November 5, 2009

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Law:

Lawyers Say Malpractice Suit by Mall Dynasty Heir Is ‘Study in Sensationalism’
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Bank of America's Top Lawyer Wasn't Licensed to Drive Merrill Deal
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Three Firms Win Roles on Berkshire Hathaway's Largest Deal Ever
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Cuomo, Intel Keeping Gibson Dunn Busy
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Feds Implicate Troutman Sanders Real Estate Chair in $50 Million Kickback Scheme
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Mayer Brown Associate Makes His Supreme Court Debut
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Tyco and Eversheds overhaul relationship and end bonuses
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SJ Berwin reacts to tough market conditions with partner exits
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Firms consider outsourcing in effort to cut costs
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Based on the results emerging so far, 2009-10 could be a lot worse
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Layoff Watch: Dickstein Shapiro Downsizes
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How to Survive the Big Law Fight for Work
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It's Not All Layoffs at Latham as Firm Promotes 23 to Partner
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Experts: Lower Associate Pay Is Here to Stay
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Shearman & Sterling Deferral Stipend
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The Corporate Deferred: Associates Who Took a Different Path
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Hunton & Williams's Anthony Foxx Elected as Mayor of Charlotte
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Would-Be Am Law 100 Mayors See Mixed Results in Tuesday Balloting
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Rodgin Cohen On The Decade's End
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JD Cleans Up on Aisle Three?: Firm Lends Out Associates to Client to Stock Shelves for Christmas Rush
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Cooked Books: Lateral Partner Faces Criminal Trial for Inflating His Pay at His Old Firm
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Ex-Chairman of the Ghost of NY BigLaw Firm Past Lands New Gig
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Report: Electronic Discovery Should Be Proportionate to Controversy
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Rothstein's Jewish Legacy, Enshrined in Black and White
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Feds Visit Rothstein Law Firm; Ex-Judge is Appointed as Receiver
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Which Law Schools Produce the Most "Super Lawyers"?
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Suspended Lawyer Liable for $3.2M for ‘Reprehensible’ Conduct
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Supreme Court Considers Limits of Prosecutorial Immunity
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Attorney-Client Privilege in Work E-Mails
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"Force of Nature" John M. O'Quinn Remembered at Funeral
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Lawyered Up
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Plaintiffs Lawyers to Earn Up to $28M in Risky Wal-Mart Wage & Hour Litigation
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Bailiff Suspended After Handcuffing Well-Known Defense Lawyer
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Mug Shot Roundup
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Breathalyzer Man Busted
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Be a Lady, Cover "the Girls"
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Lawyer Taps "Obama Girl" in YouTube Bid for Presidential Appointment . . . Really
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Law Student of the Day: Andrew Blumberg
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Anonymous Lawyer
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Justice Scalia Delivers Lesson on Word Usage
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Top Pa. Court Axes $3.5M Verdict Due to ‘Judicial Impropriety’
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Little Changed
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Stocks, Commodities Fall as Bonds and Yen Climb Before ECB, BOE
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Senate poised to adopt jobless, housing aid
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ADP: October job private - sector losses slip, but still hit 203,000
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Distressed Investing:

Does Berkshire's BNSF Buy Break Two of Buffett's Big Rules?
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Finance:

Reinstatement: How Valuable Is Below-Market Secured Debt?
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GMAC Reports Third-Quarter Loss Tied to Loan Defaults
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Symphonies:

Cancellations prompt talk of symphony's bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Nicolas Cage Sells Castle to Make Ends Meet
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Poor Nicolas Cage . Literally.
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Corporate Reform:

House Lawmaker Plans Measure to Break Up Firms, Avoid Bailouts
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House panel votes to give SEC more money, power
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The SEC we deserve
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SEC names chief hedge fund inspector in NYC
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SEC Gets Help To Understand This Whole Hedge Fund Fraud Thing
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Bear lawyers ask for hedge case dismissal
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Resorts:

