Law:
5th Circuit Decides Disqualification Case Involving Departing-Lawyer Rule
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Spookiest Bankruptcy Opinion of 2009
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Drinker Biddle Makes Second Round of Associate Layoffs, Moves to Merit System
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A Terrifying Tomorrow for 22 Associates as BigLaw Firm Axes Them, Ends Lockstep
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In That Case, Are We the Investment Banking Industry?
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Last Week in Layoffs
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Will the concept of 'floating lawyers' catch on
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BigLaw Firm Halves Associates' Bonuses, Extends Salary Freeze
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Judge in Heller Case Hears Objections to Attorney Fees, Proposed $19 Million Settlement
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All Aboard: Cravath, Skadden Score Roles in Insider Trading Probe
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Ex-Client Sues Seyfarth, Seeks Treble Damages & Legal Fees
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Lawyers' $11 Million Bonus Request Leaves Judge, SEC Surprised
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DLA Piper Getting No Love on the Streets
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Pro B’Oh No! Making Sense of the Kaye Scholer Move
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Most Influential General Counsel
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Pressure Builds for In-House Attorneys
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Bank and panel firms lock horns over secondments
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Party isn't quite over, but firms put a cap on lavish festivities
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Bill Lerach and Mel Weiss are Halfway Home
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Lawyers Remember Strange Halloween Costume Case
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Police probing ' bankruptcy case' angle in lawyer's murder
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Pelosi Health Care Bill Blows a Kiss to Trial Lawyers
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On the ‘Birthers’ Lawsuits and Separation of Powers
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Ropes & Gray: Stockpiling Swine Flu Drugs
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From Child Star to Law Professor
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Jury Says Radio Station Must Pay $16.6M in Woman’s Water Intoxication Death
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For Partner and Actress, Two Roles and the World's Her Stage
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Caption Contest Finalists: Spooky Services
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Bogle Takes on Mutual Fund Industry as Top Court Considers Fees
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It's time to stop the trial bar's assault on mutual funds
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Lawyer of the Week: Roland Corning
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Lawyer in Trouble for Refusing to Take Off Watch for Courthouse Scanner
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The New Art of Alimony
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Congress Set to Take Aim at Judicial Recusals
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Texas Judge Is Too-Often Rude, Another Judge & Lawyer Complain
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DA’s Final Answer: Ex-Judge’s Acquittal Stands in Paddling Case
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Wall Street:
Stock-Index Futures Advance Before Manufacturing Report
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Asian markets hit by CIT bankruptcy , Wall Street fall
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Stocks Tumble on Consumer Weakness; Dow Down 2.5%
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Wall St Week Ahead: Goodbye to all that stimulus?
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Report: Goldman bet against own products
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Wall Street's broken rally
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What's Still Wrong with Wall Street
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Chrysler offers buyout to 23,000 workers
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Geithner: Economy Rebounding, but Job Growth Lags
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Corporate Governance:
When Shareholders Crack the Whip
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Finance:
CIT files for 5th largest US bankruptcy
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The CIT Experiment
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CIT's Bankruptcy May Help Bondholders and Erase Taxpayer Stake
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CIT's Swoon Hits Taxpayers
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CIT Group files for prepackaged bankruptcy
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$2.3 billion in taxpayer funds likely lost
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Why CIT Group's bankruptcy doesn't matter
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CIT failure to leave small businesses floundering
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Fallout Forces Scramble for New Sources of Cash
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A century of CIT, from St Louis to New York
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Hundreds of jobs at risk at CIT Group
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Heavenly Returns for Angel Investors?
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Music:
Lil Jon Bounces Back From Label’s Bankruptcy
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Credit Counseling:
Counselor knows why his clients are mad; he's mad, too
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Aviation:
Boeing Seeks To Reduce Losses from Sea Launch Bankruptcy
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Are the Bankrupt Skies the Friendliest?
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JAL Downgraded on Transport Minister Comments
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Fear of cancelled flights prompts govt to save JAL
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Air India: Rats and In-Air Fist Fights
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Retailing:
Temporary stores 'pop up' as mall owners sign shorter leases
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Freight:
Hot-rodding freight broker EA Hunter crashes, burns
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Corporate Reform:
Obama's financial reforms draw Democratic fire
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Geithner Leads a Fresh Charge on Financial Reform
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Are 'too big to fail' powers just too big?
