deadline, Trustee Says
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SEC's Richards Leaving After Unit Missed Madoff Fraud
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Madoff Victims: The Lawyers Respond
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Connecticut Bank Sued in Madoff Investment Scheme
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SEC Sues New York Firm Alleged Transatlantic Boiler Room Scheme
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US accuses six in $140 mln trans-Atlantic scheme
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Dreier Describes Downfall, Seeks 'Rational' Term for Fraud, Theft
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What sentence should a Ponzi get
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Boom Times For Real Estate Fraud
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Health Care:

CCS Medical files bankruptcy; restructures debt
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Hemet Valley, Calif., hospital funding may be at risk
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The Public Option Two-Step
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Credit Cards:

Credit card firms try end run around new federal rules
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Fixed-Rate Credit Cards May Vanish
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Aviation:

Frontier sees June passenger drop, but more full seats
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Airlines push back at Republic Air targets
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Air Canada afloat, for now
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Air Canada to face two years of losses despite new strategy
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Analyst predicts full-year loss for Air Canada
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Book Reviews:

The Nanny Nation
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How Real Estate Came to Own Us
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The Tabb-ed Second Edition Is Out
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Pensions:

Is the 401(k)Match a Casualty of the Recession?
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Opera:

Deal with banks eases debt fears for MOT
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Student Debt:

New student loan program estimates future earnings
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RVs:

Pacific Coachworks resumes production
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Hockey:

Another Coyotes bidder enters the mix
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Jewelry:

Henry Dunay's creditors, bankruptcy plan revealed
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Gambling:

Fontainebleau fires back, outlines bank dispute
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Steel:

ArcelorMittal Said to Seek Waiver of Covenant in Bank Talks
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