Utah Ski Resort Going on Auction Block
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Newspapers:

Tribune to Introduce New Retirement Plan
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Accounting:

House Committee Approves Small Firms' Audit Exemption
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Bernie Madoff's Small-Town CPA
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Partners Are Being Cut Too
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Auto Racing:

Toyota Quits Formula One as Series Returns to Less Lavish Past
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Fashion:

Family Ties May Save Escada
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A fashion coup
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Economy:

Fed Statement Following November Meeting
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Why No One Knows Where the Economy Really Stands
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In the Land of Opportunity, Not as Much Opportunity as You Might Think
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Services Expand Less Than Forecast on Job Outlook
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The Man In The Mirror
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Likely Error in Stimulus-Jobs Count
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Another Way to Look for Recovery
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S&P may cut Berkshire's AAA rating on Burlington buy
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Not impressed with Burlington Northern deal
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A bet on America? More like a bet on a black future
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Roubini Says Rogers's Forecast of $2000 Gold 'Utter Nonsense'
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Dr. Doom Is Hiring
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The Two Nouriel Roubinis
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The Recovery Will Be Worse Than You Think
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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:

Mortgage Rates Dip Below 5%
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How the feds enable mortgage scam artists
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Mozilo is shot down by judge
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Back to the Future: CRE Prices Falling Back to Pre 2004 Levels
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CMBS Delinquencies Swell to 5.5% in October
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"The Bottom is Near!" Predict CRE Forecasters
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Apartment Investment Activity Picking Up
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Pulte Homes 3Q Loss Widens Amid Centex Charges
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Once Burned, Twice (Not so)Shy
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Congress giving homebuyers a $6,500 tax break
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California Coastal Taking Second Walk Down Bankruptcy Court Aisle
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The Cost Of Not Walking Away From An Underwater Mortgage
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Litigation:

Cuomo Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
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What Did Cuomo Find in Intel's Emails?
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Making Sense of the Cuomo's Big Antitrust Suit Against Intel
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Autos:

Day-Care Center Scolds GM Over Contract Mix-Up
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Clunkers traded in mainly for pickups
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Toyota reports surprise profit
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Ford: Loan Plan is Unfair
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Chrysler Chief Says Its Finances Are Improving
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Chrysler Has $5.7 Billion Cash, Adding $1.7 Billion Since June
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Auto task force calls Chrysler restructuring plan 'bold'
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Chrysler aims to revamp Dodge cars under new plan
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Chrysler must get buyers to hang on
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Chrysler to repay public loans
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Chrysler outlines road map to future
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What statement is GM making?
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After bankruptcy slog, Delphi regains traction
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Delphi Overhauls Board
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Lear Corp. seeking court's OK to replace six board members
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GM's Opel U-Turn Splits Carmaker's European Workforce
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Are G.M. and Chrysler Implementing a Reverse Marshall Plan?
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GM-Opel Goes Into Reverse, Advisory Fees Go Up in Smoke
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Magna shares rev higher on collapse of Opel deal
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Rage against GM over 10,000 planned job cuts at Opel
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White House says not involved with GM abandoning Opel sale
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Workers call for stoppages, Germany wants bridge loan back after GM keeps Opel
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Magna's Failed Opel Bid May Preserve Its Auto-Parts Customers
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Germany May Give GM More Aid to Help Restructure Opel
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Senior Merkel Ally Ties Future Opel Aid to Jobs, Sales Outlook
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Russia may allow Renault to control Avtovaz
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GM-Magna Fallout: What Business As Usual Is in Russia
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Jewelry:

SEC filing details Finlay salaries amid bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Is Friehling’s Guilty Plea a Warning Shot to Madoff’s Family?
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Friehling: Another Madoff domino falls
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Madoff Makes Latest Scammers Look Like Amateurs
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Access International's Littaye Charged in Madoff Case
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SEC Madoff exhibit list now available
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How Technology Aided Madoff's Scam
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SEC Likely to Add More Defendants to Galleon Case
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Rajaratnam Prosecutors Cite 'More Than One' Witness
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New Castle To Restructure In Wake Of Galleon Scandal
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Galleon scandal twists and turns
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Summer SEC Trial For Raj Rajaratnam
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What Galleon Teaches Us
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Sen Schumer: Bill Extends Tax Relief To Smaller Madoff Investors
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Bernie and the Blowhard
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Petters team tries to turn recordings to advantage
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Taped call: Petters lived in 'fantasy world'
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Stanford victims seek compensation
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Stanford Receiver to Investors: Don't Expect Much Back
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PwC Gets a Small Win in the Satyam Case
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Hotels:

Hotel Venture Runs Into Ugly Reality
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Consumer bankruptcy filings increase
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Compensation:

Some Wall Street Year-End Bonuses Could Hit Pre-Downturn Highs
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Erickson seeks judge's OK to pay severance
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Bonuses For The People
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Goldman, Barclays Bankers Preach Gospel of the Bonus
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Hedge Funds:

Are hedge funds good for bankrupt companies?
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Hedge-Fund Regulation Raises Flags
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Banking:

Clash Looms on Banks
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J.P. Morgan: Banker, Gym, Publisher
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Big bank 'living wills' gain traction in G20
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Dissecting JPM overdraft fees
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Congress must get tough on banks
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Why Did Blue-Chip Goldman Take a Walk on Subprime's Wild Side?
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Rail:

“Maybe Buffett Just Likes Playing With Trains”
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Burlington Northern Board Pressed Warren Buffett for More Money
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Former Merrill Banker Helped Evercore Score Railroad Deal
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Telecoms:

FairPoint creditors seek probe of run-up to bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

JPMorgan Pays $75 Million to Settle Jefferson County Swap Probe
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JPMorgan Chase Pays More Than $700 Million to Settle SEC Municipal Charges
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JPMorgan Arranging Alabama Swaps Provided Payoffs, SEC Shows
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SEC suit cites Jefferson County commissioners role' in sewer bond deal
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CA town near bankruptcy due to public pension obligations
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The Imminent Collapse of Municipal Bonds
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Prichard's debt probably tops $1 million
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Corporate Governance:

Directing Within the "Zone"
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Magazines:

Time's ill fortune
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Gambling:

Greektown bankruptcy hearings postponed again
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Casinos Not Holding the Cards in Current Economy
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Consultants:

Phoenix Opens Dallas Office and Expands New York City Office
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Religion:

Episcopal Dioceses Face Downsizing, Closing Parishes, More Departures
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Bankruptcy trustee in Del. holds private meeting
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M&A:

Report Says Big Buyouts Are Likelier to Default
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Logistics:

Hot-rodding freight broker EA Hunter crashes, burns
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Laundromats:

Even Laundries Tumble in Recession
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Television:

Struggling WNET furloughs staff
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Student Debt:

$100M Deal Resolves Student Loan Class Action
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Tax:

Buffett: Berkshire Talking to 5 Firms About Buying Tax Credits
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Warren Buffett: Tax Hypocrite?
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Reaction to UBS Debacle: Tough New Foreign Tax Laws
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Monaco may be next on HMRC's tax hitlist
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UK:

Too many IPs for too few jobs
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Lawyers predict competition to drive bank shake-ups
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U.K. Manufacturing Rebound 1.7% in October, More Than Economists Forecast
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EU:

ECB Keeps Key Rate at Record Low of 1%, May Move Closer to Stimulus Exit
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Canada:

Murray Says Key Canada Interest Rate to Stay at 0.25%
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Canada's Flaherty Says G-20 Has 'Disparate Views' on Bank Rules
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Angelo Gordon Buys Canwest Bonds
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AbitibiBowater negotiations suspended over pension concerns
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China:

World Bank Ups Forecast for China's Economy
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Greece:

Greek PM says needs to save country from bankruptcy
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