Law:

'Medieval' U.S. Law-Firm Pay Structure Buckles Under Weight of Recession
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Ending Lockstep Salaries, But What About Billing?
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Broken Business Model of BigLaw Continues To Shine
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Billable Rates Now Under Siege Due to Recession
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The Human Toll
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A Really Bad Bet
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BigLaw's Harsh Winter Leaves Its Vendors Out in the Cold
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You Can't Wait It Out: The Collapse Will Shrink The Profession Forever
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Details emerge of payouts in Allen & Overy's layoff program
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Firm asks partners to take fixed-share status
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Lawyers Can't Even Find Work for Free
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Public Interest Jobs Won't Fall Into Your Lap
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Support staff at firms are feeling the brunt of the current downturn
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For law students . . . all the depressing info we could find on your future, all in one lace
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Stealth Layoff Watch: Alston & Bird
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Letter from London: U.K. Confidential
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Anatomy of a Dissolution: Morgan & Finnegan Still Hasn't Paid Severance
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How rising through the ranks is done now
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Recession Will Forever Change the Legal Profession
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For jobless lawyers, plan B includes good works
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Big-Firm Partners Go Small to Keep and Attract Frugal Clients
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Mass Attorney Layoffs Yet to Materialize in Valley
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The Ice Cream Defense
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Bankruptcy services companies find growth in downturn
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Firms Beefing Up Real Estate Practices to Cash In on Stimulus Bill Pork
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'Domino Effect' Hits Law-Related Business
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More Bankruptcies in Asia, Few Bankruptcy Lawyers
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Federal judge scolds prosecutor
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge Saves Little Girl’s ‘Twinn’
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Charges Against U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Accused of Hitting Wife Are Dropped
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New Book on Justice Kennedy Defends His Jurisprudence
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Wall Street:

Wall Street Set for Modestly Higher Opening
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Europe Stocks Fall for First Time in Six Days; Asia Shares Gain
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Brazil Stocks Retreat on Economic Concern, Petrobras Decline
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US Stocks Retreat as Rally in Financial Shares Fizzles
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US Stocks Fall Mon.
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GE shares back above $10
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MGM Mirage, GM Lead Wave of Filing Delays as Valuations Plummet
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New Bank Powers Have Wall Street Concerned
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A Year After Bear Stearns: The Amazing, Shrinking World of Wall Street
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Defense digs out of documents in Bear Stearns case
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Chief Blames TARP for Payout Cut, Calls Stress Test 'Asinine'
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Citigroup nominates 4 new independent directors
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Wachovia Sued Over 'Bad-Faith' Charging of Overdraft Fees
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Geithner Urges Banks to Go ‘Extra Mile’ to Boost Business Loans
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Alaska dodges banking collapse
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Small Banks Thrive As Giants Fall
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Humbled banker parts with yuppie past
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Goldman Offers Loans to Stretched Employees
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A slow motion implosion at Barclays
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Fraud:

US to seek Bernard and Ruth Madoff assets
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Trouble Ahead for Ruth? Handicapping the Madoff Forfeiture Battle
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Bernard Madoff's wife making moves to save money, Palm Beach mansion
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Madoffs' Palm Beach mansion gets tax break
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Madoff Ponzi Victims May Get Less Than $10 Million From Sale of Businesses
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Madoff Trustee Seeks to Recover Assets in Gibraltar
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Madoff Trustee Leaves No Stone Unturned
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Why no one defends Bernard Madoff
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Madoff spent nearly USD 1 mn on lobbying, Democrats
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Cough It Up, Bernie: Feds Look to Seize Homes, Boats, Pianos . . .
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With Madoff in Jail, What's Next for the Case?
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Bernie Madoff's Billionaire Victims
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How Mad Is Bernard Madoff?
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Building Supplies:

Masonite Files for Bankruptcy to Restructure Debts
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Insurance:

Worry Grows Over Insurers
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Taxpayers Unlikely to Be Fully Repaid in AIG Mess
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Another $8 Billion on the Line for AIG
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The Case for Letting AIG Fail
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Is AIG the Fall Guy for Goldman Sachs?
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AIG Bank Payments - Is the Media Missing the Point?
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Why did AIG pay its counterparties?
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Who's Who on AIG's List of Counterparties
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Bonus furor may prompt limits on AIG bailout money
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Bail Us Out
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AIG Says $105 Billion Flowed to Goldman, US States
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AIG bailout: half trillion exposure for taxpayers
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"Time to fire some people" at AIG: Barney Frank
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AIG's Bailout and the Price of Doing Business
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The AIG Bailout: Why Was the Onus Placed on Taxpayers?
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Ashamed of AIG
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Life Insurers Lost $32 Billion in Capital in 2008
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Moody's Cuts Radian to Junk
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Publishing:

Publisher loses ground as sales decline
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Food/Drink:

PCA's Innocent Victims Go Beyond Consumers
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Town Pays Homage To Archway Cookies
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Agriculture:

Many farmers forced to find new careers
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Gambling:

Potential buyers looking at MGM Grand, report says
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Icahn group plans to bid on Tropicana casino
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Betting it all on bankruptcy ?
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MGM Grand, Greektown get bids
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Board to see MGM's cards
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Odds of an MGM bankruptcy are high
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Horse Racing:

Nasdaq removes shares of Magna Entertainment
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Derivatives:

I(r)(c)eland vs CDS, redux
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CDS pool deep, cross-Atlantic rules may vary
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Backing for AIG provides derivatives blueprint
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Finance:

Moody's Warns of Heightened Refunding Risk
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Treasury Moves to Break Credit Logjam
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Tech:

Spansion hires restructuring expert
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Qimonda keeps DIP details under wraps
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Dynaco prevails on cash use
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Accounting:

When Can an Asset Sale Become a "Merger?
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Politics:

Cincinnati Tea Party Draws Thousands
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M&A:

Done deals could be undone by US regulators
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Executive Compensation:

Lazard’s Wasserstein Takes Pay Cut to $20.5 Million
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Black & Decker CEO Earns $12.1 Million
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Wall Street Pursues Pay Loopholes
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Auctions:

Auctioneers bid slow times goodbye
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Boy band mogul Pearlman sentenced to 25 years
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Farmer's wife sentenced to probation following guilty plea
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Peter Pocklington gives up passport
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Economy:

US Industrial Production Fell 1.4% in February
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New York Manufacturing Index Slumped to Record Low
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Surprise Jump in Housing Starts
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Bernanke May Need ‘Massive’ Asset Buying to Counter Contraction
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Putting the federal debt in perspective
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Stimulus Plans Face Local Road Blocks
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Depression Fears Subside on Bernanke Remarks, Rally in Stocks
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Bernanke Sees Start of Recovery in 2010
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Bernanke Outshines Obama Team With Defense of Government Effort
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Obama’s Czars Breed Chain-of-Command Confusion
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Foreign investors slash US holdings
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The U.S. may have to put Yellowstone and the Washington Monument on the block
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Real Estate:

Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. Holds Close to Record Low as Slump Persists
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Housing Starts in U.S. Probably Slumped to Record as Foreclosures Climbed
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Mortgage fraud up in US but dips slightly in Florida
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Fraud hits FHA loans
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Thoughts on Walking Away From Your Home Loan
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PMI Group 4Q loss narrows on fewer charges
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Florida No. 2 in mortgage fraud
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Sister companies Anderson Homes, Vanguard Homes file for bankruptcy
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Developer Kelly exploring bankruptcy option, court told
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Thornburg Mortgage Announces Expiration of Company’s Override Agreement: Entry Into Forbearance Agreements With Counterparties: Engagement of Restructuring Advisors
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HOA moves to foreclose on 84 homes
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Childhood Home Sold After Foreclosure
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Locksmith hired to change locks shot by homeowner
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Executive Compensation:

Buffett goes 25 years with no raise
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Citi CEO Paid $38.2 Million in '08 in Mostly Stock
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Money Managers:

Fortress posts wider quarterly loss as funds shrink
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Manufacturing:

Illinois Tool Works slashes first-quarter outlook
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Retailing:

Ackman Will Nominate Himself to Target Board With Four Others
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Ackman Seeks General Growth Seat, Expects Bankruptcy
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General Growth gets some lender consents on waivers
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Men's Clothing Chain Files For Bankruptcy
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Jos. A. Bank offers suit guarantee in case of job loss
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Experts: Gottschalks likely to liquidate
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Bankruptcy Takes A Personal Toll On Retailer
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Bonuses:

JPMorgan Must Let Investors Vote on Executive Bonus Proposals
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AIG: Bankruptcy would have avoided the bonus debacle
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The Case for Paying Out Bonuses at A.I.G.
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Let's Hear It For Bankruptcy!
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Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses
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Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses
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AIG Pay Madness Needs a Stop From Geithner
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In the land of Oz, the wizard is a fraud
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"Lives in Danger" at AIG
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Grassley on AIG execs: Quit or suicide
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AIG disses Barack: King of the bailouts arrogantly blows off the President
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AIG’s Bonus Bonanza: Will the Government Get Its Money Back?
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AIG May Face Subpoena From New York’s Cuomo on Retention Payment
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Lame Excuses for AIG Bonuses
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Other types of bonuses deserve an examination
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AIG May Have to Reveal More Bonus Data, Faces Cuomo Subpoena
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AIG is a PIG
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AIG: Contractually Obligated to Spit in Face of Taxpayers
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Tar and Feathers for AIG
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AIG should hire me
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Frank Joins Chorus on AIG Bonus Outrage
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AIG demands ransom
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Shelby Assails Geithner's Handling of AIG Bonuses
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AIG's Bonuses Are an Absolute Joke
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AIG's arrogant lie
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The Real Harm Caused By the AIG Bonuses
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Bail Out AIG’s Workers, But Not GM’s?
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The sanctity of AIG's contracts
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Aviation:

Air Canada running out of ACEs
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Frontier Airlines, pilots fight over 401(k) match
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Theme Parks:

6 Flags CEO says debtholder refuses to talk
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Disney Halts Hong Kong Park Design Work, Cuts Jobs
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Shipping:

Add shipping exposure to banks’ woes
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Municipalities:

California's state work force grew despite budget woes and cut promises
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In a first, bankruptcy judge rules Calif. city can void union contracts
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Vallejo, unions hope to reach deal
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Trenton passes pension deferral
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Debt Collection:

Are Private Debt Collectors a Bad Bet for Cities?
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Newspapers:

Seattle Post-Intelligencer to go Web only
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Ex-Rocky Mountain News staffers plan news Web site
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Pelosi goes to bat to keep Bay Area papers alive
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'It's odd to cover your own funeral'
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The Demise of the Newspaper
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When newspapers fold
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Debt Exchange:

Fitch Releases Debt Exchange Criteria
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Corporate Reform:

Americans Are Rearing for a Fight with Corporate Power
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Health Care:

Ohio's Forum Health hospitals file for bankruptcy
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Reorganization of hospital system begins today in court
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American Legion commander 'deeply disappointed, concerned' after meeting with Obama... Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment
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Medical center shuts doors
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NAS wins DIP loan approval
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Giftware:

Lenox emerges from Chapter 11 protection
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Chemicals:

LyondellBasell says not paid 2015 bond interest
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Ferries:

NY Waterway sends SOS, again
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NY Waterway reassures customers after report of financial problems
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Hedge Funds:

Bayou’s Samuel Israel Pleads Guilty to Bail-Jumping
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Pimco’s El-Erian Says Buyout, Hedge Funds May Shrink by Half
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Accounting:

FASB Moves Toward Giving Banks More Flexibility on Fair-Value
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A Fair Value Antidote Is Rushed by FASB
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Dennis M. Nally Selected as Global Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Corporate Governance:

It's Fair to Blame Boards, CEOs for Financial Meltdown
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Distressed Investing:

Conflicts when PE firms start trading debt?
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Rating Agencies:

Rated F for Failure
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Biotech:

One in Five European Biotech Cos Could Fail in 2009
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Fashion:

Bye-Bye to Bling-Bling
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