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Resorts:
Turnberry told to pay $6M to Fairmont
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Plastics:
Recticel banks on bankruptcy to renegotiate money-losing deals
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Private Equity:
PE-Backed Busts Jump in October
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Litigation:
U.S. companies experiencing new litigation wave, anticipate more to come
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Court of Chancery Explains Policy Reasons For Selection of Lead Counsel in Class Action; Rejects Motion to Reconsider
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Ratings Agencies:
How Moody's Sold Its Rating, Sold Out Investors
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Hedge Funds:
Frozen in Time: The Offices of Duff Capital Advisors
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The hedge 'plunder'
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Hedge Funds in Chapter 11
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Economy:
Geithner: 'Bankruptcy Code is not effective in times of severe stress'
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Numbers big (joblessness)and small (interest)
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Geithner: Choppy and uneven recovery underway
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Is the economy, in fact, on the mend, or is Greenspan's theory flawed?
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Stimulus Still an Economic 'Force,' Geithner Says
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Roubini Fear: Biggest coordinated asset bust ever
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Faber: GDP Report was Actually Horrible
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US Suffering Because of Washington Failures
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Geithner: Deficit reduction has to wait
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Tim Geithner's Life Is Much Worse Than We Think
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Goodbye to all that stimulus?
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Fed Seen on Hold as Outlook Uncertain
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25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis
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Erratic Behavior by Fed and Treasury Helped Exacerbate Financial Crisis
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CBS Says White House Is Fudging Stimulus Jobs Numbers
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Great Depression vs. Great Recession
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Not all boom counties cough up gains in recession
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:
$1 Chicago suburb homes lack buyers
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Fraud Watch for Homeowners
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FDIC Adopts Guidelines on CRE Loan Workouts
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Foreclosures Growing in Suburbs and Secondary
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Flipping a Coin, Dividing an Empire
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Loans Goldman bought didn't get much scrutiny
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Goldman now seizing homes subprime mortgages bought
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Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag
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Goldman got cozy with loan star that crashed and burned
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Should I Walk Away?
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My $290,000 Home is Worth What?
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South Capital Construction sues many over Trinity Town Center
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Bankrupt builder sues Aurora, other cities.
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Judge Rules in Favor of Astani Condo Sales
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Do Mortgage Lenders Make More Money When a Loan Goes into Foreclosure?
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Tax:
Hillary: 'We tax everything that moves and doesn't move'
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Foreign Tax Cheats Find U.S. Banks a Safe Haven
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Fraud:
For SEC, Madoff Answers More Troubling Than Questions
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Madoff wishes SEC caught him years ago!
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Jailhouse Interview: Madoff Rips SEC, Calls Schapiro a 'Dear Friend'
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Falling Friehling: Madoff’s Auditor to Plead Guilty
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Complacent SEC helped Ponzi scheme going
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Madoff documents reveal incredulous, unfocused SEC
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Are 'Madoff auctions' not as claimed?
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Some Madoff Victims' Claims Paid
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Muni-Bonds Gone Wild? Say It Ain’t So, CDR Fin Pro!
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Top DOJ Fraud Section Supervisors Planning to Leave Justice Department
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Did Galleon Always Have Too Much of an Edge?
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Galleon Wiretaps Rattle Hedge Funds as Insider Trading Targeted
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Hints of Missed Chance to Pursue Galleon Case
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Rajaratnam Started Side Venture With Ex-McKinsey Chief in 2006
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Minneapolis financier tells court of failed $60 million deal with Petters
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Insurance:
Judge orders insurer to indemnify JPMorgan Chase
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D&O Insurance: Increased Limits Warranty Exclusion Precludes Coverage
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Banking:
Fed Summons CEOs of 28 Top US Banks to Meet With Supervisors
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Pandit 'Near Death' Cash Hoard Signals Lower US Bank Profits
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SEC in Settlement Talks with BofA, UBS
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Feds close 9 banks
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$2.5 billion hit to FDIC insurance fund
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Small Banks Move In as Giants Falter
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Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?
