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155 Lose Jobs at Pillsbury
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Law firm layoffs
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Firm battles downturn with pen amnesty
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Wall Street:
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Nikkei drops 3.5 pct on bank woes, nears 26-yr low
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Visteon teeters near Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy for Plastal as automotive orders slump
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Swedish auto parts firm fails, 6,000 jobs at risk
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PrivateBancorp Cuts Dividend 87%, Joining Other Banks
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The Deal That Fueled Subprime
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Silsbee hospital takes final breath
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New US jobless claims ease, productivity plummets
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US unemployment expected to soar
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Report: 11% of homeowners delinquent or in foreclosure
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US Factory Orders Fall for Sixth Consecutive Month
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Understaffed Geithner Can't Keep Up, Critics Say
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Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion - WSJ.com
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Obama Advisers Bloom, Rattner Said to Visit Detroit
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The U.S. Financial System Is Effectively Insolvent
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Wilbur Ross Plans to Participate in Fed’s TALF Lending Program
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Consumer spending cutbacks hurting economy
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IMF Urges Global Financial Rules
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Obama's Radicalism Is Killing the Dow
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The Obama Economy, Cont.
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Why the US stimulus effort is doomed
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When Giant Companies Fall
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Real Estate:
Mortgage Delinquencies Rise to Record on Job Losses
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More Americans Drowning in Mortgage Debt
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Fannie Mortgage Borrowers Get Less Aid in Refi Plan
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Fed Expands Use of Tools to Support Mortgage Bonds
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Knoblauch wins confirmation
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Saving Homes in Bankruptcy
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Commercial property under pressure across US
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Retailing:
US retailers February sales weak, but Wal-Mart shines
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Retail Sales Show Signs of Life
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Joe’s Sports & Outdoor Files Ch. 11, Seeks Buyer
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Target February Same-Store Sales Fall 4.1 Percent 9
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Circuit City stores to close by Sunday
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Requiem For A Retailer
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Fraud:
Trusted Institutions
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Madoff's lawyer receives death threats and praise
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Former Merrill execs invested in Madoff funds
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Luxembourg court releases Madoff data to investors
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More mini-Madoffs? Valley Jew accused of massive real estate fraud
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Furniture maker leading Canadian pursuit of Stanford
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Angry AGA investors: Where did the money go?
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Massachusetts man charged with $57 million fraud
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New Efforts Under Way to Handle Fraud Tips
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Layoffs:
New jobless claims unexpectedly drop to 639,000
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Quiet Layoffs Sting Workers Without Notice
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5 Ways to Nab a Better Severance Package
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Workers Clobbered by Relentless Layoffs
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Houston jobless rate surges to 6.5 percent
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Austin unemployment rate hits 6.4%; region lost 12,800 jobs in Jan.
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Jobless rate in San Diego county at 8.6 percent
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Construction to lose 9,000 jobs in Hawaii
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Borders Group Cuts 742 Store Jobs, 3% of Workforce
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Mass. unemployment rate jumps to 7.4 percent
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For Laid Off Workers, So Hard to E-Mail Goodbye
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Horse Racing:
Magna Entertainment files for bankruptcy protection
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Magna gallops into Ch. 11
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Lone Star Park's operating company files for bankruptcy
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Preakness owner's bankruptcy leaves all parties waiting for answers
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Bankruptcy detracts from Big 'Cap card
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Auto Racing:
NASCAR feeling the economic pinch
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Sovereigns:
Country Default Risk Continues Its Rise
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Bondholders Get Stiffed With Perfect Alibi
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Gambling:
Las Vegas Casinos to Be Nationalized?
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Other People's Money: Gambling and Bankruptcy
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Analyst predicts Harrah's will land in bankruptcy court this year
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Anna Nicole:
A Modern-Day Bleak House
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Media:
ABC Radio owner Citadel closes trading at $.01 on NYSE
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Slim, Icahn and Malone lead media debt feast
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Municipalities:
50,000 Taxpayers Tired Of Recession & Furious With Budget Cuts Take Frustration To Streets Of Manhattan
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Cities face painful cuts, higher taxes; Philadelphia tries to involve citizens in decisions
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Accounting:
The Growing Concern over "Going Concern"
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KPMG job cuts include directors
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Job cull begins at Ernst & Young
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Carpet:
Wayzata ready to duel for Propex
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Celebs:
Michael Jackson Sues Auction House Over Planned Sale of Thousands of His Personal Possessions
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For sale: The house that Michael Vick built
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Video Games:
Midway creditors question Redstones
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Aviation:
Boeing Co. Reports Sharply Lower Orders for Feb.
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General Dynamics Cutting Plane Production, Jobs
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Frontier Airlines Gets USD$40 Mln DIP Commitment
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Bankruptcy Reform:
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House GOP rails against bankruptcy changes
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Mass Torts:
Judge stays order dismissing Congoleum's Chapter 11 case
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Finance:
Frank Seeks to Curb 'Phenomenon of Securitization'
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Uncertainty grips hybrid debt owners
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Commercial Paper Growth Ends this Week
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Emerging-Market Borrowing Costs Rise the Most in Three Months
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Defaults:
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Lehman:
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Mining:
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Apex plan and sale OK'd
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Insurance:
AIG Competitors Complained About Rates
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Senators Demand to Know A.I.G. Trading Partners
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Fed's Kohn Admits AIG Risks
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Darth Wall Street Thwarting Debtors With Credit Swaps
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Gift Certificates:
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Religion:
Church Pushes to Defeat Proposal to Open Window for Older Sex Claims
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Workers Guzzle Company Stock
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Oil/Gas:
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Exxon Mobil shows no concerns over downturn
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Distressed Investing:
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Corporate Reform:
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Frank Seeking Prosecutions for Financial Wrongdoing
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Ex-KB Home Chief Executive Charged in Backdating Case
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TARP Cop Gets Into Role as Street Tough
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Sports:
Luxury Strikes Out
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Tax:
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Private Debt-Collection Plan Ended by Internal Revenue Service
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Education:
Conn. School of Broadcasting closes
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UK:
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Bank fights to breathe life into economy
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UK Profits Will Fall More Than in 1930s, Morgan Stanley Says
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BoE Cuts Interest Rates to 0.5 Percent
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Northern Ireland Will Be Least Hurt by UK Recession, PwC Says
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Brown Said to Call for Global Code on Restraining Bank Bonuses
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EU:
European Central Bank cuts key rate to record low
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European Bonds Rise as Trichet Signals ECB May Cut Rate Further
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Trichet Earns Twice as Much as Bernanke
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Property prices fall across Europe
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Canada:
Lending agency calls in loans to Montague fishermen
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Canada's Duguay Says Credit Crunch Needs Global Fixes
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China:
China promises vigorous spending program
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Bank of China to Offer at Least 500 Billion Yuan of New Loans
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Zhou Pledges Fast, Forceful Policies for China Growth
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Foreigners Sweat Chinese Bankruptcies
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Japan:
BOJ May Expand Corporate Debt Purchases
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Naftogaz stands on brink of bankruptcy
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Slovenia:
Govt Adopts Changes to Bankruptcy Law
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Mexico:
Mexico peso, stocks fall on GM bankruptcy warning
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Italy:
Italy takes more somber economic line
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Russia:
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Chile:
Chile Economy Shrank 1.4% in January, Most in Decade
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