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WaMu fallout remains widespread
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WaMu, bank runs, zombies and Bair
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Banks Can Lie About Commercial Loans
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Please Listen to the F.D.I.C.'s Chief
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Geithner Urges Banks to Resume Lending, Help Recovery
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Hawkeye State Bank May Face Punitive Damages in Loan Case
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Regulators to Private Equity: Take It Elsewhere
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Banking on PE investments
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Health Care:
On Nantucket, senior living on the edge
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Supply-Side Ideas, Turned Upside Down
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Wife of Sen. Against Public Option Rakes In Millions From Insurer
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Accounting:
Massive Malpractice Action Against Deloitte Is Reinstated
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Grant Thornton's Determination to Saturate Us with Data on CFOs Knows No Bounds
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Moss Adams Values 'A Balanced Life' over 'Accountability'
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Religion:
Wilmington diocese judge to ponder how far stay extends
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Clergy abuse survivors call diocese settlement offer a “second rape”
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Golf:
Golf Clubs Hit Rough Patch
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Twin Lakes Country Club closes
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Hockey:
It's possibly NHL's Greatest disgrace yet
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Coyotes run by howling lunatics
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Horse Racing:
Gulfstream Park's president quits suddenly
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Food/Drink:
Franchise owners take on 'Erma's'
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Civil lawsuit halted in LeNature's case
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Tavern on the Green Halloween party from hell, say booted patrons
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Credit Cards:
Credit card rates rise to beat new law
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Rules in the New Credit Card Act
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Hollywood:
Terminator franchise goes up for auction
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 Jobs:
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Cycles:
Bankruptcy, 10 Years After
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Tennessee bankruptcy petitioners lead in debt repayments
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bill adjusts bankruptcy laws in medical aftermath
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Compensation:
Is the ‘Pay Czar’ Unconstitutional?
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Defining Excessive Executive Pay
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Autos:
The Old G.M. Is Dead, but Its Shares Live On
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Ford’s Plan to Cut Costs Falls Short in Union Vote
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Ford has suffered less than rivals
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UAW accepts defeat of plan to alter Ford deal
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Rejection of Ford-UAW deal spells trouble for region, industry
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Canadian autoworkers vote in favor of ratifying Ford deal
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Bailout Nation Mentality: Ford Workers Reject Further Concessions
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Automakers gird for 'new normal'
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The holdout: Alone in an abandoned car plant
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Ghost among the machines
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Chrysler Confirms New Round Of Buyout Offers
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Chrysler's revival to lean heavily on Fiat
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Seeing shades of gray in plight of Delphi retirees
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Auto dealership bill sent to IL governor
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Joe Prebul Trial Still Set For Nov. 16
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Get Hecker's ex-mansion on the cheap
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Chinese Acquisitions in the Auto Industry
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Oil/Gas:
A Wave Of Energy Bankruptcies
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Ethanol:
Otter Tail Ag files bankruptcy , inks deal with lenders
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Newspapers:
Ruling bolsters dissidents in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case
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Magazines:
It's pink-slip Time
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Celebs:
Attorney, 2 Others Face Trial in Drug Case Concerning Anna Nicole Smith
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Former Cornhusker Sells Outland Trophy at Auction
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Banks Star-Crossed by Celebs
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Auto Racing:
Waterford Speedbowl Files For Bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Centaur Gaming Becomes Latest Casino Developer To File Bankruptcy
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Herbst reorganization plan gets OK
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Sunday filing shows Boyd backs lenders seeking a look into finances
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Station Casinos scales back free live entertainment
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Telecoms:
Bankruptcy a good thing for FairPoint
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FairPoint 'happy' about bankruptcy restructure
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Editorial: Protect Vermonters in FairPoint bankruptcy
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Fairpoint plan spells fear for workers' benefits
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Faced with Verizon’s plan, other states pay close attention to FairPoint’s woes in New England
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The day it ended for Nortel Networks
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Nortel Bankruptcy News: $28B Worth of Claims Filed
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Education:
School of hard cash
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Municipalities:
Boom to gloom: Recession slams Fla. counties
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Book Reviews:
An Ambitious Look at Wall Street's Convulsions
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Radio:
Radio station goes broke, signs off
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Lehman:
Lehman Art Auction Sells Out
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Fuld's Last Stand On Auction
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Newspapers:
The Death of Newspapers, Continued
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Transcontinental expects gamble to yield big returns
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Newspapers aren't doing as badly as you think
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UK:
UK Bank Shake - Up to Bring In New Competitors - Darling
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Royal Bank of Scotland to be 84% Nationalized
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Taxpayer-owned banks still look a bad bet
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Alistair Darling set for £30bn bank cash injection
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Lovells takes lead on administration of Threshers parent company
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Sandcity claws back money as stores sold
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England Needs £350B in Tax Increases, Cuts
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EU:
Manufacturing Grows in Euro Zone, UK
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Germany:
Quelle last-ditch clearance sale founders as website crashes
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Ireland:
Irish Parl't to Approve "Bad Bank" on Nov 12 - Whip
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Japan:
Tokyo to Tighten Corporate Governance
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Japan's Bonds Gain Most in a Month as CIT Failure Boosts Demand
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Australia:
Pastor Glenn Duker's $60 million debt
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Italy:
Italy's indebted Risanamento draws up new board list
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China:
Chinese Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in 18 Months, Surveys Show
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